Pregnant Massachusetts teen found buried in boyfriend’s backyard sent chilling text about him before vanishing

A Massachusetts man has been charged with murder for allegedly stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death, then burying her body in his grandma’s yard — a grisly killing she predicted in a chilling text to family.

Gregory Groom, 22, was arraigned in Taunton District Court on Wednesday, just a day after the body of 18-year-old Kylee Monteiro was found buried behind a shed on the Rehoboth property where he lives with his grandparents, WCVB reported.

Monteiro was 11 weeks pregnant when she was last heard from on August 7 — the day she sent her sister an alarming text message claiming Groom had attacked her.

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

The next day Groom himself called police to report his girlfriend missing, and said she’d been at his house looking to stay, then left following an argument.

But when he fell under suspicion and police told him they were planning to search his grandparents’ property, Groom allegedly folded and owned up to everything.

Prosecutors alleged Groom confessed to stabbing Monteiro with a kitchen knife, and then dragging her body to the woods and burying her about five feet underground.

Her body was ultimately found about 20 yards from where the fight allegedly occurred.

Despite the alleged confession, Groom pleaded not guilty to the murder.

It is unclear whether or not the child Monteiro was carrying was Groom’s.

“She was so loving and so caring, and I love her so much. My daughter was her best friend,” family friend Kira Schofield told WCVB.

And the victim’s sister, Faith Monteiro, said she was still trying to grapple with what happened.

“I lost my sister, and I will never see her again or say anything to her or get the chance to say goodbye or tell her that I love her,” Faith said.

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788.