A Florida woman who hid her boyfriend in a suitcase for hours until he died has been found guilty of second-degree murder.

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A Florida woman was found guilty of second-degree murder Friday after authorities said she stuffed her boyfriend in a suitcase and left him for dead back in 2020.

Sarah Boone now 47told authorities her boyfriend got stuck in a suitcase and died while playing hide and seek, court records show. The Florida couple drank chardonnay and solved puzzles in their Winter Park apartment.

They thought “it would be funny” to jump into the suitcase during the game, according to an arrest affidavit from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

When Boone zipped up Jorge Torres Jr. 42According to the affidavit, he had two fingers sticking out of the blue suitcase, so she assumed he could open it.

She went upstairs and went to bed, thinking he would climb out of the suitcase and join her, but woke up to find him still in it and not breathing, the affidavit said.

“Evidence presented at trial included videos found on Boone’s phone in which Torres could be heard frantically pleading for his release while Boone laughed and fought him off several times,” the state attorney’s office said in a statement. Andrew Bane. said.

“In the videos she recorded, the victim was heard telling the defendant he couldn’t breathe and asking him to be let out of the suitcase,” she said. release added. “Boone responded with, ‘That’s what you get,’ ‘That’s how I feel when you cheat on me,’ and other taunts.”

“I can’t breathe, seriously,” her boyfriend said in the phone video.

The video shows Torres pushing the suitcase and trying to get out, the affidavit states.

During 10 days In court, Boone’s defense said she suffered from “battered spouse syndrome” and feared for her life, CNN affiliate WFTV reported. reported. Boone also testified that she believed Torres would be able to get out of the suitcase; partner added.

She testified in her own defense for nearly five hours, a CNN affiliate reported. VES reported.

Boone’s lawyer said they were very disappointed with the verdict, while Torres’ family was emotional and refused to talk to the media, the CNN affiliate reported. VES reported.

“Just a shock. You know, she’s in shock,” James Owens said, according to the report. VES. “She felt like, you know, she had protection, you know.”

Boone said he will be sentenced Dec. 2 at 1:30 p.m. release from the prosecutor’s office.

CNN’s Faith Karimi contributed to this report.