A Puerto Rican jury on Friday night found former professional boxer Félix Verdejo Sánchez guilty of kidnapping resulting in the death of a pregnant woman who disappeared on April 29, 2021.
after she did not show up to work. Two days later, authorities recovered her body in a lagoon in San Juan.boxer’s nearly one-month trial held at the U.S. District Court of Puerto Rico. Verdejo was also found guilty of the death of an unborn child.
Verdejo’s sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 3, according to court filings. He faced a maximum sentence of life in prison for the four felonies he was originally charged with.from inside the courtroom that Verdejo remained expressionless as the jury’s verdict was read, while Rodríguez’s family hugged and cried.
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