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ORLANDO, Fla. – 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 Friday evening, following closing arguments.
Prosecutors said Boone, 47, zipped Jorge Torres, 42, inside a suitcase during a drunken game of hide-and-seek, hitting him with a bat, and then leaving him inside the suitcase overnight until he died of asphyxiation.
The state argued that Boone killed Torres with malicious intent and to punish him. The defense argued that their relationship was abusive at the hands of Torres and that Boone suffered from Battered Spouse Syndrome.…