Posted on 03/15/2023 8:40:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
Warning: Some viewers may find the video in this case disturbing, discretion is advised.
(NewsNation) — The pre-trial conference for a Florida woman accused of zipping her boyfriend into a suitcase, recording his repeated cries for help and leaving him locked inside until he died, is set to begin this month.
Sarah Boone, 42, faces second-degree murder charges in the death of 42-year-old Jorge Torres Jr, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
Man killed daughter’s suspected stalker with moose antler, sheriff says Boone’s defense attorney said she plans to use a battered spouse defense when she goes to trial, WOFL-TV reported.
Mark Nejame, a criminal defense attorney, told NewsNation Boone’s lawyers would have a “tough road for them to go through,” if they use that as their defense.
“Florida does recognize battered women syndrome or battered spouse syndrome, I should say. It’s typically the woman who’s the victim in these matters but you have to really show that [the abuse] is perpetual, that it’s ongoing, that it escalated,” he explained.
During a pre-trial hearing in January 2022, the defense attorney said the case was “not ready for trial,” and he needed to meet with Boone and find subject matter experts for her defense, WOFL reported.
A pre-trial conference was set for March 28 with a possible trial happening the week of April 10.
In February 2020, Boone called authorities from her Winter Park home and told dispatchers her boyfriend was dead. Investigators said she claimed they had been drinking the night before and agreed it would be funny if Torres got into the suitcase during a game of hide-and-seek, according to an arrest affidavit from the Sheriff’s Office.
Boone admitted she zipped Torres into the suitcase, went upstairs to bed and awoke the next morning to find him still inside and unresponsive, the document alleged.
The Sheriff’s Office said Boone’s statements didn’t line up with video evidence found on her phone showing a blue suitcase facing downward with Torres trying to free himself. In the video, he called for help and yelled that he couldn’t breathe, deputies wrote in the affidavit.
Boone could be heard laughing and saying: “Yeah, that’s what you do when you choke me,” according to the document.
In December 2021, Boone sent a written letter to the judge citing several concerns, specifically regarding an alleged lack of communication from the judge overseeing her case or her defense attorney, WOFL reported.
According to online records, Boone did not file a request for a new lawyer. She also said she was planning to send a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis about “the mismanagement of my case.”
Carrion Luggage Ping!...............
if you’re gonna play bondage games you better trust your playmate!
LOL!
I’d invite you back to my place
It’s only mine because it holds my suitcase
It looks home to me alright
Must I be the man in a suitcase
Is it me, the man with the stranger’s face
Must I be the man in a suitcase
Ohhhh - that’s bad, really bad.
So I punch up FR this morning and three of the first five stories: a body found in luggage, a body found in a shopping cart, a body found after almost a month in a car in an airport parking lot. What the hell’s going on these days?
Yep, it’s all fun and games until someone suffocates.
Will read this article to its conclusion only if it is first be rewritten to start with the phrase “A Florida Man...”.
Consumers of news must have standards.
Not that her cover story was very believable, but having a video that showed the real story was a pretty stupid move.
Florida Man Dies After Being Locked in Suitcase by Girlfriend...........................
is first rewritten...
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Yes, but why?
The Florida Man must have that certain flaw that leads to his downfall.
The humanoids in this country. Geez. No wonder turd rollers like Biden and his band of Dung Beetles can get elected. These maggots are voters too!
Bumper crop of weirdness today.
Florida WOMAN..................
You missed the one today about the woman finding her dead husband in the closet after nissing for 8 months
You missed the one today about the woman finding her dead husband in the closet after nissing for 8 months
Happy Wednesday.
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