The morning routine in suburban Bucks County, Pa., was shattered by a woman's screams early Monday.

Residents of the Village Square Apartments in Bensalem heard the screams around 6:45 a.m., and at least one person dialed 911.

The other person who called the emergency line was the woman who made those screams, shouting for her very life.

According to 6ABC, 43-year-old Teresa Priestly called 911 saying she was in danger, allegedly at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, William Table, 45.

Unfortunately, help was too late.

Within a minute, another call came in reporting an accident in the 3100 block of Hulmeville Road, 6ABC writes.

Priestly was found stabbed to death inside.

This launched a 12-hour manhunt for Table, who would not be apprehended until he allegedly stabbed a homeless person in Philadelphia, 6ABC reports, adding:

Table was charged Monday night with criminal homicide and kidnapping in the stabbing death of Priestly.

Table is accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death while she was driving away from her Bensalem apartment, screaming for help.

The incident follows a recent break-up between the two, police said:

"It appears they had been living together prior to this but just recently he was thrown out of the apartment and she just had her locks changed yesterday," Bensalem Police Public Safety Director Fred Harran told 6ABC.