Puerto Rico's Felix Verdejo Sanchez arrives for his quarterfinal Men's Light boxing match against Ukraine's Vasyl Lomachenko at the London Olympic Games August 6, 2012. — Reuters picSAN JUAN, May 4 — Puerto Rican former Olympic boxer Felix Verdejo was charged Monday with killing his lover and their unborn child, in a case that has ignited anger over violence against women in the US territory.
The judge, Camille Velez, ordered that the 27-year-old Verdejo be held without bail ahead of a plea hearing, reported local newspaperA federal complaint obtained by AFP stated that Verdejo, who is married and was also in a relationship with Rodriguez, allegedly kidnapped the victim on April 29 after she told him she was pregnant.
Verdejo — who in his career won 27 fights, 17 by knockout — “punched the victim in the face, and she was injected with a syringe filled with a substance,” stated the affidavit of the FBI agent who led the investigation. Then they drove to a lagoon in San Juan, where she was “tossed off the side of the bridge and into the water,” the affidavit said.The FBI found evidence that Verdejo and Rodriguez, 27, had communicated by phone on the day of the abduction.
Verdejo represented Puerto Rico in the London 2012 Olympic Games, and that same year began his professional career in the lightweight category.
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