![]() Gatti, Rodrigues and their 10-month-old son arrived in Brazil on Friday for what they told a local real estate agent was a second honeymoon. She has been transferred to a woman's prison in the state capital Recife. Rodrigues was accused of the crime Sunday and taken into police custody. Teixeira said police have until July 22 to deliver their findings to the prosecutor's office, but he hoped the investigation would be completed before then. Authorities were told the couple was extremely jealous of each other and that Gatti constantly complained about her clothing when she traveled to Brazil, police spokeswoman Milena Saraiva said.Īccording to Brazilian law, police accuse a person of a crime but it is up to the prosecutor to formally file a charge. The pair married in 2007 and according to Rodrigues had a rocky relationship. ![]() It's up to the police to discover what happened in the flat." "My sister, like us, is very religious and would be incapable of killing anyone," Flavia said. The sister told Recife's TV Jornal news station that "Amanda told us she didn't kill Arturo, and we believe her." But she had nothing to do with it."įlavia Rodrigues said her sister told her she thought Gatti had committed suicide - though she said he knew of no reason the boxer would kill himself or why the pair fought the night before his death. "When she awoke, she presumed he had committed suicide. "She is fragile, young and skinny - how could she kill a boxing champion?" Avelino said. Rodrigues' attorney, Celio Avelino, told the AP he agreed with Flavia's conclusion and he would request Amanda be freed from jail Tuesday pending the conclusion of the investigation. Paulo there is "no way she could have strangled a man of that size." Rodrigues' sister, Flavia, told the newspaper Folha de S. The investigator said Rodrigues told them she thought her husband had committed suicide or that someone had entered the apartment and killed him. Teixeira said police do not think anyone else entered the apartment and killed Gatti - he said there were no signs of forced entry and electronic locks indicated nobody else had entered the room aside from Rodrigues and Gatti. Police say he most likely had been killed at least four hours before that. to feed her son and discovered her husband's body. ![]() Rodrigues told police she slept on the second floor of the apartment with her son, while Gatti slept on the first floor. She arrived at the apartment before he did and waited for him. Teixeira said witnesses told police Gatti left his son to sleep in the apartment, then returned to the city center to find his wife. Rodrigues told police the 37-year-old former junior welterweight champion then got into a cab with their son and returned to their rented apartment, leaving her alone downtown. Witnesses also reported to police the couple fought and that Gatti was drunk. Rodrigues told police she had a fight with Gatti after dinner Friday night and he pushed her to the ground, resulting in minor injuries to her elbow and chin. to find her husband's body in the apartment they rented in Porto de Galinhas, a seaside resort in northeastern Pernambuco state. Gatti's 23-year-old Brazilian wife, Amanda Rodrigues, told investigators she awoke Saturday about 6 a.m. "The investigation isn't finished, but we continue to think she did this alone." "It was technically impossible for a third person to have been in the flat," where Gatti was found dead early Saturday, Teixeira said. Lead investigator Moises Teixeira told The Associated Press on Monday nothing is being ruled out but he is certain the woman acted by herself. ![]() The woman's lawyer, however, insists she is innocent and was too "fragile" to kill a boxer. RIO DE JANEIRO - Police investigating the death of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti are working on the assumption his wife strangled him with her purse strap while he drunkenly slept. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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