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Felix Verdejo charged in killing of Keishla Rodriguez
The case of the once so promising Felix Verdejo is a deeply shocking one, writes Matt Christie
HUNDREDS of people gathered on a bridge in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Sunday morning and demanded justice. Beneath them was the lagoon where the body of 27-year-old Keishla Rodriguez had been discovered the day before. It is alleged she was pregnant with boxer Felix Verdejo’s child.
The lightweight, a star of the 2012 Olympics and not so long ago regarded as the best prospect in the sport, is now in custody, charged with kidnapping, carjacking resulting in the death of Rodriguez and intentionally killing an unborn child. He could face the death penalty if he is found guilty.
The professional lightweight fighter, who represented Puerto Rico in the 2012 Olympics,
pregnant victim found dead in a lagoon as his 27-year-old lover,
Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz. The married suspect was charged with
carjacking resulting in death and intentionally killing an unborn child.
Verdejo, 27, arranged to meet with the woman Friday morning after she told him she was two months pregnant with his child
‘based on a pregnancy test,’ a witness who was with him at the time of the murder told investigators, the FBI said in a criminal complaint. Verdejo had contacted the unidentified witness asking ‘his help to terminate the pregnancy of the victim,’ the cited document stated according to the