A Maryland man shot a store clerk over a bottle of iced tea — then led police to the body of his pregnant girlfriend, left to rot after he killed her weeks earlier.

Torrey Moore, 31 at the time, walked into a convenience store across the street from his White Oak apartment, placed a bottle of iced tea on the counter and began arguing with the clerk on the afternoon of December 8, 2022, Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy said during a news conference.

He shot 61-year-old Ayalew Wondimu, then leaned over the counter to shoot him several more times after he fell to the floor, McCarthy said.

Then, Moore walked back across the street to his apartment. There, a responding SWAT team found the body of his live-in girlfriend Denise Middleton under a blanket in an "advanced state of

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