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Sarah Boone trial: How to watch live

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Published  October 18, 2024 1:58pm EDT
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FOX 35 Orlando

The trial of Florida vs. Sarah Boone began this week.

Sarah Boone is charged with second-degree murder in the February 2020 death of her boyfriend, Jorge Torres. Boone is accused of zipping her boyfriend inside a suitcase during a drunken game of hide-and-seek inside their Winter Park apartment, taunting him, and leaving him to die overnight.

The state argues that Boone killed Torres with "malicious intent," "to punish him," and because he "deserved it." Boone's defense plans to use a battered spouse's defense, claiming Torres' death was in self-defense.

"Sarah Boone loved the man, hated the abuse," her attorney said during opening statements.

FOX 35 is streaming the Sarah Boone trial live gavel-to-gavel on FOX Local (now available on mobile and TV), on FOX35Orlando.com, and on our YouTube channel.

The cell phone videos

At the center of the case are two separate videos recorded 11 minutes apart on Sarah Boone's cell phone of Torres inside the zipped suitcase, calling out her name repeatedly and telling her that he cannot breathe.

Content warning: The video may be disturbing and difficult to watch.

New evidence released in Sarah Boone case

Sarah Boone is accused of killing her boyfriend, Jorge Torres Jr., in Feb. 2020 inside their home in Winter Park after allegedly locking him inside a suitcase. Boone told deputies that she and Torres were playing a game of hide-and-seek and that she fell asleep. When she woke up, she said she found her boyfriend dead in the suitcase. The Florida State Attorney's Office released video allegedly recorded on Boone's cell phone that appears to show a conversation between her and Torres. Content warning: This video may be graphic and disturbing to some.

Here is a snippet from one of the videos:

  • Torres: "Sarah. Sarah."
  • Boone: "For everything you've done to me."
  • Torres: "Sarah."
  • Boone: "For everything you've done to me."
  • Torres: "Sarah"
  • Boone: "(expletive) you! 
  • Torres: "Sarah"
  • Boone: "(expletive) you!"
  • Torres: "Sarah."
  • Boone: "That's my name. Don't wear it out."
  • Torres: "Sarah, I can't (explective) breathe baby. Seriously."
  • Boone: "Yeah, that's what you do when you choke me." 
  • Torres: "Sarah…Sarah…Sarah…Sarah, I can't breathe baby."
  • Boone: "That's on you. That's on you."
  • Torres: "Sarah."

Sarah Boone's police interrogation | Full video

Detectives asked Sarah Boone a number of questions after her boyfriend, Jorge Torres, was found dead inside a suitcase at their Winter Park home in Feb. 2020. Boone initially told deputies the two were playing hide-and-seek and that Torres willing got in the suitcase. Boone said she went upstairs, fell asleep, and woke up the next morning and found Torres dead still inside the blue suitcase.

"It was not intentional," she told deputies, according to the interrogation video.

FULL: Sarah Boone police interrogation

Sarah Boone is charged with second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, Jorge Torres Jr., who died after being zipped inside a suitcase. Boone said the two were playing hide-and-seek and that she fell asleep, and later came down and found him dead. Prosecutors said videos found on Boone's cell phone show her taunting him, as he begs for help and says he cannot breathe. Warning: Video may be disturbing to some.

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