GUILTY FL - Sarah Boone, 42, charged with murdering boyfriend Jorge Torres, 42, by leaving him locked in suitcase, Winter Park, Feb 2020 #3

[Warwick7]

Murder?

1.He got himself drunk that night
2.He put himself in the suitcase
3.He put himself in a position where he was dependent on a woman with known (especially by him) alcohol & emotional issues

A video featuring emotional drunk talk does not prove murderous intent

2 intoxicated people doing stupid intoxicated things
She passes out and he is trapped
Accident

Manslaughter/reckless homicide at best, if the system understands "justice"

May not satisfy a lynchmob but would closer to a just outcome

JMO on our broken system

SB is a professional gaslighter in my own opinion. Don't fall for it.

 

[Warwick7]

So you are agreeing with me, or..

I knew that but just don't get the celebratory glee for someone who sank themselves deeper than the system deemed necessary due to personality defects or failed creative logic. What happened to the facts? The system shouldn't allow you to do that to yourself. She deserves life because she made a dumb decision in the legal process? It's scary that people support that. CourtTV B.S. IMO

Some reform is needed regarding plea deals. They've become so common and usually tank any respectable outcome for victims and their families. This is the flip side. Plea deals are heinous.

BBM
She deserves life because the jury has spoken. A jury of her peers.
They spoke.
It's done.

 

[Warwick7]

I think you're leaving out that they were intoxicated. And you're applying your common sense to their intoxicated event. Alcohol is not the excuse but the explanation for the bad behavior. Murderous intent does not need to be manufactured because hard evidence exists that bad decisions were made in the moment due to alcohol.

Is there other evidence she planned to take advantage of an opportunity and murder him? In a notebook, on her phone, did she speak with others about a plan to kill him?

BBM
It's only her word she was intoxicated.
There is really no proof.

 

[Megnut]

Sarah Boone held the lease.
Sarah Boone held his immigration papers.
Sarah Boone inflicted many of her own injuries.
Sarah Boone lied to everyone in her orbit.
Sarah Boone lied to JT's brother and incited a brutal attack on JT.
JT was afraid of Sarah Boone.
Sarah Boone created the push-pull dynamic. Go, stay. Get out, come back.
JT was packing that suitcase.
I believe that she shoved him into it and attempted to throw him out on the curb but instead list her grip and it tumbled down the staircase.
Sarah Boone left JT in the suitcase because she didn't care whether he could or couldn't breathe.
Sarah Boone is the star of the melodrama of her own making. Ever vctim and ever heroine both, as her headcase impact statement shows.
Sarah Boone has continued to lie, use and manipulate people for the performance that is her life.
The judge made sure each day of the trial that Sarah Boone was satisfied with her 11th hour counsel.
And no the jury has spoken. Putting all of Sarah Boone's artsy words to date to rest.
The End

JMO

 

[tlcya]

Murder?

1.He got himself drunk that night
2.He put himself in the suitcase
3.He put himself in a position where he was dependent on a woman with known (especially by him) alcohol & emotional issues

A video featuring emotional drunk talk does not prove murderous intent

2 intoxicated people doing stupid intoxicated things
She passes out and he is trapped
Accident

Manslaughter/reckless homicide at best, if the system understands "justice"

May not satisfy a lynchmob but would closer to a just outcome

JMO on our broken system

he got himself drunk and did a stupid thing by giving up his power = his fault
she got herself drunk, angry drunk, had the power, and used it to cause a man's death = not her fault, just an accident

Have I got that right?

STRONGLY disagree with all of the above but I do agree that our system is broken. When it takes four, nearly five years, hundreds of thousands of dollars, seven attorney swaps, and countless other defendant created frivolous delays to obtain a lawful conviction there is indeed a problem. JMO

 

[Weki]

A plea deal is done to spare the victim’s family the ordeal of a trial and for the fair and efficient administration of justice. It also benefits the defendant since trial outcomes are unpredictable. Everyone has a right to a fair trial so if a defendant opts to go that route then he or she must face the verdict as it is. Once the jury has spoken, we do not alter it. That’s our system of justice.

