FELIX Verdejo is a professional Puerto Rican boxer who competed in the lightweight division.
On May 2, Verdejo turned himself into federal authorities in Puerto Rico to face charges in the disappearance and death of his pregnant girlfriend.
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What is Felix Verdejo’s net worth?
As an amateur, Verdejo, 27, represented Puerto Rico in the 2012 Summer Olympics as a lightweight competitor.
Verdejo had his first professional fight in 2012, and since then held a professional record of 27 wins and only two losses.
At one point in his career, the 27-year-old was ranked number one in lightweight division by the WBO.
According to Players Bio, Verdejo's net worth is estimated to be $30million.
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In October 2012 Verdejo signed with Top Rank and inked a deal for an undisclosed amount that reportedly included a bonification of $600,000.
Why did Felix Verdejo turn himself into authorities?
The boxer turned himself into federal agents the night of May 2 just hours after his pregnant lover was found dead having been drugged, thrown off a bridge and shot
The body of Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz was found in a lagoon in San Juan, Puerto Rico on May 1, two days after she was reported missing by her family.
A criminal complaint filed by the FBI accuses Verdejo of punching Rodríguez in the face and injecting her with a syringe filled with an unidentified substance.
Investigators say the former Olympian then bound her arms and feet with wire, tied a heavy block to her and threw her off a bridge at 8.30am on April 29.
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Verdejo shot Rodríguez’s body with a pistol as he stood on the bridge, the complaint further alleges.
An unnamed witness reportedly helped the boxer kidnap and kill Rodriguez.
Rodriguez's mom, Keila Ortíz Rivera, said that she last spoke with her daughter on April 30, before Verdejo allegedly went to her house.
"Yesterday we spoke at 7:00 am she told me: 'Mommy, Felix is coming to see the pregnancy test, but the blood test.' I told him: 'Girl, be careful', because he had already threatened her not to have the baby, that he has his family, that he is a boxer, that he is a public figure," Rivera told a local news outlet.
Rivera said that she received a second call just over two hours later, this time from her other daughter claiming that Rodriguez had not arrived at work.
The sister then called the boxer to ask about Rodriguez's whereabouts, to which Verdejo allegedly told her he did not know.
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According to Rivera, the boxer had allegedly threatened her and asked her to abort their baby.
"When she told him that she was pregnant, there he started threatening her," she claimed.
"That if you are going to take them off, that you are going to have an abortion, that if I am a public figure, that if I have a family, that if the family here or there and she said, 'Don't worry, you don't have to admit it, I just want my baby'."
What are the charges against Verdejo?
Verdejo was officially charged in Rodríguez’s death the night of May 2.
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He has been charged with kidnapping resulting in death, carjacking resulting in death and intentionally killing an unborn child.
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Verdejo could face the death penalty if convicted, though the US Attorney's Office said no decision had yet been made as to whether to pursue execution.
Rodríguez’s family said she was pregnant with Verdejo’s child at the time of her murder.
