FL - Sarah Boone, 42, charged with murdering boyfriend Jorge Torres, 42, by leaving him locked in suitcase, Winter Park, Feb 2020

[arielilane]

Sarah Boone case: Winter Park woman accused in boyfriend's suitcase death appears in court

Sarah Boone, a Florida woman accused of putting her boyfriend in a suitcase and leaving him there to die in 2020 during an alleged game of hide-and-seek, went before an Orange County judge for a pretrial hearing on Friday.

www.fox35orlando.com

3/31/2023


Judge Wooten granted a continuance and set another pretrial hearing for July 11.

Boone is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 42-year-old Jorge Torres Jr.

 

[arielilane]

2/23/2020

1. SECOND DEGREE MURDER Statute: 782.04(2) First Degree - Punishable By Life

4/13/2020 Not Guilty/Deny

2/25/2020 OBTS:8888888888 Sequence:001 Control Number:20-17904 Arresting Agency:Orange County Sheriff Office

Date	Hearing	Time	Location	Pages	Doc
7/24/2023	Trial - Wooten, Wayne C	9:00 AM	Room 6-D On The 6th Floor
7/11/2023	Pre-Trial Conference - Wooten, Wayne C	9:00 AM	Room 6-D On The 6th Floor

Orange County Clerk of Courts Records Search

 

[JosieMae]

2/23/2020

1. SECOND DEGREE MURDER Statute: 782.04(2) First Degree - Punishable By Life

4/13/2020 Not Guilty/Deny

2/25/2020 OBTS:8888888888 Sequence:001 Control Number:20-17904 Arresting Agency:Orange County Sheriff Office

Date	Hearing	Time	Location	Pages	Doc
7/24/2023	Trial - Wooten, Wayne C	9:00 AM	Room 6-D On The 6th Floor
7/11/2023	Pre-Trial Conference - Wooten, Wayne C	9:00 AM	Room 6-D On The 6th Floor

Orange County Clerk of Courts Records Search

Thanks for the update!

Not holding my breath that this trial will ever commence though. If and when it does, it might set a speed record. All the prosecution has to do is play that video and it's So Long, Sarah.

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

Thanks for the update!

Not holding my breath that this trial will ever commence though. If and when it does, it might set a speed record. All the prosecution has to do is play that video and it's So Long, Sarah.

Will the trial be broadcast in real time or at least recorded so we can watch it at some point?

I'm particularly interested in following this one as I see that SB is an exceptionally difficult to represent client, IANAL though, and I'll be interested to see how it unfolds.

 

[JosieMae]

Will the trial be broadcast in real time or at least recorded so we can watch it at some point?

I'm particularly interested in following this one as I see that SB is an exceptionally difficult to represent client, IANAL though, and I'll be interested to see how it unfolds.

Someone upthread mentioned that the trial will be broadcast. (Not sure how accurate that info is.) IMO, CourtTV will carry it if possible as they have been following the case closely since the beginning.

FL v. Sarah Boone: Suitcase Murder Trial | Court TV

Sarah Boone is accused of zipping her boyfriend, Jorge Torres Jr., in a suitcase and leaving him to die on Feb. 25, 2020.

www.courttv.com

 

[arielilane]

Supposedly tomorrow (@pre-trial hearing) is the day it will be determined if trial will happen on Jul 24, or if it will be pushed out to a later date. Not confirmed, no factual info. MOO

 

[arielilane]

‘Witch Hunt’: Accused Suitcase Killer Sarah Boone Aggressively Addresses Judge in New Letters​

 

[CrimeSlog]

‘Witch Hunt’: Accused Suitcase Killer Sarah Boone Aggressively Addresses Judge in New Letters​

Who is telling her that people are making money off of her LOL ... this chick is a piece of work!

