The night before police found Adam Hilarie dead in his kitchen, the 27-year-old Central Florida father went bowling with a woman he met through the online dating site PlentyOfFish, Auburndale police said Monday. 
 
 They went back to his place, and she texted him later: I had a good time and would like to see you again. 
 
 She saw him the next night, when on Friday she brought three men to rob Hilarie of TVs, an Xbox and an iPhone, and one of them shot him in the head, Deputy Chief Andy Ray said at a news conference. 
 
 "In cases like this, it's easy for us to put ourselves in the shoes of the family," Ray said, as he detailed the arrest of four people in connection with the killing — including 18-year-old Hailey Bustos, who went on the date with him. 
 
 Andre Warner, 26, Gary Gray, 31, and Joshua Ellington, 26, were also also arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery with a firearm and first-degree murder. Ray said he didn't know how the robbery escalated. 
 
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 "Hilarie was begging for his life, he was not putting up any kind of fight, and was telling them that he had a 5-year-old daughter," according to arrest reports. 
 
 Social media photos show Hilarie suited up in boxing gloves and a robe. He posted multiple photos of his daughter on his Facebook page, calling her "Princess." Friends and family set up a fundraiser to help pay for funeral expenses. 
 
 "Each and every one of you know he was fun to be around," Hilarie's brother said at a vigil held for him, which was videotaped and posted on Facebook. "No matter what we did, we always had a good time and he always had that smile. This isn't easy." 
 
 Auburndale Police Department Adam Hilarie poses with his daughter in this photo provided by police. Adam Hilarie poses with his daughter in this photo provided by police. (Auburndale Police Department) (Auburndale Police Department) 
 
 Investigators got a break in the case after a witness reported seeing Hilarie with a young woman Thursday night, and Winter Haven police picked up Bustos in a separate burglary over the weekend. 
 
 Police said she was paid $50 to arrange the Hilarie robbery. She was in the car during the heist and said she didn't know the men would kill Hilarie, according to her arrest report. 
 
 After the robbery, the men began "celebrating what they had just done," according to the report. They later got in a fight over payment and smashed the TVs and threw away the iPhone. They also stole alcohol, jewelry and marijuana from Hilarie, the report says. 
 
 Ray warned prospective users to run internet searches on their dates before meeting up and also to retain a healthy amount of suspicion. He advised against bringing dates home after the first meet-up. 
 
 "You just have to remember, you have no idea who you are talking to," he said. "They may present themselves as one thing and be someone totally different." 
 
 echerney@orlandosentinel.com or 407-420-5735 ||||| AUBURNDALE, Fla. (WFLA) – An Auburndale man looking for love was lured to his death through an online dating site. On Friday Auburndale Police found 27-year-old Adam Hilarie shot to death in his apartment on Sunset Avenue. 
 
 According to police, Hilarie met 18-year-old Haliey Rose Bustos on the online dating site “Plenty of Fish.” They went on a date Thursday evening, police said. After he dropped her off, Bustos allegedly conspired with three others. She and the other suspects returned to Hilarie’s apartment Friday to rob him, which ultimately led to his murder, police said. 
 
 “Once she got home, they talked together; they worked out the details and then went back and committed the murder,” Auburndale Police Deputy Chief Andy Ray said. “I think the plan was that he get robbed and that they take his stuff.” 
 
 Auburndale police detectives charged and arrested Bustos, 18, of Auburndale; Andre Warner, 26, of Auburndale; Gary Terrell Gray, 31, of Lakeland; and Joshua Ellington, 26, of Lake Alfred. 
 
 Detectives believe Bustos went on the online dating site and met Hilarie with the intent of setting him up for the robbery. “Her comfort with the way this went, didn’t seem like it was her first time. If she hasn’t done it before, then she has talked to people who have done it,” Deputy Chief Ray said. 
 
 Hilarie’s family, including his 5-year old daughter, is devastated. “She doesn’t even quite understand yet. I would never want anyone to be in the shoes I am in right now, or my family, or any of our close friends, anyone. I don’t want no one to feel the way we’re feeling right now,” the victim’s brother, Angel Cruz, said. 
 
 Cruz hopes others will take a warning from this. “He had to sacrifice his life for it not to happen anymore,” he said. 
 
 Deputy Chief Ray said this is a good reason to get to know someone before going out with them. “There’s so many places that you can check people out now on the computer. It’s probably a good idea to that first. You need to get to know them better so you can judge their character and also judge their intentions. Sometimes you can figure that out. But, also, as a first date, it’s not a good idea to take somebody to your home,” he said. 
 
 The suspects’ charges include conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery with a firearm/deadly weapon and first-degree murder.
– A 27-year-old Florida father was robbed and murdered Friday after going on a date with a woman he met online, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Adam Hilarie met 18-year-old Hailey Bustos on the dating website Plenty of Fish and went out with her Thursday. They ended up going back to his place. Police say the next day, Bustos showed up at Hilarie's home with three men. They allegedly took TVs, an Xbox, alcohol, jewelry, marijuana, and an iPhone before one of the men shot Hilarie in the head. Bustos reportedly told police she was paid $50 to set Hilarie up and didn't know he was going to be killed. According to WFLA, police believe Bustos has either done this before or talked with someone who has. Bustos was arrested in connection with another burglary. Three male suspects—Gary Gray, Andrew Warner, and Joshua Ellington—were also arrested. Police say the men got in a fight about who got what after killing Hilarie and ended up smashing the TVs and throwing away the iPhone. Hilarie's family says his 5-year-old daughter doesn't really understand what happened to her dad. "She's just not going to be able to see how great of a guy he really is,” Hilarie's brother tells WTSP. Police are using Hilarie's death as an opportunity to warn against taking someone you met online home after the first date.