‘Caused a Lifetime of Pain’: Devastated Family of Florida Man Who Suffocated Inside Suitcase Says Girlfriend Found Guilty of His Murder Deserves to ‘Rot In Jail’ After Her Life Sentence
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The Florida woman accused of zipping her boyfriend in a suitcase and leaving him there to suffocate and die will spend life in prison for his murder.
Sarah Boone was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 42-year-old Jorge Torres Jr.
Sarah Boone, left, is accused of leaving Jorge Torres, right, in a suitcase to suffocate. (Photos: Good Life Funeral Home, FOX 35 Orlando)
Authorities found Torres’ dead body in a suitcase at a home in Winter Park, Florida, on Feb. 24, 2020.
Boone told detectives that she and Torres were drinking wine while playing hide-and-seek and decided it would be funny to zip Torres, who was 5 feet 2, in a suitcase.
The 47-year-old said she went to bed after closing the suitcase but left enough space for Torres to stick a couple of his fingers out, believing he could get out on his own.
When she woke the next morning, she found Torres’ body inside the suitcase and called 911.
She told law enforcement that she never meant to leave him there.
However, investigators later discovered videos on Boone’s phone that show Torres pleading for Boone to release him from the suitcase while a voice presumed...
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