Jorge Torres Jr.: "Death by Suitcase" | MURDERISH Ep. 178

MURDERISH

Cloud10

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

February 23, 2020, was just another day in the lives of Jorge Torres and Sarah Boone—a day filled with aimless hours, empty routines, and drinking. Only this day, a seemingly harmless game of hide-and-seek would turn deadly. The murder weapon: a suitcase. Jorge Torres took his last breath stuck inside of a suitcase as Sarah Boone slept upstairs. Video footage captured by Sarah that fateful evening shocked the nation and became key evidence during her trial. A jury would have to decide whether Jorge’s death was murder, self-defense, or simply a tragic error. Follow Jami on Instagram & TikTok @JamiOnAir and join the Serial Streamers true crime TV club! Subscribe to Jami’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair Sponsors Wildgrain: Visit Wildgrain.com/MURDERISH for $30 off your first box + free croissants in every box. Rosetta Stone: Visit rosettastone.com/murderish for 50% off their lifetime membership. Shopify: Visit shopify.com/murderish (all lowercase) for a $1/month trial period. Acorns: Visit acorns.com/murderish or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime - Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092. Research and writing by: K. Brant. Want to advertise on this show? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, please send an email to Sahiba Krieger sahiba@cloud10.fm and copy jami@murderish.com. Visit Murderish.com to learn more about the podcast and Creator/Host, Jami, and to view a list of sources for this episode. Listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer, it just means you’re murder..ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode includes discussions about domestic violence and graphic audio of the victim's last moments alive.
0:06.7	Please take care before listening.
0:09.5	The opinions expressed in this episode do not necessarily reflect those of the murderish podcast.
0:15.8	Sensitive topics are discussed.
0:18.1	Listener discretion is advised. At first glance, the scene in the video seems
0:28.7	unremarkable, a snapshot of ordinary life. A hulking dark blue suitcase rests face down on the
0:36.5	stained brown carpet of a small apartment.
0:39.9	Behind it, a wooden trunk is positioned next to a closet door.
0:44.7	To the left, a modest kitchen, bathed in the glow of fluorescent lighting,
0:49.5	its white walls adorned with hand-drawn art.
0:53.7	Suddenly, a faint, muffled voice emanates from within the
0:57.8	suitcase. Sarah, the voice says, I can't breathe. Recording with her cell phone,
1:05.3	43-year-old Sarah Boone responds from out of view, her tone seething with disdain. For everything you've done to me,
1:14.0	for everything you've done to me. The male voice is heard again, sounding more urgent than before,
1:21.1	Sarah. The suitcase moves ever so slightly as if hands are pressing against its inner walls. Please. Sarah
1:30.9	responds, fuck you, followed by a brief cackle. Stupid, she says, her word slurring. Sarah Boone, a jury would
1:41.0	later learn, had consumed several glasses of Chardonnay on February 23, 2020,
1:47.3	when her boyfriend, 42-year-old George Torres Jr., challenged her to a game of hide-and-seek.
1:54.1	Both were heavily intoxicated, having finished two magnums of white wine purchased from a nearby grocery store.
2:02.9	During their drunken escapade, Sarah found her small-statured partner attempting to squeeze into the old tattered suitcase.
2:12.4	With her assistance, George managed to wedge his 5'2-103-pound frame inside,
2:19.5	knees drawn up to his chest, face pressed against the corner fabric.
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