Killer Sarah Boone 'shocked' jury found her guilty despite video showing her trap boyfriend in suitcase

Convicted slayer Sarah Boone was near 'shocked' after a assemblage recovered her blameworthy of murdering her boyfriend, contempt video showing her trapping him wrong a suitcase. 

Boone, 47, from Winter Park, Florida, was recovered blameworthy of second-degree murder Friday successful nan February 2020 decease of her fellow Jorge Torres, 42. 

Her attorney, James Owens, who 'strongly' encouraged his customer to see a plea deal, told NewsNation she was 'shocked' by nan jury's decision. 

'She nor I were anticipating blameworthy arsenic charged, you know, we considered that nan assemblage mightiness convict her of a lesser charge,' Owens said. 'She was successful daze they recovered her blameworthy arsenic charged.'

During her trial, a horrific compartment telephone video showed Torres inside a ample bluish suitcase, pleading for his life, while Boone giggled. 

She told constabulary that she zipped him wrong nan container during a wine-fueled crippled of hide-and-seek astatine their home. 

However, footage from her telephone showed him thrashing astir successful nan suitcase, telling her 'I can't f***ing breathe' arsenic she yells backmost astatine him. 

The convicted murderer recorded two clips of her laughing and taunting Torres arsenic he begged for help, grounds from nan authorities attorney's agency revealed.

Torres many times called retired for Boone and she replied done laughter: 'For everything you've done to me, f**k you, stupid.'

'I can't f**ing breathe, babe, seriously,' Torres said.

'Yeah, that's what you do erstwhile you choke me,' Boone replied.

Torres continued to outcry for her thief pleading that he cannot respire and Boone told him: 'That's what I consciousness for illustration erstwhile you cheat connected me.'

'I can't breathe, Sarah,' Torres said. Boone replied, 'Then you should astir apt unopen nan f**k up.' 

The videos showed 2 different angles of nan suitcase, 1 pinch nan beforehand of nan container look up laying adjacent to a flip flop and different pinch nan beforehand connected nan ground. 

Interrogation footage showed investigators questioning really Torres suffocated wrong nan suitcase, which Boone claimed was an mishap arsenic they played a drunken crippled of hide and seek.

Boone said she and Torres were coating pictures, completing a puzzle and drinking Woodbridge Chardonnay erstwhile they decided to play nan game. 

Boone said she hid upstairs successful nan shower, but Torres ne'er went up to look for her.

When she came downstairs, she recovered Torres successful nan surviving room, and together they decided to person her zip up Torres successful nan suitcase, and she claimed she near 2 of his fingers sticking retired of nan zipper. 

She initially pleaded not blameworthy and rejected a plea woody that would person fixed her conscionable 15 years successful situation for manslaughter. 

Boone represented herself for overmuch of her clip successful tribunal aft 8 erstwhile attorneys were removed aliases quit. 

After respective complaints astir her practice Boone drew her ain advertisement for an attorney, reference 'Inmate seeks Attorney'. She wrote connected nan hand-drawn ad: 'Looking for a prosperous challenge? Ready for your close-up connected nat'l television? Are you zealous pinch a broadside of keen?'

'Show nan WORLD who you are pinch your original creativity, bonzer expertise, assured ingenuity,' nan advertisement continued and vanished pinch nan words 'epic opportunity awaits' and 'invest successful nan oppressed'.

During her trial, Boone besides made an audacious request, which was denied, for master hairsbreadth and constitution while she stood trial.

Boone had made claims that her fellow was abusive toward her. She told nan tribunal that Torres threatened to make her 'unrecognizable' aliases she 'would person mislaid my life'. 

A erstwhile neighbour testified that she had seen marks connected Boone's limb and neck, and Boone would talk nan maltreatment during conversation, reported Orlando News 6.  

She testified that she hadn't fto him retired because he had been forcefully trying to flight and that he was angry, expressing that she was 'always successful fear'.

'His manus started to travel through, and truthful I shook nan suitcase to effort and get his manus to spell backmost in. Telling him please extremity doing this to me,' she told nan court.

'He utilized to show maine he would make maine unrecognizable, aliases I would person mislaid my life,' she added earlier stating she utilized a shot bat to flick his manus backmost successful and deed his hand.

Under transverse examination, she admitted she wanted Torres to cognize really she felt surviving pinch his alleged abuse.

Boone past went upstairs and 'passed out' earlier awaking nan pursuing greeting and uncovering Torres still wrong nan suitcase.

A detective had pointed retired to her that she had refused to free him while he was 'begging for you to fto him out', to which she responded: 'It was not intentional. I will put my manus connected nan Bible. It was not intentional.' 

On nan 911 call, played during nan trial, she described him arsenic 'stiff and purple' pinch humor coming retired of his rima and it was later wished that Torres died arsenic a consequence of positional asphyxia.

During nan call, Boone was heard giving an emotionless recount of what had happened.

When asked astir nan quality of her emergency, she calmly said: 'My fellow is dead.'

The 911 usability past coached Boone done CPR while she protested that she had already attempted and asked them to 'hurry up'.

She said to nan tribunal that she was 'aghast' and was incapable to picture nan 'feeling of terror' upon discovering his body.

According to nan apprehension report, nan autopsy recovered that Torres had scratches connected his back, a ample scratch connected his neck, a trim lip, bruising connected his near shoulder, and bruises connected his forehead from 'blunt unit trauma', reported Fox 35. 

Both Boone and Torres had a reported history of violence. She was arrested successful 2018 connected a artillery complaint aft nan attempted strangulation of Torres, and he was charged pinch artillery from an alcohol-fueled altercation wrong their home.

According to nan affidavit, Boone had wrapped her hands astir his cervix attempting to strangle him, prompting Torres to footwear her.

A twelvemonth later, Torres was arrested doubly successful 1 period connected artillery charges.  

As closing arguments wrapped up connected Friday, Boone's defense attorneys requested a mistrial aft members of Torres's family walked retired while nan footage of him zipped wrong nan suitcase was shown.

The mobility was denied.

Defense lawyer Owen responded successful questioning that Boone was 'convinced successful her mind' that she had nary volition of sidesplitting Torres and that 'this was conscionable circumstance'.

He continued: 'I deliberation she felt bad astir immoderate execution condemnation aliases pleading to immoderate type of execution that she was someway criminally responsible for Jorge's death, and I deliberation that's wherever her mindset was.'

After she was recovered blameworthy of nan bizarre murder, State Attorney Andrew Bain said: 'This is simply a very horrific homicide... Today, justness was served pinch nan condemnation of Sarah Boone.'   

After 4 years of ineligible disputes, unforeseeable setbacks and respective pre-trial hearings, Boone is expected to person her sentencing connected December 2.