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Ep 64 - The Suitcase Video: The Sarah Boone Case · Five-Minute Crime

HOST: A man was found dead inside a suitcase, and the key witness had filmed him begging to get out. [SFX: scary thud] HOST: February 24th, 2020. Winter Park, Florida. Sarah Boone called 911 and said her boyfriend, Jorge Torres Jr., was not breathing. She told police they’d been drinking wine, playing hide-and-seek, and joking around when Jorge climbed into a blue suitcase. HOST: Boone said she fell asleep. When she woke up, Jorge was dead. [AD_BREAK:1] HOST: At first, it sounded bizarre. Then detectives checked her phone. HOST: They found videos recorded the night before. Jorge’s voice came from inside the zipped suitcase. He said he couldn’t breathe. He called her name. [SFX: surprise sting] HOST: Boone, standing outside, replied, quote, “That’s what you do when you choke me.” HOST: Prosecutors said this wasn’t an accident. They said it was punishment. [AD_BREAK:2] HOST: Boone cycled through attorneys for years and claimed battered spouse syndrome. But in October 2024, a jury convicted her of second-degree murder. HOST: The suitcase was no longer a prop in a drunken game. It was evidence. [AD_BREAK:3] HOST: In December 2024, Sarah Boone was sentenced to life in prison. A case that began with hide-and-seek ended with a video nobody could explain away.