Former Olympic boxer Felix Verdejo Sanchez was found guilty of kidnapping and killing his pregnant girlfriend Keishla Rodriguez by a Puerto Rican jury. According to the press release, Verdejo, who is a lightweight contender who represented Puerto Rico at the 2012 Olympic games, abducted his girlfriend Rodriguez and threw her off a bridge in San Juan in April 2021, when she plummeted to her death. Her body was found in a lagoon in the US territorys capital a few days after she was reported missing.After a month-long trial of Verdejo, a Puerto Rican jury issued a verdict regarding this case. They charged the former athlete with kidnapping resulting in death, carjacking resulting in death, intentionally killing an unborn child and possession of a weapon during a violent crime after Rodriguez was found in a lagoon in San Juan.Moreover, the jury has also determined that Verdejo, along with his co-defendant Luis Antonio Cadiz-Martinez, committed the kidnapping that resulted in the death of Rodriguez and her unborn child.How Verdejo executed plan to kill his pregnant girlfriend Further, the release said that the boxer executed a premeditated plan to murder Rodriguez and her unborn child by luring her into his car. He punched her, injected her with drugs and then tied her with metal wire to a cement block. Then, he drove the victim to a bridge in San Juan, where with the help of his co-defendant he threw Rodriguez into the lagoon. He later jumped into the lagoon to finish murdering both victims, the documents read.In the release, US Attorney Stephen Muldrow said, “We stand firmly with the family of Keishla Rodriguez Ortiz and all those in the community who sought justice for this senseless, cruel, and heinous act of premeditated and cold-blooded violence against Keishla and her unborn child.”The former boxer, who is married and has a young daughter, remained expressionless as the jurys verdict was read, while Rodriguezs family hugged and cried. “May he live the rest of his life thinking about everything he did to my daughter,” Rodriguezs father, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, said after the verdict.Next hearing is on November 03On May 2021, Verdejo, who had denied the wrongdoing, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). His sentencing is now scheduled for November 3. He faced a maximum sentence of life in prison for the four felonies he was originally charged with.
