Disturbing cell phone footage showed a Florida woman, accused of fatally suffocating her boyfriend in a suitcase, laughing as he pleaded for help while trapped in the luggage.
Sarah Boone, 46, was arrested in February 2020 after telling police she had passed out after putting Jorge Torres Jr, 42, inside the bag during a game of hide-and-seek with alcohol at her home in Winter Park, Florida.
However, footage on his phone shows him rummaging through the suitcase and telling her “I can’t breathe” as she screams at him.
Boone took two clips of her laughing and mocking Torres as he begged for his life, evidence from the state attorney’s office revealed.
Torres repeatedly called out to Boone and she responded with a laugh: “For everything you’ve done to me, fuck you, stupid.”
Cellphone video shows Sarah Boone laughing as her boyfriend Jorge Torres Jr. flails and calls for help while trapped inside a suitcase.
Sarah Boone (pictured), 46, has been charged with second-degree murder in the suffocation death of her boyfriend.
“I can’t breathe, honey, seriously,” Torres said.
“Yeah, that’s what you do when you choke me,” Boone responded.
Torres continued to cry for help, pleading that she couldn’t breathe, and Boone told her, ‘That’s what I feel like when you cheat on me.’
“I can’t breathe, Sarah,” Torres said. Boone responded, “Then you should probably shut the hell up.”
The videos show two different angles of the suitcase, one with the front of the bag up next to a flip-flop and another with the front on the ground.
Interrogation footage shows investigators questioning how Torres suffocated inside the suitcase, which Boone claimed was an accident while they were playing drunken hide-and-seek.
Boone said she and Torres were painting pictures, completing a puzzle and drinking Woodbridge Chardonnay when they decided to play hide-and-seek.
Boone said she hid upstairs in the shower, but Torres never went up to look for her. When she went downstairs, she found Torres in the living room, and together they decided to zip Torres’ blue suitcase, which she claimed left two of her fingers sticking out of the zipper.
Torres continued crying for help, pleading that she couldn’t breathe, and Boone told her, ‘That’s what I feel when you cheat on me.’
Boone’s attorney claimed she suffered from battered spouse syndrome and Torres (pictured) had a history of domestic violence.
She pleaded not guilty to a second-degree murder charge and on Monday the state offered her a plea deal, which she denied.
Jury selection for her trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 14 and she faces life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder.
Last week, Boone requested to have her hair and makeup professionally done for her murder trial, but her bold request was denied.
Boone has represented herself throughout much of her court saga since her arrest, and is now represented by her ninth attorney after eight others were removed or resigned.
Her most recent attorney, James Owens, claimed she suffered from battered spouse syndrome and that Torres had a history of domestic violence involving Boone, including a 2018 assault charge related to a drunken altercation inside their home.
