A Florida woman was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for the 2020 murder of her boyfriend, whom she locked in a suitcase overnight until he suffocated and died when she left him gibe.
Sarah Boone, 47, smiles in an Orlando courtroom after Circuit Judge Michael Kranick sentenced the convicted killer. Found guilty of second-degree murder in October For the death of her lover Jorge Torres Jr.
Boone trapped 42-year-old Torres in a suitcase overnight Recorded a video of myself taunting him Before leaving him to die.
The jury took only 90 minutes to find her guilty after a 10-day trial in which Boone claimed her boyfriend had abused her.
Torres’ family packed the courtroom Monday and several relatives spoke before the sentencing hearing about the impact of his death and expressed their grief over his torturous demise.
“Sometimes when I look out the window, I’m waiting for him to come and say, ‘Mom, I love you,'” said his mother, Blanca Torres.
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One of Torres Jr.’s daughters, Anna Victoria Torres, detailed the mental health issues she has suffered since her father’s death, including severe depression and anxiety. She said that in the first year, she would wake up screaming and “wish I was having a nightmare, but then wake up and remember again that my father is gone.”
In a last-ditch effort to get his point across, Boone took the stand before sentencing. As reported, she proved to be a difficult client during her trial and went through nine lawyers WESH,
As WESH reports, Boone and his defense team spent the trial arguing that Torres was abusive and that he only killed her because she was suffering from “battered spouse syndrome.”
“I forgive myself for falling in love with a monster. And no matter how strange he may be, I still love him, hope and forgive him,” Boone said.
She alleged that Torres Jr. “kicked, punched, spit on, raped, stabbed and (and) strangled” her during their relationship.
Despite the allegations against her, she apologized for her lover’s death.
“I didn’t mean for this to happen. “I’m sorry, George,” she pleaded. “Forgive me, Torres family.”
According to one, the February 2020 murder began during a night of drinking and a game of hide-and-seek. News release From State Attorney Andrew Bain.
Torres Jr. was hiding in the suitcase as part of the game. Boone then zipped up the suitcase, recorded herself taunting him as he pleaded to be released, and went to bed.
“In the video recorded by him, the victim can be heard telling the defendant that he cannot breathe and asking to get out of the suitcase. Boone responded with, ‘That’s what you get,’ ‘That’s how I feel when you cheat on me’ and other taunts,” the news release states.
Torres died by asphyxiation sometime during the night and the next morning.
According to an Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit, Boone claimed he thought he would be able to get himself out because two of his fingers were out of the suitcase.
She originally pleaded not guilty to the charges and later rejected a plea deal to a 15-year sentence.
With post wires.
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