Case disclaimer
Case disclaimer: The portions of this website describing what happened at Bethesda House, what led up to Kylee's disappearance, what happened during the period she was missing, and what happened afterward are our family's account of events based on what we understand, remember, were told, or have reviewed. They are not presented as independent judicial findings. When information was presented by prosecutors or comes from an official court/public record, the site will identify the source as such. We will update the site when reliable official information changes or becomes available.
Gregory Groom is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.
Before we tell you how Kylee died, we need you to understand how desperately we fought to believe she was still alive. Because Kylee wasn't supposed to become a missing-person poster. She wasn't supposed to become a case number. She wasn't supposed to become a story people read, feel sad about for a moment, and then forget. She was supposed to come home.
That same week, Kylee experienced complications with her pregnancy and was sent to the hospital.
She returned to Bethesda House around 6 a.m. the following morning. Exhaustion took over, and she accidentally fell asleep, missing the morning devotion meeting.
Two days later, Kylee was discharged on the grounds of violating shelter policy. Bethesda House arranged a rideshare that took her back to Gregory Groom’s home.
That decision is something our family will never stop questioning.
Bethesda House was supposed to be a stepping stone toward a safer, more stable future for Kylee and her baby. Instead, it became a turning point in the chain of events that would ultimately lead to her death.
After Kylee returned to Gregory's home, she reached out to her sisters, telling them she had been abused by him shortly after she was dropped off by the shelter.
“He threw me on the ground and pulled my hair and strangled me. My phones at 4% if I die, it was Greg” — Aug 6, 2025 7:43pm
One sister spoke to both of them via phone call to calm them down and repeatedly asked if she wanted to get picked up and sleep at a family member's house to come up with a plan but was adamantly denied by Kylee stating “we’re fine now, he calmed down. We’re going to talk about our baby and our future together...I’m safe, I promise. I love you so much”. — Aug 6, 2025 8:13pm
Kylee’s last known location was at Gregory's home. Friday morning, she was reported missing by her fiance and father of her child. Friday evening, police alerted her sisters that a report had been attempted by her fiance and requested more information from her family. Saturday morning, the sisters filed a missing person’s report and began their own desperate search to find their baby sister. Gregory even helped the family to search for her.
When state Police became involved, an extensive search was conducted. Hundreds of officers, K-9s, ATVs, scuba divers, boats, helicopters, and infrared technology was used to no avail. Everywhere we could think to look, people were searching.
As long as Kylee hadn't been found, they could still tell themselves that she was alive.
And then came something that made the nightmare even worse. Very early in the morning, a call was made to her sisters portraying a scene of kidnapping. Someone called and the sounds heard were believed to be her crying in the background. Through the shaking and the panic in their voices, they managed to call the detective, who traced the call and located the man behind it—only to discover that the entire call had been a cruel hoax.
As anyone can imagine, at that point, they didn’t know what was real. They didn’t know where she was, if she was hurt, or if she was waiting somewhere for them to find her.
Gregory had an explanation for what he claimed might have happened to Kylee. The night before, while Kylee and Gregory were walking toward Cumberland Farms, someone had apparently offered them a ride. He made it seem as though Kylee may have gotten into that vehicle and hitchhiked away.
He subsequently waived his right to have an attorney present. For the family, this felt like a huge step. He decided that he wanted to tell investigators about the man and vehicle he claimed could have picked Kylee up. That gave the family hope again. Because when someone you love disappears, you grab onto every possibility. Maybe she got into a car. Maybe someone picked her up. Maybe she was somewhere they hadn't thought to look. Maybe she was still alive.
Inside the station, Gregory denied taking a polygraph examination. But he did admit to the domestic violence incident involving Kylee on August 6th. He was subsequently held on domestic violence and witness intimidation charges. Eventually Gregory confessed to killing Kylee and drew a map that led investigators to the place where Kylee had been buried with her unborn baby. After nearly 2 weeks, investigators finally knew where to look. Approximately five feet underground. Prosecutors revealed that he spent all night digging the hole. Maybe it is possible that the depth of her burial was one reason the K-9 searches did not locate her scent? But how could a 120 pound man manage to successfully orchestrate all of this alone?
On August 19, 2025, Kylee was found. Not walking through a door. Not calling. Not waiting somewhere to be found. She was buried beneath the ground. The girl whose disappearance had consumed the family for nearly 2 weeks. The girl everyone prayed would come home.
And beneath that ground was another devastating truth. The world lost not one, but two lives. The baby Gregory was supposed to become a father to was now buried with her mother before she ever had the chance to take her first breath. The baby Kylee dreamed of wrapping in the same Elmo blanket she had been wrapped in as a little girl would never get the chance to hear her mother's laugh.
Two lives stolen; An innocent young woman who just graduated and was learning how to navigate adulthood, and a baby who never got the chance to begin her life at all.
This was the day that changed everyone's life forever.
We organized the Vigil of Hope believing that we would find Kylee. At the time, we were still searching, still hoping, and holding onto the belief that she would come home.
Days before the vigil was scheduled to take place, Kylee was found. We gathered as planned, this time to remember Kylee and her unborn baby and to honor the two lives we had prayed so desperately to find.
We cannot change what happened to Kylee. What we can do is make sure her life continues to mean something.
We want her legacy to become something that reaches beyond our family—something that reminds us that women experiencing homelessness, domestic violence, or difficult circumstances deserve to be seen, supported, and given a path toward safety before their circumstances become tragedies.
There are moments when a name stops being a missing-person poster and becomes a name engraved in stone, an urn, and the memories a family carries forward.
Five siblings became four.
We stood together at Kylee’s grave on the day we officially said goodbye to our baby sister.
Remember Kylee. Say her name. Carry her legacy forward.
Kylee was a young woman who had only just begun to discover the life she wanted for herself. She had recently graduated, dreamed of becoming a welder, and was excited about becoming a mother. She had dreams that were still taking shape, goals she had not yet reached, and so much life ahead of her.
Kylee never got the opportunity to see what her future could have become. But we believe her story can still have a future.
We don't want Kylee's legacy to end with the circumstances of her death. We want it to become something that reaches beyond our family—something that reminds us that women experiencing homelessness, domestic violence, or difficult circumstances deserve to be seen, supported, and given a path toward safety before their circumstances become tragedies.
We cannot change what happened to Kylee. What we can do is make sure her life continues to mean something—to us, to the women we hope to help, and to the future we are building in her name.
That is the legacy we want to leave for Kylee.
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Next Court Hearing
October 28, 2026
9:00 AM
Fall River Superior Court
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