Overview

• Gregory Groom, 22, was arraigned in Taunton District Court on a murder charge and pleaded not guilty before being ordered held without bail.
• Investigators discovered human remains consistent with 18-year-old Kylee Monteiro on Groom’s family property in Rehoboth, according to the district attorney.
• In court, prosecutors said Groom admitted he stabbed Monteiro during an argument behind a shed and described where he buried a body about five feet deep.
• Prosecutors detailed a text Monteiro allegedly sent her sister on Aug. 6 reporting an assault and naming Groom if anything happened to her.
• Groom had earlier been charged with aggravated assault and battery on a pregnant person, domestic assault and battery, and witness intimidation tied to the Aug. 6 incident; his next hearing is set for Sept. 10.