REHOBOTH The Bristol County district attorney's office was not ready to decide Wednesday, Oct. 28, whether to accept Gregory Groom's request to plead guilty to a lesser charge in the killing of 18-year-old Kylee Monteiro, WJAR reported. The case is set to return to Fall River Superior Court on Tuesday, Nov. 10, for a possible plea hearing, the station reported.
Groom, who is charged with murder, did not appear before the judge at Wednesday's pretrial conference, WJAR reported. His lawyer, Elliot Levine, was told in court that the district attorney was not ready to make a decision on the request he sent the office in August, according to the station. Levine declined to comment outside court, WJAR reported.
Many people came to the courthouse in support of Monteiro's family, the station reported. Her family had asked supporters to gather there before the hearing to oppose a plea deal, WJAR reported Tuesday.
South Coast 360 will update this story as we learn more.
What we know
In an Aug. 26 letter, Levine asked District Attorney Thomas Quinn III to let Groom plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter with a sentence of 19 to 20 years, WJAR reported Tuesday. Groom pleaded not guilty to murder and witness intimidation in Fall River Superior Court in November 2025 and was ordered held without bail, according to court records as the Fall River Reporter reported them. Groom is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
What we do not know yet
Whether the district attorney's office will accept or oppose the plea request. South Coast 360 has asked the district attorney's office and the Superior Court clerk for the record of Wednesday's hearing and the next date.
Our earlier story has the background of the case, the charges and the penalties they carry.
Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.
Notes
Everything that happened in court Wednesday comes from WJAR's Oct. 28 report, posted at 12:52 p.m., and is credited to the station; we have not yet seen the court record. The Aug. 26 letter comes from WJAR's Oct. 27 report; we have not seen the letter. The indictment comes from the district attorney's announcement as the Fall River Reporter published it Nov. 20, 2025, and the plea and holding without bail from court records as the Fall River Reporter reported them Nov. 25, 2025. We checked each date and weekday against a calendar.
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Sources (4)
- WJAR NBC 10, "Hearing held for Rehoboth man accused killing of pregnant girlfriend" (Oct. 28, 2026)Wednesday's hearing: Groom not before the judge, his lawyer Elliot Levine in court, the district attorney not ready to decide, the Nov. 10 date for a possible plea hearing, Levine declining comment, supporters in court. Page metadata shows it posted Oct. 28, 2026, 12:52 p.m. Read Oct. 28, 2026.
- WJAR NBC 10, "Kylee Monteiro's family urges community to oppose proposed plea deal in killing" (Oct. 27, 2026)The Aug. 26 letter as the station obtained and described it, and the family's call to gather at the courthouse. Page metadata shows it posted Oct. 27, 2026, 6:09 p.m. Read Oct. 28, 2026.
- Fall River Reporter, "Bristol County District Attorney announces indictment in the murder of 18-year-old Kylee Monteiro" (Nov. 20, 2025)The district attorney's announcement of the indictment for murder and witness intimidation. Read Oct. 28, 2026.
- Fall River Reporter, "Bristol County man pleads not guilty in Fall River Superior Court to murder of 18-year-old girlfriend" (Nov. 25, 2025)"According to court records": the not guilty plea and holding without bail. Read Oct. 28, 2026.