TAUNTON — A 22-year-old Rehoboth man charged with fatally stabbing his 18-year-old pregnant girlfriend was ordered held without bail in Taunton District Court Wednesday — as the prosecution shared harrowing new details of the victim’s final moments.

Gregory Groom, 22, of Rehoboth, confessed to police that he stabbed Kylee Monteiro multiple times in the neck and chest with a kitchen knife before burying her body in a hole on his property, Assistant District Attorney Jason Mohan said in court on Wednesday, Aug. 20.

"The stab wound to her chest actually broke the blade off," Mohan said.

Groom pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder, assault and battery on a pregnant victim, assault and battery on a family or household member and aggravated witness intimidation in connection to the alleged

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