Guatemalan Bryan Cordero-Castro is accused of murdering Madison Wells after she was stabbed to death outside a Long Branch home

Tragic Madison and Cordero-Castro had been in a relationship for 10 months

But he 'did not handle the break up well and constantly contacted his ex'

The schoolgirl finally agreed to meet with him and 'minutes later was stabbed'

Madison's dad described his daughter as 'charismatic and outgoing'

Cordero-Castro faces life in prison if he is found guilty of the slaying

An illegal immigrant is accused of killing his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend when she broke up with him after repeatedly texting and calling her to meet.

Guatemalan Bryan Cordero-Castro, 20, is charged with first degree murder after Madison Wells was stabbed to death outside a New Jersey home.

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Tragic Madison and Cordero-Castro had been in a relationship for 10 months before her death but the schoolgirl had recently broken up with him.

Prosecutors allege Cordero-Castro, who was living in the US without authorization, did not handle the break up well.

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Cordero-Castro is pictured in court. He has been charged with first degree murder after Wells was stabbed to death outside a New Jersey home

Prosecutors allege Cordero-Castro, who was living in the US without authorization, did not handle the break up well

He is accused of constantly contacting his ex in the nine-hour period leading up to her death.

Cordero-Castro is said to have tracked her down to a Long Branch home where Madison finally agreed to speak with him.

Authorities say a 'few minutes after going outside, Madison stumbled back into the house and collapsed on the floor from the stab wounds to her chest'.

Emergency crews raced to the scene where they found the teenager badly injured in the living room.

She was pronounced dead shortly before midnight at the Monmouth Medical Center shortly on September 8.

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Madison's dad Edward Wells Jr described his daughter as 'charismatic and outgoing'.

He said: 'She loved to cook. She had a beautiful smile and was very charismatic and outgoing.

'She was the type of a person who would draw you in with a smiling face.'

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USA Today reports Cordero-Castro was arrested at his cousin's home and later tried to escape police custody.

Cordero-Castro also faces charges of third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, third-degree attempted escape and fourth-degree stalking.

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He has been held without bail since his arrest and if found guilty of murder he faces a sentence of 30 years to life in prison.