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Florida Man Denied Bond After 911 Call in Death of Defense Tech Engineer Amanda Roark

7/4/2026

A Florida man accused of stabbing his girlfriend 15 times was denied bond after prosecutors played a 911 recording in court in which he told a dispatcher, "I murdered my girlfriend." Kyle Sanchez, 35, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder with a weapon in the June 19 death of Amanda Roark, 37, a defense technology engineer at SOFWERX, a Tampa-based innovation platform for the United States Special Operations Command.

Bond Denied After Court Hears 911 Admission Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office responded just after 3 p.m.

June 19 to a home on Tuscan Loon Drive in the Palm River area after a 911 call reported an emergency. Arriving officers found Roark dead with upper-body trauma.

Sanchez was also present at the residence and was transported to Tampa General Hospital with minor injuries, where he was listed in stable condition.

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