Posted on 05/03/2021
By: Sean Crose “This is a death penalty-eligible case.”
So claimed federal judge Camille Velez on Monday as she ordered that welterweight boxer Felix Verdejo be held without bail in the kidnapping and death of Keishla Rodriguez Ortiz and her unborn child. ESPN reports that “the U.S. government has 30 days to present the case to a federal grand jury; meanwhile, a date for Verdejo’s next hearing has yet to be announced.” The charge of Verdejo killing an unborn child falls under the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004. The trial will be held in Puerto Rico, where the crimes occurred.