Gregory Groom, of Rehoboth, confessed to police that he stabbed Kylee Monteiro multiple times with a kitchen knife, according to prosecutors.

The suspect in the murder of 18-year-old Kylee Monteiro faced a judge Wednesday morning where prosecutors recounted Gregory Groom's confession in the incident to Rehoboth police.

She always brought a smile into every room she walked into and her laugh was contagious,” said a former classmate of Kylee Monteiro.

He threw me on the ground, and pulled my hair and strangled me,” she texted her sister. “My phones at 4 percent if I die, it was Greg.”

Kylee Monteiro’s disappearance and death, allegedly at the hands of her boyfriend, highlights an unsettling truth for many women in unstable and abusive relationships: pregnancy can increase the risk for violence.

The boyfriend of 18-year-old Kylee Monteiro is accused of fatally stabbing her in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, officials said. Screengrab via Faith Monteiro on Facebook A Massachusetts man told police his pregnant 18-year-old girlfriend was missing in early ...