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Woman left her boyfriend to die in zipped suitcase | US News


The woman who zipped her boyfriend in a suitcase to die
Sarah Boone could now face life in prison after leaving Jorge Torres to die in a suitcase (Photo: Shutterstock/AP)

The woman who left her boyfriend for die in a zipped suitcase was found guilty of murder.

Sarah Boone was first arrested four years ago after the death of Jorge Torres in Winter Park, Florida.

The jury returned its verdict Friday, and Boone previously pleaded not guilty to murder.

She initially told detectives that she and Torres were playing hide and seek on Feb. 23, 2020, at their home when they thought it would be fun for Torres to get into a suitcase.

They drank and she decided to go to bed, thinking that her boyfriend would be able to get out of the suitcase on his own.

When she woke up the next morning, she did not find Torres, but remembered that he was in the suitcase.

She unzipped her suitcase and found that he was unresponsive.

Boone was charged with murder after videos of Torres screaming from a suitcase were found on her phone.


The woman who left the guy in the suitcase.
Boone appeared in court for a 10-day trial (Photo: TNS via Z)

Prosecutor Dave Cacciatore Jr. pulls out a suitcase of evidence as he begins closing arguments in the case of defendant Sarah Boone on Friday, October 25, 2024, at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida. Boone is accused of leaving her boyfriend to die. after being zipped up in a suitcase at their home (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Prosecutor Dave Cacciatore Jr. pulls out a suitcase containing evidence (Photo: AP)

He screamed that he couldn’t breathe and repeatedly shouted Boone’s name.

She testified that past violent incidents between her and Torres made her feel at risk of imminent harm.

She said she acted in self-defense by keeping it in her suitcase.

“Yeah, that’s what you do when you choke me,” Boone said in one video.

“Oh, this is how I feel when you cheat on me.”

The man who died in a suitcase.

Jorge Torres was found dead in a suitcase in 2020 (Photo: Orange County Sheriff’s Office)

The autopsy report said Torres had scratches on his back and neck, bruises to his shoulder, skull and forehead from blunt force trauma, and a cut near his split lip.

Since her arrest, Boone has had several attorneys, which contributed to the 10-day delay of her trial.

She will be sentenced on December 2 and faces life in prison.

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