Baltimore County police charged Vaughn Lamont Garris, 36, with first-degree murder and first-degree burglary in the killing of Chontae Waters, 31.
Garris lived next door to Waters on Heatherton Court in Woodlawn and broke into Waters? house, hoping to burglarize it, according to police.
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The attacker climbed into the crawl space above both houses and then dropped into the victim?s residence, police said.
But Waters was home Monday night and interrupted him and Garris stabbed her multiple times with his knife, police said.
Investigators said they were led to Garris by physical evidence at the scene.
Garris confessed to the stabbing, police said.
He is being held without bond at the Baltimore County Detention Center.