Former boxing champ found dead in jail

Former WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero committed suicide in his jail cell on Monday just hours after he was arrested in his wife's killing...

Former WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero committed suicide in his jail cell on Monday just hours after he was arrested in his wife’s killing,police said. He used his own clothes to hang himself from a bar in his cell early on Monday,Venezuelan Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores told reporters.

He said Valero was found by another inmate,who alerted authorities in the police lockup in north-central Carabobo state. Valero still showed signs of life when they took him down,but they were unable to save him and he died about 1:30 a.m.,Flores said.

The 28-year-old was detained on Sunday on suspicion of killing his wife. Prosecutors said on Sunday night that they had planned to charge Valero in the killing. Valero was detained after police found the body of his 24-year-old wife in a hotel in Valencia. The boxer left the hotel room around dawn on Sunday and allegedly told security he had killed Jennifer Viera.

The fighter was a household name in Venezuela and had a huge image of President Hugo Chavez tattooed on his chest,along with the country’s yellow,blue and red flag. His style and 27-0 record all by knockouts earned him a reputation as a tough,explosive crowd-pleaser.

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