If you don’t like it, don’t commit crimes and you should be all good!

Buh bye Sarah! Enjoy life in prison. This is the fairest outcome to me not 15 years. She proved time and again she wasn’t worthy of leniency but Jose’s family are forgiving people and that’s the only way that would’ve been offered. She doesn’t deserve their forgiveness either.

JMO

 

[arielilane]

Life in prison in the state of Florida means exactly that, no more outside for Sarah, she will die in prison. No more sunshine, ever for Sarah. She chose it, her choice.

 

[Seattle1]

Sarah Boone sentenced to life in prison for leaving boyfriend in suitcase to die

Sarah Boone, convicted of second-degree murder after leaving her boyfriend trapped in a suitcase to die, has been sentence to life in prison.

www.wesh.com

12/2/24

 

[Seattle1]

Florida woman sentenced to life in prison for zipping boyfriend in suitcase for hours until he died

A Florida woman was sentenced to life in prison Monday after she was found guilty of second-degree murder for zipping her boyfriend in a suitcase, leaving him inside for hours until he died.

abc13.com

12/3/24

 

[Seattle1]

Woman who zipped boyfriend in suitcase, suffocating him, sentenced to life in prison

Sarah Boone, of Florida, told police the couple was drinking when Jorge Torres Jr. got in the suitcase. He suffocated to death.

www.usatoday.com

12/3/24

 

[SoWhat]

Is it possible not to be surprised but also be in disbelief simultaneously?

There was a 99.9% chance that SB was going to give an unhinged, hurtful, self aggrandizing rant on the stand at sentencing but even so it is still unbelievable that anyone could possibly be this awful in every single way a person can be awful. It’s astonishing.

If there’s any silver lining (don’t even get me started on the GOLD, oh my god) it’s that Sarah Boone was completely exposed and Jorge’s family got justice for what she did to him. I hope that the narrative of Jorge abusing her gets dispelled, it’s pretty clear she was abusing him and covered up the abuse by claiming she was the victim. She couldn’t make it more clear to him that if he ever told anyone what she was doing to him no one would believe him and she would win every time. She really truly thought that this would never come back on her even after she murdered him. She still doesn’t. Evil evil evil.

My jaw dropped when she went on and on about domestic violence survivors considering that Jorge was a domestic violence victim and she is the reason he didn’t survive it because she killed him.

Has she ever said anything nice about or apologize to her son? She only ever brought him up to make herself look good, to pull on heartstrings, to make excuses, to use him as a weapon against other people in her life, to try to humiliate and hurt Jorge and his children.

Kraynick didn’t need to say anything other than her sentence and a little housekeeping. Boone probably wanted him to address her even if he did nothing but reiterate how truly reprehensible her conduct and character is. Boone is obsessed with her newfound celebrity, her sense of self importance is outrageously high. To send her away for the rest of her life to live and die anonymously now is IMO very appropriate.

 

[Lilibet]

A plea deal is done to spare the victim’s family the ordeal of a trial and for the fair and efficient administration of justice.

And this is exactly why SB didn’t accept the plea deal. She certainly didn’t want to spare Jorge’s family the horrible ordeal of the trial. She believed nothing short of her freedom would be fair. We’ve seen that the efficient administration of justice is nothing she would want because it would be speedy and uncomplicated, which over 4 years and multiple attorneys rendered impossible.

UNDERLINED BY ME

 

[sunspun]

SB - Scorched Earth! A good way to put it.

I'm so blown away that LYK took his time out to spend the day, what a star!

I've not heard the term "downward departure" until recently, in this case and another one (I think AB). Can someone explain briefly what that means in court? thx

 

[HawthorneJuniper]

Omg you guys, why am I still surprised that this crazy narc made it all about herself in the most victim-y heinous liar manner ever?

I was on a work call but had the TV on with closed captions and I could not control my face when I heard this insanity:

“I forgive myself for falling in love with a monster”?!?!

“I think of Jorge all the time especially when I look at my stab wound that he gave me.”?!?!

