Florida Deputy Troy Savetz Kidnaps and Kills Ex-Girlfriend, Then Dies by Suicide at 47
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 12
Florida Deputy Troy Savetz Kidnaps and Kills Ex-Girlfriend, Then Dies by Suicide at 47
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 12
Summary
About 90 minutes after the confrontation began, deputies found Troy Savetz, 47, and his former girlfriend Mandy Fackler dead inside a vehicle in Spring Hill after he abducted her from her home, sheriffs said.
Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Savetz was waiting outside Fackler’s home around 5:30 p.m., pulled a gun during an argument over a television, took her phone as she tried to call 911, and forced her away.
Fackler’s two children, 12 and 9, ran inside as their mother instructed and called 911; Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said their calm, detailed information helped launch a rapid search using K-9 teams, drones and aviation units.
Savetz had served 14 years with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office and had been publicly honored for rescuing a man in 2014 and for animal-welfare work, but Gualtieri said he became “a criminal” the moment he committed the crime.
The children were unharmed and are now with their biological father, leaving a case that has shaken a community where Savetz had long been seen as a decorated deputy.