Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo turned himself in to federal agents Sunday night just hours to face federal charges after authorities identified the body of a dead woman as his 27-year-old pregnant lover, officials said.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said late Sunday that Verdejo was being charged with kidnapping and carjacking resulting in death and with intentionally killing an unborn child.
A criminal complaint filed by the FBI accuses Verdejo of punching Keishla Rodríguez in the face and injecting her with a syringe filled with an unidentified substance bought at a public housing complex. It alleges he then bound her arms and feet with wire and tied a heavy block to her before throwing her off a bridge at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
COLUMN: RUIZ HAS HEARD THE FAT JOKES, BUT COMEBACK NO JOKE
Puerto Rico’s Felix Verdejo, right, punches Costa Rica’s Bryan Vazquez during the fifth round of a lightweight boxing match in New York on April 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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