Detectives have arrested Florida man, Robert William Thompson, in connection with the death of Wellington man, Stanley Parrales.

Parrales, 59, was last seen Friday, February 16, in the Lake Worth area. On Wednesday his remains were discovered by a fisherman in the 13000 block of Doubletree Circle in Wellington.

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Thompson and Parrales were seen leaving a bar together shortly before his disappearance, according to an arrest report. Thompson was also seen driving Parrales’s Infiniti and using his credit cards, the report said. After investigators secured a search warrant they said they found blood in several areas of the Infiniti and testing later confirmed Parrales’s blood was on Thompson’s shorts that were found in the vehicle. source

Thompson was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail and faces charges of second-degree murder, grand theft, unlawful possession of a stolen credit card or debit card and fraudulent use of a credit card.