A Florida woman accused of suffocating her fellow wrong a suitcase was recovered blameworthy of execution connected Friday pursuing a 10-day trial.
Sarah Boone, 46, was arrested and charged successful nan decease of her boyfriend, 42-year-old Jorge Torres, successful February 2020 successful their Winter Park, Florida, apartment.
After 90 minutes of deliberation, jurors agreed connected nan verdict against her connected Friday evening. She had antecedently pleaded not blameworthy to nan charges of second-degree murder.
Prosecutors opportunity that Boone zipped Torres wrong a suitcase during a drunken crippled of hide-and-seek, hitting him pinch a shot bat, and past leaving him overnight until he died of asphyxiation.
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Sarah Boone was recovered blameworthy of murdering Jorge Torres Jr. (Orange County Florida Prosecutor)
Graphic cellphone video of Torres struggling successful nan greenish suitcase was shown and remained cardinal during nan trial, on pinch nan couple's dysfunctional relationship.
In nan video of Torres wrong nan suitcase, he tin beryllium heard saying, "Sarah, I can't breathe, babe."
"That's connected you," she responds.
"Sarah, I can't breathe," he said again.
"That's connected you," Boone responded.
Prosecutor Dave Cacciatore Jr. shows photos successful grounds during closing arguments successful suspect Sarah Boone's trial, Friday, astatine nan Orange County Courthouse successful Orlando, Fla. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel via AP, Pool)
The 911 call
On Feb. 24, 2020, astatine 1:01 p.m., Boone called 911 to study that her boyfriend, Torres Jr., was dormant wrong their apartment.
In nan audio, obtained by WOFL, she is heard saying, "My fellow is dead."
She told 911 dispatchers that she and her fellow were "playing past nighttime and I put him successful a suitcase, and we were playing."
"A hide-and-seek kinda thing," she said.
Prosecutor Dave Cacciatore Jr. takes retired nan suitcase successful grounds arsenic he originates nan closing arguments successful Defendant Sarah Boone's trial, Friday, successful Orlando, Fla. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel via AP, Pool)
She said she "passed out" and woke up to find Torres unresponsive and not breathing successful nan suitcase.
"I don't cognize what happened," she said. "He had humor coming from his mouth. He's purple."
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Boone said that she attempted to springiness him CPR.
"Nothing happened. He's purple," she said.
Defendant Sarah Boone, charged pinch leaving her fellow to dice aft he was zipped into a suitcase successful their home, talks pinch defense lawyer James Owens earlier closing arguments successful her proceedings Friday. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel via AP, Pool)
She is expected to beryllium sentenced connected Dec. 2, and faces up to life successful prison, nan Orange County State Attorney's agency said in a release.
In her defense, Boone took nan guidelines during nan proceedings successful her ain defense, claiming she had nary volition of sidesplitting Torres.
She besides claimed her actions were successful self-defense and alleged Torres antecedently abused her, and she did not intend to wounded him.
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Prosecutors successful Orange County disagreed, penning successful a merchandise that her grounds was "contradicted by statements she made and video grounds showing her mocking nan unfortunate arsenic he begged to beryllium released from nan suitcase."
Fox News Digital's Mollie Markowitz contributed to this report.
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is simply a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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