Boxer Felix Verdejo found guilty in the murder of his pregnant girlfriend Keishla Rodriguez Ortiz in Puerto Rico

A jury in Puerto Rico has found former Olympic boxer Felix Verdejo guilty on two charges in the murder of his girlfriend Keishla Rodriguez Ortiz.

The court did not agree on two other charges Verdejo faced – carjacking that resulted in the death of a person and possession/use of a firearm in the commission of a crime.

A sentence for the former world champion fighter has not yet been handed down.

When the verdict was announced the parents of the deceased – Jose Antonio Rodriguez and Keila Ortiz – felt justice was done and hope the murder of their daughter sticks with Verdejo forever.

‘In my mind I thought many things, but not in my heart,’ Mr. Rodriguez said. ‘I got up every day to come here with the purpose of making her count.

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Félix Verdejo has been found guilty in the murder of his pregnant girlfriend Keishla Rodriguez

‘I have always said that he will live the rest of his life thinking about what he did to my daughter, and that is his worst condemnation. I do not wish him death, I wish him good health and that he can last as long as he can last… if he wants to last 200 years, let him last, but always remember what he did to my daughter.’

Mrs. Ortiz stressed, ‘Justice was done for my daughter and my grandson, they did justice for both because they are two lives. 

‘Keishla was sitting on the (court) bench with her baby. I don’t think the verdict will be reversed at all. This was a macabre murder.’

A jury of three women and nine men had deliberated since the afternoon on Tuesday in a trial that took a total of 25 days up until Friday.

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