A Rehoboth man charged with homicide reportedly drew a map pointing to a five-foot gap that he dug to bury his pregnant 18-year-old ex-girlfriend in after he stabbed her to demise with a kitchen knife, prosecutors allege.
Gregory Groom, 22, is being held with out bail on costs of homicide and aggravated assault and battery on a pregnant particular person, amongst others, within the demise of Kylee Monteiro, who was 11 weeks pregnant along with his child, in keeping with prosecutors.
Earlier than Groom’s arraignment in Taunton on Wednesday, Bristol County DA Thomas M. Quinn III revealed late Tuesday that investigators found and recovered human stays “consistent with those” of the sufferer throughout a search of the defendant’s property.
Police investigators and medical experts allegedly discovered the physique roughly 5 ft underground in a gap that Groom’s “rudimentary map” tracked them to, ADA Jason Mohan mentioned in courtroom.
Groom drew the map after he reported to the Rehoboth Police Division earlier Tuesday, with investigators alerting him they’d be looking his County Avenue house and can be bringing in excavators to dig in hopes of discovering Monteiro, the prosecutor added.
Monteiro had been reported lacking for the previous two weeks.
Groom initially contacted native police on Aug. 8 to point that he didn’t know the place his ex-girlfriend was after the 2 allegedly acquired into an argument over whether or not Monteiro can be allowed to remain at his house.
“Ms. Monteiro was known to be very active on social media,” Mohan mentioned, “and (Groom) hadn’t heard from her, neither her friends nor family, on any social media in the following days.”
Religion Monteiro instructed native media shops final week that her youthful sister, Kylee, had been residing at a homeless shelter for pregnant girls in Pembroke, to get away from an “on and off” relationship with Groom, as the 2 skilled “domestic issues.”
“She never falls off the face of the Earth like this. She never disappears,” Religion Monteiro mentioned of her sister.
Kylee Monteiro left the residential program on Aug. 6, taking a rideshare to Groom’s house, the place she’d see whether or not she may keep there with him. An argument ensued, and Monteiro felt at risk, in keeping with the prosecution.
The sufferer texted her sister Religion in the course of the altercation, “He threw me on the ground and pulled my hair and strangled me. My phone is at 4%, and if I die, it was Greg,” Mohan mentioned in courtroom.
“Family members then tried to communicate with Ms. Monteiro and get her to a place of safety, and she didn’t respond right away,” the prosecutor mentioned. “Ultimately, there was a response from her device that indicated she was attempting to continue to stay at Mr. Groom’s residence.”
Rehoboth Police issued a lacking particular person alert on social media final Monday. Monteiro’s different sister, Kitty, responded to the Fb publish: “I am here to find my sister and that’s what’s going to happen.”
Three days later, final Thursday, investigators with the Massachusetts State Police responded to Groom’s 25-acre property, a presence that drew dive groups and cadaver canine, Mohan mentioned.
“Nothing of significance was found during that search,” the prosecutor added. “However, based on the failure of Ms. Monteiro to contact any friends or family, the police continued their investigation.”
Through the interview on the Rehoboth Police station on Tuesday, Groom allegedly confessed that he “got in an altercation with Ms. Monteiro where he pushed her, she fell backwards, and she hit her head.”
Groom allegedly confessed that he stabbed Monteiro twice within the neck and as soon as within the chest, behind a shed the place he’d usually keep, in keeping with the prosecution.
“He used a kitchen knife to commit the stabbing,” Mohan mentioned, “and based on that stabbing, Ms. Monteiro was deceased.”
The defendant then allegedly admitted that he had dug a gap within the woods, “approximately 20 yards from where he killed Ms. Monteiro,” the prosecutor added.
“After the sun came up,” Mohan continued, “he then pushed her body into the hole and covered it up.”
Groom allegedly drew on the map the place investigators would discover Monteiro’s stays. Officers conducting a search warrant went to the shed, noticing a big pile of brush which Groom used to cowl up the positioning of the homicide, coated in blood together with different proof, Mohan mentioned.
Shortly after, investigators discovered the human stays within the gap.
As of Wednesday morning, the state Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner was working to determine the stays and conduct an post-mortem. After Groom’s arraignment, District Legal professional Quinn instructed reporters, “all of the evidence points to the defendant at this point, as you heard in court, having killed her.”
A not responsible plea was entered on Groom’s behalf. He’s charged with homicide, aggravated assault and battery on a pregnant particular person, home assault and battery, and intimidation of a witness.
Groom is scheduled to subsequent seem in courtroom on Sept. 10.
A vigil in Monteiro’s reminiscence is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at 401 Winthrop St., in Rehoboth.
“I know this is not the ending we all wanted,” Kitty Monteiro acknowledged in a publish on Fb, “but this is closure for us, and this gives Kylee the opportunity to rest in peace with her mom and her baby.”
“I think it’s a good time to remind everyone to check in regularly with people,” the sister added, “tell them you love them every chance you get, take photos every single day, and don’t ever forget that people love you. So many people.”
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