Monge v. State

At approximately 11:00 p.m. on June 13, 1981, in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland, the appellant, Andrew Junius Monge, repeatedly stabbed his girlfriend, Stephanie Davis, in the neck and chest with a knife. Appellant then picked the victim up, slung her over his shoulder and strode off. Shortly thereafter, the nude body of Ms. Davis was found near a railroad bridge trestle close to the scene of the stabbing. There were gaping wounds in her neck and body, the cause of her death being a puncture wound of the chest which penetrated her heart.

*74Appellant was apprehended the same night, and…