Sarah Boone Trial: News & updates

Texas attorney Lauren Cadilac joined FOX 35 News+ to react to the life sentence handed to convicted suitcase murderer Sarah Boone, and why what Boone said on the stand during the hearing may not have helped her fate.

Sarah Boone, the Florida woman convicted of killing her boyfriend in Feb. 2020 by locking him inside a suitcase, will spend the rest of her life in prison. Boone was convicted of second-degree murder by a six-person jury in October 2024.

Sarah Boone was sentenced to life in prison in the 2020 murder of her boyfriend Jorge Torres, who was zipped inside a suitcase and left to die. She was convicted of second-degree murder in October 2024.

Sarah Boone delivered a 20-minute speech during her sentencing hearing, following her conviction of second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, Jorge Torres. She alleged abuse by Torres during her speech, lamented the criminal justice system, the state, media coverage of her trial. She also discussed her love for Torres, and asked for forgiveness from him and his family.

Jorge Torres' mother spoke during Sarah Boone's sentencing hearing in the death of her son. Boone was convicted of second-degree murder of Torres, who was locked inside a suitcase during a drunken game of hide-and-seek. "I don't hate her for what she did," Torres' mother told the judge during her victim impact statement. "She (did) not only kill my son, she killed a father, brother, an uncle."

FOX 35's Stephanie Buffamonte joined FOX 35 News+ to talk about what to expect when Sarah Boone enters an Orange County courtroom today for her sentencing hearing in front of Judge Michael Kraynick. Boone was convicted in October of second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, Jorge Torres. Watch the sentencing hearing at 1:30 p.m. live on FOX LOCAL.

Lauren Cadilac, a Texas attorney who has watched this case closely, joined FOX 35 News+ to talk about the verdict in the Suitcase Murder Trial and what sentencing could look like for convicted murderer Sarah Boone.

Florida State Attorney Andrew Bain and the state prosecutors spoke briefly with reporters following the verdict in Florida v. Sarah Boone. Boone was found guilty of second-degree murder in the Feb. 2020 death of her boyfriend, Jorge Torres, who was locked inside a suitcase and left to suffocate, officials said. Boone initially claimed Torres' death was not intentional, but at trial, claimed it was in self-defense.

Attorney James Owens, who represented Sarah Boone during her murder trial, told reporters that he was "disappointed" in the jury's guilty verdict, but that he respected the jury's decision. He admitted the state had some strong evidence, but felt he and his team had some strong evidence as well. He said Boone was "shocked" at the guilty verdict on second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, Jorge Torres. Owens was the ninth lawyer to represent Boone. Boone went through went through 8 court-appointed lawyers previously, whom all withdrew due to differences with Boone or conflicts of interest.

A jury rendered a guilty verdict in the second-degree murder trial of Sarah Boone. The jury arrived at that decision after a short period of deliberations that began late Friday afternoon, following closing arguments.

Sarah Boone was found guilty of second-degree murder in the Feb. 2020 death of her boyfriend, Jorge Torres. The jury a little more than an hour to reach a unanimous verdict.

Laura Cadilac of Cadilac Law, a Texas-based law firm, has been following the Sarah Boone trial. She joined FOX 35's Garrett Wymer shortly after the case was given to the jury to discuss some of the most interesting moments of the trial. While second-degree murder was the most severe charge against Sarah Boone, Cadilac she said was surprised that Boone wasn't charged with first-degree murder in light of the videos at the center of the case.