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The unedited version of the police bodycam questioning Sarah Boone on what happened played in court. Prosecutors claimed she intentionally killed her boyfriend, Jorge Torres, using a suitcase in a deadly game of hide-and-seek. They introduced police bodycam video from two responding officers to the crime scene. At the time of his death Torres' height was five feet three inches, and he weighed only 103 pounds.
The unedited version of the police bodycam questioning Sarah Boone on what happened played in court. Prosecutors claimed she intentionally killed her boyfriend, Jorge Torres, using a suitcase in a deadly game of hide-and-seek. They introduced police bodycam video from two responding officers to the crime scene. At the time of his death Torres' height was five feet three inches, and he weighed only 103 pounds.
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S1, EP12 "Sarah Boone Breaks Down"In her second police interview Sarah Boone was more animated. The jury saw her on the video recording crying and screaming at detectives. Police wanted a confession out of her after they determined she intentionally kept her boyfriend zipped up in a suitcase for hours. This second interrogation happened on two days after Jorge Torres lost his life suffocating in a suitcase. Police declared his death a homicide.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP13 "Denial Of Intentionality"Jurors watched Sarah Boone deny any intention to the murder of her boyfriend in her second police interrogation. Detectives were in the beginning of their investigation trying to figure out what led to Jorge Torres being found dead in a suitcase. The first police interview happened at the crime scene. The next day after police did the initial part of their investigation that concluded it was a homicide and was seeking a confession out of her for her role in the murder.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP14 "Lead Detective's Conduct"Cross-examination began on lead detective Chelsey Koepsell. It came after the jury listened and watched the police interrogation of the defendant two days after Jorge Torres suffocated to death inside a suitcase. Jurors learned of the police procedure in the early part of the murder investigation of Jorge Torres. Detective Koepsell recalled taking Sarah Boone's cellphone without her consent because there was incriminating evidence on it.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP15 "Defendant Takes The Stand"Sarah Boone took the stand in her own murder trial. It came after the prosecution rested their case against her for intentionally killing Jorge Torres, her boyfriend, she was living with. Jurors listened to the defendant give them the backstory of how she met Torres and began their intimate relationship. Domestic violence was her defense. But she testified that during the very hours Torres was suffocating in the suitcase she simply had enough wine and fell asleep.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP11 "The Interrogation"Jurors watched more unedited portions of her police interview she gave after Jorge Torres, her boyfriend. At the time detectives were still investigating his death as a potential homicide. In the interrogation, Boone gave police more background of her turbulent, drama-filled relationship she had with Torres in the years and months before he died. Boone sounded like her boyfriend's death was just an accident that happened while they were having fun drinking and playing games.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP10 "Gathering Incriminating Evidence"Jurors heard for the first time from Sarah Boone. Prosecutors brought in the police interrogation where she initially told detectives the events that led up to Jorge Torres' death. Jurors listened to her talk about what she remembered happened. In recorded cellphone footage Torres' voice could be heard from inside the suitcase that he was trapped in. He was heard calling out Boone's name and telling her he could not breathe. The State wanted to use this as evidence of intentional murder.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP9 "Police Interview"The Defense had specific questions for a digital forensics examiner. It was under cross-examination and jurors were learning of the digital evidence that linked the defendant to the death of her boyfriend, Jorge Torres, inside their apartment. Next, the police interrogation of Sarah Boone was introduced to the jury. On the stand, was the lead investigator on this case. Hours after Jorge Torres was found dead inside a suitcase, police immediately began questioning her on all that had transpired.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP8 "Cellphone Extraction"Cellphone data extraction made its way into this trial. Prosecutors wanted to show the jury beyond reasonable doubt that Sarah Boone intentionally killed Jorge Torres, her boyfriend at the time, by keeping him zipped up in a suitcase and then leaving him to die overnight. The defendant apparently video recorded her boyfriend stuck in the suitcase pleading to get out. It was in two different clips on her cellphone authorities seized in their murder investigation.
