Florida Woman Packs And Kills Boyfriend

Was it a good time gone wrong or premeditated murder?

Photo from WESH

How do people keep their relationships fresh? Some people go on a vacation to spice up their love life, others chose to role play with their partner. Either choice is fine, as are a myriad of other scenarios most people use.

Then there is Sarah Boone and Jorge Torres, Jr. These two used luggage as a way to turn up the heat on their love life. And there were deadly consequences. There are also questions about whether or not these games were consensual or if there was a murder plot afoot.

Was this a horrible, drunken mistake? Or did one partner plan to kill the other?

The Innocent Mistake

It started with a game of “hide-and-seek” Boone told the police. She and Torres were playing the childhood classic game when she zipped him in the luggage. It would seem strange that Boone would show her where he was hiding if they were playing a game until it is revealed they were drunk at the time.

While drinking, Boone says she thought it would be “funny” to have her boyfriend climb into a suitcase. Then she zipped him in it and went upstairs and passed out. It wasn’t until the next morning to her cell phone ringing, that she realized she had left Torres in the suitcase. She ran downstairs and unzipped the luggage, her boyfriend had died.

She called 911 right away and told them he was unresponsive. They sent out a car right away.

The Murder Plot

While Boone has spun this innocent, if not confusing, story about hide-and-seek gone wrong, police have been playing a game of their own: Clue. They began piecing together what they believe really happened there as soon as they walked in the door. And questioned Boone’s “inconsistent” story.

Footage from Boone’s cell phone also suggests that this was not a mistake. In the footage police have seen, Torres can be heard screaming and begging for his girlfriend to let him out of the suitcase. Boone responds in the negative saying, “For everything you’ve done to me. Fuck you.”

At one point, he even says he cannot breathe. This gets Boone going, she starts listing Torres’ perceived sins against her, “Yeah, that’s what you do when you choke me. Oh, that’s what I feel like when you cheat on me…” Investigators believe Boone meant to kill her beau and this was a dastardly plot.

Boone was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.