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Olympic boxer allegedly killed woman who told him she was pregnant with his child, court documents say
She was punched in the face, injected with a syringe and thrown off a bridge.
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Boxer allegedly kidnaps, kills pregnant woman
A Puerto Rican boxer has been arrested for allegedly killing a woman who told him she was pregnant with his child, according to documents.Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images
A Puerto Rican boxer has been arrested for allegedly killing a woman who told him she was pregnant with his child, according to court documents.
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