The Florida woman accused of zipping her boyfriend in a suitcase and leaving him there to suffocate and die will spend life in prison for […] Florida Woman ‘Shocked’ to Receive Life Sentence After Zipping Boyfriend Inside Suitcase and Leaving Him to Die While He Cried for Help;

According to prosecutors, Boone had zipped her boyfriend, Jorge Torres, 42, inside a suitcase during a drunken game of hide-and-seek, hitting him with a bat, and leaving overnight where he died from asphyxiation. Prosecutors argued that Boone killed Torres with malicious intent and as an act of punishment.

She was “shocked” by the guilty verdict and thought maybe the jury would convict her of a lesser charge, her lawyer said.