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A woman accused of leaving her boyfriend to suffocate in a suitcase and taunting him while he pleaded to be released is set to appear in court charged with second degree murder.
Sarah Boone was arrested in February 2020 after telling police she had passed out after zipping Jorge Torres Jr, 42, inside the bag during a booze-fueled game of hide-and-seek at their home in Winter Park, Florida.
But her story unraveled when investigators discovered video on her phone showing Torres thrashing around inside the suitcase, desperately telling her: 'I can't f***ing breathe'.
Boone, who was 42 at the time of the alleged crime, is now due to appear in court for a pretrial hearing on January 30 after a judge rescheduled the date Tuesday.
Sarah Boone was arrested in February 2020 after telling police she had passed out after zipping Jorge Torres Jr, 42, inside the bag during a game of hide-and-seek at their home in Winter Park, Florida
This screenshot from a cellphone video allegedly recorded by Sarah Boone shows the blue suitcase where Jorge Torres Jr suffocated to death after being zipped up inside
In a two-minute video found on Boone's phone, she is allegedly heard telling Torres with a laugh: 'For everything you've done to me. F*** you. Stupid.'
The boyfriend continues calling out the girlfriend's name, telling her: 'I can't f***ing breathe, seriously.'
Boone replies: 'Yeah, that's what you do when you choke me.'
After listening to Torres' pleas saying he cannot breathe, she says: 'That's on you. Oh, that's what I feel like when you cheat on me. You should probably shut the f*** up.'
In a second video with a duration of 22 seconds, the suitcase is seen in a different position than in the first recording, this time facing upward. Torres calls out Boone's name before she stops recording.
Boone later called 911, telling the operator 'my boyfriend is dead,' according to a recording first obtained by Orlando Sentinel.
She continued: 'My boyfriend and I were playing last night, and I put him in a suitcase and we were playing...like kind of a hide-and-seek kind thing, so...I fell asleep and I woke up and he was dead in the suitcase. I don't know what happened.'
Boone proceeded to tell the dispatcher that Torres had 'blood coming out of his mouth' and speculated that he may have suffered an aneurysm.
She added that her boyfriend had a purple hue when she pulled him out of the suitcase and tried to administer CPR.
'He's stiff and he's purple,' she is heard telling the operator.
Boone is escorted by a police officer following her arrest in February 2020. Police discovered videos on her phone allegedly showing the woman filming Torres pleading to be released from the
