The Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo was questioned in reference to the disappearance of a 27-year-old girl on Friday, a day earlier than her physique washed up in a lagoon in San Juan, the island’s capital, the authorities stated.
Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz, whose physique was discovered on Saturday, was recognized by dental information, Puerto Rico’s Institute of Forensic Science stated on Sunday. The police stated in a missing person’s report that Ms. Rodríguez Ortiz had final spoken along with her mom round 7 a.m. native time on Thursday.
The authorities stated that they had recognized Mr. Verdejo, 27, as an individual of curiosity in Ms. Rodríguez Ortiz’s disappearance.
Mr. Verdejo was seen strolling out of the San Juan Criminal Investigation Corps headquarters on Friday, in accordance with stories in the Puerto Rican information media. Capt. Luis Díaz Muñoz of the prison investigation corps instructed the newspaper El Nuevo Día that Mr. Verdejo was not cooperating with investigators.
Antonio López Figueroa, the commissioner of the territory’s police power, instructed reporters on Friday that Mr. Verdejo was an individual of curiosity in the case. At a news conference on Saturday, he didn’t say whether or not the authorities had recognized any suspects.
Mr. Verdejo, a light-weight boxer, represented Puerto Rico on the 2012 Olympic Games in London. His report is 27-2, with 17 knockouts, according to Top Rank, a boxing promotion firm in Las Vegas.
He couldn’t be reached on Sunday. Top Rank, which lists Mr. Verdejo as one among its fighters, didn’t reply to a request for remark.
“The thoughts and prayers of Top Rank are with the family and friends of Keishla Marlen Rodríguez Ortiz, and with the people of Puerto Rico in this moment of mourning,” the corporate said in a statement on Saturday night time. “We are profoundly disturbed by the news and will continue to monitor the evolution of the case as it progresses.”
Ms. Rodríguez Ortiz’s mom, Keila Ortiz Rivera, instructed El Nuevo Día that when she final spoke along with her daughter on Thursday morning, Ms. Rodríguez Ortiz instructed her that Mr. Verdejo was on his solution to meet her to have a look at the outcomes of a being pregnant take a look at she had taken.
“I told her, ‘Be careful’ because he had threatened her not to have the baby, that he had his family, that he is a boxer, that he is a public figure,” Ms. Ortiz Rivera instructed El Nuevo Día.
Around 9:30 a.m. native time on Thursday, Ms. Ortiz Rivera stated she acquired a name from her different daughter, who instructed her that Ms. Rodríguez Ortiz’s boss had referred to as to say she had not proven up for work.
“For me, that was super strange because she is very responsible about her job,” Ms. Ortiz Rivera stated.
Ms. Ortiz Rivera stated she referred to as Mr. Verdejo to ask about her daughter, and he stated he didn’t know the place she was.
“You’re lying to me — that’s the first lie,” Ortiz Rivera recalled telling him. “She talked to me a little while ago, and told me that you were going to her house when you were done working out.”
