The trial of Sarah Boone, accused of murdering her boyfriend by trapping him in a suitcase, was delayed due to Hurricane Milton.
The murder trial for Sarah Boone, accused of killing her boyfriend by trapping him in a suitcase, has been delayed yet again—this time due to Hurricane Milton.
Boone, 46, is facing a second-degree murder charge related to the 2020 death of her boyfriend Jorge Torres Jr., 42. She is accused of convincing Torres to get inside a suitcase at a home in Florida, zipping it shut and refusing to let him out. When she opened the suitcase the next morning, he was dead.
The case has been delayed 16 times since Boone’s arrest in February of 2020. Boone has been represented by nine different lawyers during that time, with several resigning due to “irreconcilable differences.”
Seven of those lawyers were public defenders, which led to Orange County Circuit Judge Michael S. Kraynick revoking Boone’s right to court-appointed legal counsel in June.
The trial was scheduled to begin with jury selection on Monday, but Kraynick sent prospective jurors home after consulting with the prosecution and defense.
