Puerto Rican boxer Felix Verdejo has been sentenced to 2 life sentences, having been convicted of murdering his pregnant girlfriend.
A federal decide in Puerto Rico sentenced the boxer after proving his involvement within the kidnapping ensuing within the demise of Keishla Rodrguez Ortiz and her unborn youngster in April 2021.
What occurred with Felix Verdejo?
An nameless 911 name made by Verdejo‘s pal Luis Antonio Cadiz, additionally charged, was the set off for an investigation.
It was believed he murdered his associate as a result of she refused to have an abortion and he didn’t wish to acknowledge their youngster.
It was decided that Verdejo beat her after which injected her with fentanyl and xylazine, tied her to a cement block and threw her from the Teodoro Moscoso bridge into the San Jose lagoon in broad daylight.
A jury discovered Verdejo responsible on July 29, after almost a month-long trial, discovering that he and fellow defendant Luis Antonio Cadiz dedicated the kidnapping, which resulted within the demise of Rodriguez and her unborn youngster.
“This sentence ought to function a lesson to others, that, irrespective of how a lot fame, cash or energy you suppose you could have, in case you break the regulation you’ll have to reply,” mentioned Antonio Lopez, Puerto Rico’s police commissioner.
The fighter’s legal professionals introduced that they may attraction the sentence in a Boston court docket.
Who’s Felix Verdejo?
Verdejo made the step as much as the skilled ranks after the London 2012 Olympic Video games.
At light-weight he received his first 23 skilled fights and plenty of noticed him as a fighter who may rub shoulders with different Puerto Rican boxing greats similar to Miguel Cotto.
His in-ring file stood at 27-2, with 17 knockouts, whereas he held the World Boxing Group light-weight belt from 2015 to 2017.
