Olympic boxer Felíx Verdejo discovered responsible in kidnapping and killing of pregnant girlfriend

Boxer Félix Verdejo has been discovered responsible Friday on two expenses within the kidnapping and killing of his pregnant girlfriend Keishla Rodriguez.

Verdejo — a light-weight contender who represented Puerto Rico on the 2012 Olympic video games — kidnapped Rodríguez, 27, and threw her off a bridge, in San Juan in April 2021, when she plummeted to her demise.

Rodríguez’s physique was present in a lagoon within the US territory’s capital just a few days after she was reported lacking.

The 12 jurors couldn’t attain unanimous verdicts on the opposite two expenses in opposition to Verdejo, which included carjacking ensuing within the demise of an individual, in addition to possession and use of a firearm following the 25-week trial held on the US District Court docket of Puerto Rico.

Verdejo remained expressionless because the jury’s verdict was learn, whereas Rodríguez’s household hugged and cried, in accordance with native outlet El Nuevo Día.

“Could he dwell the remainder of his life fascinated with every thing he did to my daughter,” Rodríguez’s father, José Antonio Rodríguez, mentioned whereas talking with reporters after the decision, per Telemundo Puerto Rico.

“In my thoughts I assumed many issues, however not in my coronary heart. I obtained up every single day to come back right here with the aim of constructing her rely,” he continued.

“I’ve all the time mentioned that he’ll dwell the remainder of his life fascinated with what he did to my daughter, and that’s his worst condemnation.”

“I don’t want him demise,” he mentioned. “I want him good well being and that he can final so long as he can final. If he desires to final 200 years, let him final, however that he remembers what he did to my daughter, all the time.”

Verdejo allegedly injected Rodriguez with an unknown liquid and tied her ft and arms to a block in the course of the slaying.

The boxer — who’s married and has a younger daughter — then allegedly tossed his pregnant lover off a bridge and fired photographs from a gun into the water the place she was submerged.

Verdejo surrendered to the federal authorities in Puerto Rico in Could 2021 to face the fees.

Verdejo’s sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 3.

He may face a penalty of as much as life in jail.

With Publish wires