Sarah Boone, 47, faces a charge of second-degree murder, accused of leaving her boyfriend — Jorge Torres Jr., 42 — to die of asphyxiation in a zipped-up suitcase in 2020 during what she called a drunken game of hide-and-seek. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.

An ongoing murder trial in Orange County focuses on Sarah Boone, 47, who is accused of killing her boyfriend in 2020 by leaving him to asphyxiate in a zipped-up suitcase.

The murder trial of accused suitcase killer Sarah Boone got underway in earnest Friday — after 4 1/2 years of delays and four days spent picking a jury — with Boone under significant pressure to take the stand in her own defense.

Jury selection has yet to begin in the highly publicized suitcase murder trial, but details have emerged about the defense strategy Sarah Boone plans to use.

Florida woman, Sarah Boone, is on trial for second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, Jorge Torres, who was found dead inside a zipped suitcase at their Winter Park home. Live coverage from FOX 35 Orlando.