Man held without bond over choking death

The man charged with choking a 21-year-old woman to death on Wednesday afternoon will remain in jail without bond. A missing person report was filed for Megan Ellen Burdeaux of Glen Burnie on Tuesday. Police were tipped off she may have been murdered by Edgar Franklin Manning. According to charging documents, Manning, who does not have a fixed address, had an argument with Burdeaux in his minivan parked at the Walmart on the 8100 block of Ritchie Highway in Pasadena. During the argument, he choked her until her death, Manning confirmed in an interview with police. Police found him the following day near Gambrills. The body was found in the minivan. Manning, 26, who has lived in the area for the past decade, has been charged with firstand second-degree murder.