She is the absolute worst! Thank you Judge Krayniek for sentencing her to life and not giving her the satisfaction of being the center of the universe for one more second!

If you read her as a fictional character you wouldn’t find it believable. But she is the best at deluding herself. Like, Guinness level.

 

[HawthorneJuniper]

Life in prison in the state of Florida means exactly that, no more outside for Sarah, she will die in prison. No more sunshine, ever for Sarah. She chose it, her choice.

Honestly she’ll thrive there as there’s always new prisoners. She’s a full on proper Christian lady who serves as an example to the people who deserve to be there. But if she’s changing TO prison from a county type jail (I don’t remember) her skills may not be as impressive. But she’s relentless.

 

[HawthorneJuniper]

I've not heard the term "downward departure" until recently, in this case and another one (I think AB). Can someone explain briefly what that means in court? thx

It means deviating from the statutory penalties when permitted. So, if there’s not a mandatory minimum, there is a range and because the lower end is not mandatory, the Judge can go even lower.

 

[Luna20]

Murder?

1.He got himself drunk that night
2.He put himself in the suitcase
3.He put himself in a position where he was dependent on a woman with known (especially by him) alcohol & emotional issues

A video featuring emotional drunk talk does not prove murderous intent

2 intoxicated people doing stupid intoxicated things
She passes out and he is trapped
Accident

Manslaughter/reckless homicide at best, if the system understands "justice"

May not satisfy a lynchmob but would closer to a just outcome

JMO on our broken system

Jorge wasn’t so drunk that he couldn’t beg for his life. He spoke in a soft tone, clearly and frightfully. “Sarah I can’t breathe” is not belligerent drunk-talk. He had the ability to mentally detect her intent.

Sarah wasn’t so drunk that she couldn’t devise this murder. She chose to torture him. “That’s my name, don’t wear it out”.

She concocted a hide and seek story to align with her narrative. The precision of crafting that story isn’t that of a drunk person.

 

[Seattle1]

I've not heard the term "downward departure" until recently, in this case and another one (I think AB). Can someone explain briefly what that means in court? thx

How does a downward departure work in Florida?

A downward departure sentence allows a judge to impose a sentence that is less than what Florida law requires in some circumstances. There are no automatic criteria that guarantee you a downward departure. Essentially-- a judge decides to give a defendant a less severe sentence than what is typically recommended by the sentencing guidelines, often due to mitigating factors in the case, such as substantial cooperation with authorities or a first-time offense.

What is a Downward Departure Sentence in Florida?

Our Fort Lauderdale criminal defense lawyers help qualifying defendants get downward departure sentences. Learn more about this type of sentence reduction here.

www.robertmalovelaw.com

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

Honestly she’ll thrive there as there’s always new prisoners. She’s a full on proper Christian lady who serves as an example to the people who deserve to be there. But if she’s changing TO prison from a county type jail (I don’t remember) her skills may not be as impressive. But she’s relentless.

She's been in the same jail for nearly five years, seemingly in the same dorm which beds 64 women. I imagine most women were transient, either being held on remand and then released when their case collapsed or they took a plea deal, or, going up to prison when they'd been convicted. Some would be moved to other jails, some deported, some taken to hospitals or mental facilities or addiction recovery etc.

So she would have been with a highly vulnerable female prison population, them coming and going IMO. And then she would have been the one familiar with all the personnel, the spaces, facilities, equipment, rules... I'm sensing she has been 'triumphant' in that position as it looks like her narcissism ran riot.

Now she's going to be a very small fish in a big prison.

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

Incredible to think SB's advocates imagined that some extraordinary leniency would be shown to her and a 'downward departure'.

Although it's difficult to find a shred of sympathy for SB, I do wonder if SB has been wildly misinformed and misled throughout her time in jail by the Psychologist who seemed determined to propel her own theory of BSS, probably for her own self-aggrandizment.

SB seems pretty delusional in her own right but having someone encourage her to believe she was never a criminal and in fact the victim, compounded with other professionals saying the same would surely have given her some (false) hope to grasp on to?