A 37-year-old Severn man was charged yesterday with first-degree murder in the death of a woman whose body was found in a trash bin behind his home late Monday, according to charging documents.

Byron Alonzo Huff of the 1800 block of Richfield Drive admitted to Anne Arundel County police that he had "stabbed the victim several times" in the chest, the court documents state.

Officers found the body of Holly Jean Keefe, 34, of the 8200 block of Deerfield Circle in Severn shortly after Huff's wife, Leornia Huff, called police, saying that her husband might have harmed someone.

Huff, who has a history of drug convictions, told his wife he had been drinking and using drugs with a woman in the home and that "the female demanded money and if she didn't get it, she would start problems with his wife," according to the charging documents.

Police identified Huff and Keefe as "associates."

Huff, a former Baltimore resident, has been convicted in that city and in Anne Arundel County of various drug charges in recent years, according to court records.

Huff will appear in District Court tomorrow for a bail review hearing. He has been charged with second-degree murder and first-degree assault in addition to first-degree murder.