Pasadena Man To Serve Life In Prison For Girlfriend's Murder

PASADENA, MD — A 27-year-old Pasadena man has been sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years for the first degree murder and second degree rape of his girlfriend Megan Burdeaux. Edgar Franklin Manning IV entered a guilty plea to the charges Sept. 16, 2019.

"Manning viciously cut short the vibrant life of Ms. Burdeaux when he brutally attacked and assaulted her," said Anne Arundel County State's Attorney Anne Colt Leitess in a statement. "This sentence will hold Manning accountable for this heinous act of violence against Ms. Burdeaux. My thoughts are with her family during this difficult time."

On Sept. 25, 2018, Prince George's County police received a call from Manning's parents who told them that he had killed his girlfriend, later identified as Burdeaux. Manning told his parents he was driving his vehicle, a red colored Chevrolet Astro van, in the Bowie area of Maryland.

Prince George's County police began tracking Manning's cellphone. The vehicle was located and later determined to have traveled to the Odenton area of Anne Arundel County. During this time, the Anne Arundel County police began actively searching for Manning, too. The next day, on Sept. 26, 2018, Anne Arundel County police found Manning's vehicle on Burns Crossing Road in Gambrills. Officers found Manning inside the vehicle and saw Burdeaux's body in the back. Manning was arrested and admitted to police that during an argument, he strangled Burdeaux to death in the parking lot of Walmart in 8100 block of Ritchie Highway. An autopsy conducted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined Burdeaux had also been sexually assaulted before she died.