By: Sean Crose
On Friday, former light-weight Felix Verdejo was discovered responsible within the April 2021 deaths of his pregnant girlfriend, Keishla Rodriguez, and her unborn little one. At the time members of Rodriguez’ household knowledgeable authorities she meant to fulfill the fighter to let him know she was carrying his little one. Some time later, Rodriguez was found lifeless in a San Juan, Puerto Rico lagoon. After at first refusing to assist authorities engaged on the case, Verdejo in the end handed himself over to the FBI. He was subsequently charged by authorities.
As Boxing Insider wrote on the time, “the prosecution alleged that Verdejo and Cadiz-Martinez (who went on to become a prosecution witness) led Ortiz into a vehicle on April 30th. Verdejo then punched her and injected the pregnant woman with a drug. Having bound Ortiz with wire and having tied her to at least one brick, both men drove out to a bridge, where Verdejo subsequently threw Ortiz into the water. The former Olympian then reportedly fired a gun at Ortiz, though the cause of death for Ortiz was drowning.”
After a six-plus week lengthy trial, the jury on Friday discovered Verdejo responsible of a kidnapping that led to a demise, and to bringing concerning the demise of an unborn little one. Judge Pedro Delgado Hernandez set November 3’d apart because the date Verdejo will probably be sentenced. Verdejo may have confronted the demise penalty, however the Justice Department determined towards the opportunity of sentencing Verdejo to Capital Punishment. With that being mentioned, the previous Olympic and 27-2 skilled fighter may discover himself spending the remainder of his life incarcerated.
“May he live the rest of his life thinking about everything he did to my daughter,” JosĂ© Antonio RodrĂguez, Keishla’s father, mentioned afterwards by way of Telemundo Puerto Rico and the New York Post.
