ORLANDO, Fla. – Sarah Boone’s murder trial resumes Fridaya Florida woman accused of killing her boyfriend after he died in a zip-lock suitcase during an apparently drunken game of hide-and-seek.

Boone47, is charged with second-degree murder, accused of letting her boyfriend — Jorge Torres Jr., 42 — die in 2020 by suffocation.

The defense wrapped Thursday and closing arguments are expected Friday. Boone pleaded not guilty.

Earlier this week, Boone took the stand in his own defense. On Wednesday, a day after Boone testified, her attorneys called others to testify.

On Thursday morning, attorneys for both sides spent quite a bit of time arguing over whether an expert witness’ testimony wasn’t disclosed sooner.

The state began its appeal Thursday. Dr. Tonia Werner, state psychiatrist, said Boone had a “deficiency” in recalling the details leading up to Torres’ death, adding that Boone did not provide enough information to diagnose her with post-traumatic stress disorder.

“My opinion was that he didn’t give me enough information to evaluate him during his time in prison,” Werner said.

James Owens, Boone’s attorney, said he believed there was a discovery violation. The judge ordered the jury out of the courtroom so they could discuss in private whether a violation had occurred.

On Thursday afternoon, Boone’s attorneys released police body camera footage that showed officers’ interactions with Boone at her apartment complex before her boyfriend’s death in 2019.

“He’s sitting on the curb in front of that white car,” a lawyer said. “Boone told the responding officer that Torres had abused her and was afraid he was going to kill her. The officer is later seen taking Torres into custody.”

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Pearl Walker, a former neighbor, said Wednesday that she sometimes noticed marks on Boone’s neck or arm.

Walker said she would see Boone when she was walking her dogs and have conversations with her, and Boone would talk about the abuse.

Boone’s lawyers say he suffered from battered husband syndrome.

On the stand, Boone claimed he was afraid of how Torres would behave once he got out of the suitcase, and that’s why he didn’t let him out.

Also called to the stand was Dr. Julie Harper, a licensed psychologist for 22 years.

Harper said she did her dissertation on couple relationships and reviewed Boone’s records before interviewing her.

“Do you think Sarah Boone has some narcissistic traits?” Harper was asked.

“Yes,” she replied.

On Tuesday, Boone testified that Torres went into the suitcase himself and tried to pay, so he didn’t realize it was there.

“He was about 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighed about 100 pounds,” Boone said. “I kind of shut it down. We thought it was funny. I was joking that it was small enough to fit in a suitcase.”

She said she closed the suitcase at one point.

“He thought it was funny,” she said. “From there, I wheeled it around a few times, and at that point it was still funny. We were joking and laughing about it.”

She said she moved the suitcase and it ended up with the zipper down.

“That’s when I decided to videotape it so he could see the joke in it, so he would understand that now I feel safe and I can talk to you the way I normally can,” she said, admitting she was able to drunkenness

“You could tell the jury what you felt, what your feelings were, explain to the jury, you told it before he was in that confined space,” Boone’s attorney said.

“I want you to know that most of the time I’m always scared and always scared,” Boon replied. “I just wanted them to understand that that’s the point of the video.”

The state continued its case earlier Tuesday, a day after jurors were shown video of Boone being questioned by authorities.

“He’s begging you to let him out, and you laugh at first, and then you say, ‘No,'” a detective said in the video.

“It wasn’t intentional,” Boone replied. “I’ll get my hands on the Bible. It wasn’t intentional.”

The prosecution’s opening statement was delivered by Assistant District Attorney William Jay, who said: “She did this with the malicious intent to punish him and then lay down and let him take his last breaths alone on this Earth.”

He also talked about Boone’s call to 911 the next day.

“What you won’t hear are tears. (…) You won’t hear the sadness,” Jay said.

Prosecutors said Boone showed no regard for Torres’ life, but her attorneys argued she was a victim of battered husband syndrome and locked Torres in the suitcase because of past abuse.

The state said Boone never mentioned self-defense when he was first questioned by authorities.

Final arguments in the trial will take place on Friday.

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