Kylee Monteiro with her beloved niece, the light of her life.
- Name: Kylee Monteiro (18)
- Reported Missing: Aug 8, 2025
- Remains Recovered: Aug 19, 2025
- Accused: Gregory Groom, (22)
Case Spotlight: Kylee Monteiro
At eighteen, Kylee Monteiro should have been stepping into her future. She had just graduated from Attleboro High School, carried the quiet hope of becoming a welder, and was newly expecting her first child. Instead of planning, she found herself pleading for her safety.
On August 6, 2025, Kylee sent her sister a text message. In court, prosecutors read it aloud:
“He threw me on the ground and pulled my hair and strangled me… If I die, it was Greg.”
Her sister, Faith, remembers that moment vividly. She called Kylee right away—spoke with her, spoke with Greg, and called again minutes later. By then, things seemed calmer. Kylee insisted on staying. She told her sister she and Greg were going to “talk about their future.” “She practically begged me to let her stay,” Faith says. “Never in a million years did I see this coming.”
She was last seen on August 7 in the County Street area of Rehoboth. According to prosecutors, on August 8, her fiancé, 22-year-old Gregory Groom, reported her missing.
Twelve days later, on August 19, investigators recovered human remains consistent with Kylee at 107 County Street—prosecutors say on property belonging to Groom’s brother. In court, prosecutors said Groom allegedly confessed and led police to a grave behind a shed, about twenty yards away, five feet underground. They also said a knife blade had broken off in her chest.
Kylee was around eleven weeks pregnant. Two lives were lost.
Who She Was
Kylee’s family describes her as the girl who “lit up the room.” After losing their mother when Kylee was just 13, she moved in with relatives and somehow kept imagining a life forward. She laughed easily, dreamed big, and was about to begin the ordinary miracles of early adulthood.
She had only just crossed the stage at Attleboro High School. She wanted to weld—to build, to make, to shape. And she was preparing to become a mother.
A Community in Mourning
On August 23, more than 100 people—with some outlets reporting hundreds—gathered at Redway Plain and the Veterans Memorial Gazebo in Rehoboth for a Vigil of Hope. Candles lit the twilight. Friends, family, neighbors, and strangers stood together, mourning Kylee and her baby.
“She lit up the room. No matter how heavy life was, Kylee carried light with her. That’s how we want her remembered.” — Her sisters
The Harder Truths
Faith wants people to know what she didn’t then: the signs of domestic violence aren’t always visible bruises. They can look like isolation, dependence, and seclusion. They can look like needing “permission” for simple choices.
“Never in a million years did I see this coming. I wasn’t aware of the signs of domestic abuse at the time. I thought secluding was normal when you love someone… I thought asking for his approval was just trying to make him feel included. I thought domestic violence only looked like physical harm.”
— Faith, Kylee’s sister
Kylee’s final text was terrifying, but it wasn’t the last time she spoke. She reassured her sister. She insisted on staying. And in the end, her insistence cost her both her life and her child’s. This is why awareness matters. Why listening matters. Why believing matters.
What We Can Do
- Learn the signs of abuse: isolation, control, unexplained injuries, fearfulness.
- Share resources so those in danger know where to turn.
- Believe survivors when they say they are unsafe.
- Support prevention programs that give young people tools for safe, healthy relationships.
Carrying Her Light
Kylee Monteiro was a daughter, a sister, a graduate, a mother-to-be. Her unborn baby was part of her, a heartbeat she was carrying into the future. Both futures were stolen.
Her sisters say she “lit up the room.” That light now belongs to all of us—not just to remember, but to guide. Let it remind us that love should never require fear. That control is not care. That when someone says, “If I die, it was…”—it is not drama, it is danger.
We cannot give Kylee and her baby the years they deserved. But we can change how we see, how we listen, how we act. May her story—and Faith’s courage in telling it—make sure fewer families ever feel this kind of loss.
The following photos of Kylee Monteiro and her family have been shared with New England Missing by her loved ones, and are published here with their consent.
Resources & Support
If you or someone you know may be experiencing domestic violence:
Call SafeLink (MA) → 877-785-2020
Call National DV Hotline → 800-799-7233
Visit thehotline.org → https://www.thehotline.org
Text START to 88788
Tips for this case: Rehoboth Police Department — 508-252-3722
Sources:
- People.com: Pregnancy detail; text message; weapon detail.
- WCVB (ABC Boston): Prosecutor timeline; burial depth/location; Sept 10 hearing date.
- CBS News: Text read in court; burial details; Sept 10 hearing date.
- ABC News: Last seen Aug 7 near County Street; “remains consistent with” phrasing.
- NBC10 WJAR: Property details; investigation updates.
- ABC6 & CBS Boston: Vigil turnout and location.
- Attleboro Public Schools: Graduation confirmation.
- Rehoboth Police Department: Tip line.
- NNEDV / Mass.gov: Hotline numbers and text option verification.
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