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Post by azmarine on Jul 12, 2009 20:01:40 GMT -7
SAO PAULO (AP)—Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her Sunday of killing him at a posh seaside tourist resort in Brazil.
Police said 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues was taken into custody after contradictions in her interrogation and presented a formal accusation against her. Prosecutors will later decide whether she will be charged.
Rodrigues, who denies any involvement in her husband’s death, was the first to find the slain boxer’s body early Saturday inside the vacation apartment they were renting at the Porto de Galinhas resort in northeastern Brazil, police said.
The former junior welterweight champion was apparently strangled with the strap of a purse, which was found at the scene with blood stains, said Milena Saraiva, a spokeswoman for the Pernambuco state civil police. She told The Associated Press that the Canadian also sustained a head injury.
Police said Rodrigues, a Brazilian, could not explain how she spent nearly 10 hours inside the residence without noticing that Gatti was already dead.
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Post by Southern Pirate on Jul 12, 2009 20:10:07 GMT -7
Not quite one of those Viagra ads, damn, 10 hours and didn't notice he was dead? I wonder if they use Glade air fresheners?
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Post by sharkie on Jul 13, 2009 0:32:31 GMT -7
This was the first thing I heard when my alarm went off this morning. I was really shocked to hear that. His wife is barely a year older than I am and just ruined the rest of her life.
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