DALAZ_68
04-19-2010, 11:06 AM
Boxer Edwin Valero found dead in jail cell | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/04/boxer-edwin-valero-was-found-dead-in-his-jail-cell-monday-in-caracas-venezuela-police-say-he-hanged-himself-using-his-own-c.html)
Boxer Edwin Valero was found dead in his jail cell Monday in Caracas, Venezuela. Police say he hanged himself using his own clothes after being arrested in his wife's slaying (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/04/lightweight-boxing-champ-edwin-valero-arrested-on-suspicion-of-murdering-wife.html).
The 28-year-old former lightweight champion was detained Sunday on suspicion of killing his wife, Jennifer Viera. Prosecutors said Sunday night they planned to charge Valero in the killing.
Venezuelan Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores told reporters Valero was found by another inmate, who alerted authorities in the police lockup in north-central Carabobo state. Valero was still showing signs of life when he was taken down but died at about 1:30 a.m., Flores said.
Valero, who had knocked out all 27 of his opponents and was known in Venezuela for the tattoo of President Hugo Chavez and the country's flag on his chest, had been detained after police found his wife's body in a Valencia hotel room. The boxer allegedly told security he had killed Viera after leaving the hotel room around dawn Sunday.
im surprised this wasnt posted earlier since we have so many sports fans here...
Boxer Edwin Valero was found dead in his jail cell Monday in Caracas, Venezuela. Police say he hanged himself using his own clothes after being arrested in his wife's slaying (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/04/lightweight-boxing-champ-edwin-valero-arrested-on-suspicion-of-murdering-wife.html).
The 28-year-old former lightweight champion was detained Sunday on suspicion of killing his wife, Jennifer Viera. Prosecutors said Sunday night they planned to charge Valero in the killing.
Venezuelan Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores told reporters Valero was found by another inmate, who alerted authorities in the police lockup in north-central Carabobo state. Valero was still showing signs of life when he was taken down but died at about 1:30 a.m., Flores said.
Valero, who had knocked out all 27 of his opponents and was known in Venezuela for the tattoo of President Hugo Chavez and the country's flag on his chest, had been detained after police found his wife's body in a Valencia hotel room. The boxer allegedly told security he had killed Viera after leaving the hotel room around dawn Sunday.
im surprised this wasnt posted earlier since we have so many sports fans here...