 

[arielilane]

Apparently, SB will not be present at pre-trial conference today. moo

 

[arielilane]

Sarah is not present at pre-trial conference.
moo

 

[arielilane]

SB's attorney Frank Bankowitz is supposed to meet with Judge Wooten on Jul 21 (yes, just days before trial) and it is my understanding that Sarah will be present at that meeting. Sarah also wrote another letter to the judge. All of this is moo

 

[arielilane]

#UPDATE: #SarahBoone’s next hearing set for July 21.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1678771300800823296

https://twitter.com/x/status/1678802096911417354

https://twitter.com/MattJohnsonNEWS

 

[arielilane]

Offense Date	Charge	Plea	Arrest	Disposition	Sentence
2/23/2020	1. SECOND DEGREE MURDER Statute: 782.04(2) First Degree - Punishable By Life	4/13/2020 Not Guilty/Deny	2/25/2020 OBTS:8888888888 Sequence:001 Control Number:20-17904 Arresting Agency:Orange County Sheriff Office

Date	Description	Pages	Doc
07/24/2023	HEARING - Trial - Wooten, Wayne C
07/11/2023	Per the Court: Comments: Parties to schedule Status Hearing with Judicial Assistant today, 7/11/2023, to be set within one week, possibly 7/21/2023.
07/11/2023	Court Minutes
07/11/2023	HEARING - Pre-Trial Conference - Wooten, Wayne C (Actual: Wooten, Wayne C)

Orange County Clerk of Courts Records Search

 

[Megnut]

I know she hasn't been convicted yet, but I find myself hoping she's sentenced to a Samsonite.

Jmo

 

[JerseyGirl]

Trial for accused suitcase murderer Sarah Boone continued, again

The murder trial of Sarah Boone, who's accused of zipping her boyfriend into a suitcase, has been continued. A July 21 status hearing is set.

www.courttv.com

 

[arielilane]

The murder trial of Sarah Boone, who's accused of zipping her boyfriend into a suitcase, has been continued. A July 21 status hearing is set.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1678811751431667724

https://twitter.com/CourtTV

 

[arielilane]

#SarahBoone speaks with detectives after finding her boyfriend, #JorgeTorresJr, dead in a suitcase. #SuitcaseMurderTrial #CourtTV #CourtTVLive

https://twitter.com/x/status/1678822171672473621

#JorgeTorresJr cries for help from his girlfriend, #SarahBoone, while she laughs at him. Boone is accused of suffocating her boyfriend while they allegedly played a game of hide-n-seek. Do YOU think this was on purpose, or all fun and games?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1678821154855739392

https://twitter.com/CourtTV

 

[arielilane]

July 21 status hearing is on record.​

​

Charge Details​

Offense Date	Charge	Plea	Arrest	Disposition	Sentence
2/23/2020	1. SECOND DEGREE MURDER Statute: 782.04(2) First Degree - Punishable By Life	4/13/2020 Not Guilty/Deny	2/25/2020 OBTS:8888888888 Sequence:001 Control Number:20-17904 Arresting Agency:Orange County Sheriff Office

Date	Description	Pages	Doc	Request Doc
07/24/2023	HEARING - Trial - Wooten, Wayne C
07/21/2023	HEARING - Status Hearing - Wooten, Wayne C
07/11/2023	Notice of Hearing	1
07/11/2023	Per the Court: Comments: Parties to schedule Status Hearing with Judicial Assistant today, 7/11/2023, to be set within one week, possibly 7/21/2023.
07/11/2023	Court Minutes
07/11/2023	HEARING - Pre-Trial Conference - Wooten, Wayne C (Actual: Wooten, Wayne C)

Orange County Clerk of Courts Records Search

 

[RickshawFan]

Some thoughts about "hide and seek".

I'm speculating that Jorge hid in the suitcase, by getting into it and closing the lid. SB "found" where he hid, sneaked up on it, and zipped it.

But now, this brings us more to the realm of pre-planning, malice, intent, etc.?

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

Some thoughts about "hide and seek".

I'm speculating that Jorge hid in the suitcase, by getting into it and closing the lid. SB "found" where he hid, sneaked up on it, and zipped it.

But now, this brings us more to the realm of pre-planning, malice, intent, etc.?

I seem to recall there was something in her interview about how they'd brought the suitcase down from upstairs and were messing around playing a game to see if he could get in it or somesuch. The police interview is online if you search for it, she hadn't asserted her right for an attorney and she also had a LOT to say so it goes on a while...

I was totally prepared to believe she is / was an alcoholic, that they'd both got drunk, pranked around, that she'd decided to let him sweat it out in the suitcase due to feeling malicious and vengeful and left him for a bit, not expecting him to die, then fallen fast asleep in a drunken stupor. However, other people make good arguments that this was not the situation at all. In which case, how did the suitcase get downstairs in the sitting room and if it was brought down for this strange 'game' then how pre-meditated was this?

JMO MOO