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evidenceevidencephysical2024 Criminal TrialSuitcaseIn a recorded account presented on Day 5, Sarah Boone said she zipped Jorge Torres inside the suitcase during play and then fell asleep. On cross-examination, she confirmed leaving him inside without helping him escape. Sara Zydowicz attributed his death to combined positional asphyxia and inadequate oxygen, but had not observed his position or tested the suitcase and could not determine a precise confinement duration or time of death.
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In a recorded account presented on Day 5, Sarah Boone said she zipped Jorge Torres inside the suitcase during play and then fell asleep. On cross-examination, she confirmed leaving him inside without helping him escape. Sara Zydowicz attributed his death to combined positional asphyxia and inadequate oxygen, but had not observed his position or tested the suitcase and could not determine a precise confinement duration or time of death.

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The prosecution argued that continued confinement after Torres pleaded for air was unjustified deadly force, while the defense characterized the restraint as self-defense against a perceived imminent attack and maintained that Boone did not intend his death.

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