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Sarah Boone was found guilty of murder after her boyfriend died in a suitcase.

Sarah Boone was found guilty of murder after her boyfriend died in a suitcase.

A woman accused of leaving her boyfriend for dead after he was zipped up in a suitcase in their home was found guilty of second-degree murder by a jury in central Florida.

Four years later Sarah Boone was arrested in connection with the death of Jorge TorresThe jury returned a verdict against her Friday night after deliberating for 90 minutes.

Boone has pleaded not guilty.

A jury in central Florida found Sarah Boone guilty of second-degree murder. AP
Boone leaves her boyfriend for dead after being stuffed into a suitcase in their home. AP

Boone initially told Orange County Sheriff’s Office detectives that she and Torres were playing hide and seek on February 23, 2020, at their residence in Winter Park, Florida, when they thought it would be funny for Torres to sneak into a suitcase.

They had been drinking and she decided to go to bed, thinking her boyfriend would be able to climb out of the suitcase on his own, she told detectives, according to the arrest report.

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

She unzipped the suitcase and found him unresponsive, the arrest report states.

Detectives charged Boone with murder after they found videos on her cellphone of Torres screaming from inside a suitcase that she couldn’t breathe and repeatedly screaming Boone’s name, according to the arrest report.

Boone testified that past violent incidents between her and Torres (pictured) made her feel threatened by imminent harm and that she acted in self-defense. Orange County Sheriff’s Office
Boone initially lied to detectives, saying she and Torres were playing hide and seek when they thought it would be funny if he got into the suitcase – and then she fell asleep and forgot he was there. Court TV

During the trial, Boone testified that past violent incidents between her and Torres made her feel threatened by imminent harm and that she acted in self-defense by keeping him in the suitcase.

“Yeah, that’s what you do when you choke me,” Boone said in one of the cellphone videos taken that night, according to the arrest report. “Oh, this is how I feel when you cheat on me.”

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.

Boone will be sentenced on December 2 and faces life in prison. Orange County Jail in Florida
Detectives charged Boone with murder after they found video on her cellphone showing Torres screaming from inside a suitcase that she couldn’t breathe and repeatedly calling out Boone’s name. AP

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.