A North Potomac man is facing life in prison after stabbing to death a man who texted his girlfriend.
Pavel Ivanov, 24, was found guilty Friday of stabbing Bryan Hall 15 times the night of July 4, 2014.
Montgomery County prosecutors said Friday that newly released surveillance video showed Ivanov holding a white trash bag filled with bloody clothes moments after he stabbed Hall, 22, in a Gaithersburg Park.
The state's attorney said Ivanov was at a party in Rockville with his 20-year-old girlfriend last Independence Day. When the woman began receiving text messages from Hall, Ivanov flew into a rage. Ivanov didn't know the woman was romantically involved with Hall also, prosecutors said.
The men agreed to meet in Green Park in Gaithersburg. They got into an argument, and Ivanov allegedly punched Hall.
Hall tried to walk away, but prosecutors said Ivanov then plunged a knife into the man and left him to die.
After the brutal killing, prosecutors said Ivanov drove to his mother's home, changed into a new outfit and placed his bloody clothes into a trash bag.
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Ivanov's neighbors said they were shocked by the crime.
"The kid was friendly, every time," one neighbor said. "It's terrible."
