Video showed her telling her boyfriend, “That’s what you get” and “That’s what I feel like when you cheat on me” as he gasped for air; before her sentencing, his family accused her of causing “a lifetime of pain.”
Sarah Boone — the Florida woman found guilty of killing her boyfriend by zipping him up in a suitcase and leaving him there overnight — was sentenced Monday to life in prison.
Boone, 35, was convicted of second-degree murder for the death of her boyfriend, Jorge Torres Jr, 42, back in October.
Before her sentence was handed down yesterday, Boone took the stand and claimed Torres “kicked, punched, spit on, raped, stabbed, [and] choked” her, reportedly adding, “I forgive myself for falling in love with a monster … and no matter how grotesque he may become, I still loved him, hoped and forgave.”
Florida Woman Accused of Killing Boyfriend By Zipping Him In Suitcase Found Guilty of Murder
Torres’ family also gave victim impact statements, with one of his daughters, Ana Victoria Torres, calling him an “incredible father” whose death has left her “screaming every morning or night wishing I was having a nightmare, only to wake up and remember all over again that my father is gone.”