A Florida woman was sentenced Monday to life in prison for zipping her boyfriend into a suitcase and leaving him to die of suffocation amid a history of domestic and alcohol abuse. Circuit Judge Michael Kraynick imposed the sentence in Orlando on Sarah Boone, 47, for the 2020 killing of 42-year-old Jorge Torres. A jury deliberated only 90 minutes Oct. 25 before convicting Boone of the second-degree murder of Jorge Torres after a 10-day trial. When she woke up the next morning, she didn’t find Torres but then remembered he was in the suitcase. During her trial, Boone testified that past violent incidents between her and Torres caused her to perceive a threat of imminent harm and that she acted in self-defense by keeping him in the suitcase.

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Persons: Michael Kraynick, Sarah Boone, Jorge Torres, convicting Boone, Boone, Torres, Torres ’, “ Sarah, ”, Victoria Torres, “, Jorge, didn’t, William Jay, ” Boone Organizations: Orange County Sheriff’s Locations: Florida, Orlando, Orange, , Florida