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first_reported: 2026-11-04 07:00 EST
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# Tampa man on trial admits to killing woman, disputes rape charge

In a cold Tampa courtroom, Thomas Sapp listened to a prosecutor describe how he suffocated the woman he was seeing and left her toddler alone for 19 hours afterward. He doesn’t dispute those facts.

Section: [Around Town](/tampa-bay/section/life.md) · Entities: none

## Coverage

- [Tampa Bay Times](https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2026/11/04/hillsborough-tampa-thomas-sapp-murder-trial-death-penalty/), 2026-11-04 07:00 EST: Tampa man on trial admits to killing woman, disputes rape charge

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