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Olympic boxer Felix Verdejo-Sanchez found guilty of killing pregnant woman

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A federal jury convicted Félix Verdejo-Sanchez -- who competed in the 2012 Olympics -- on kidnapping resulting in death and intentionally killing an unborn child. A Puerto Rican boxer was found guilty of federal charges in connection with the 2021 murder of a pregnant woman , federal prosecutors said. A federal jury convicted Félix Verdejo-Sánchez -- who competed in the 2012 Olympics -- on kidnapping resulting in death and intentionally killing an unborn child, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Puerto Rico announced on Friday. Verdejo-Sánchez was accused of killing a woman who told him she was pregnant with his child, according to court documents. A co-defendant -- Luis Antonio Cádiz-Martínez -- was also accused of helping him commit a kidnapping that resulted in the death of the woman -- 27-year-old Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz -- and her unborn child, prosecutors said. Félix Verdejo-Sánchez walks to the ring before a bout in Las Vegas on July 16, 2020. Mikey Willi...

Family desperate for answers after 39-year-old woman vanishes: 'She needs somebody to advocate for her'

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Allisha Watts has been missing since July 16 and her family is worried about her safety, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said. More than a week after a 39-year- old woman vanished in North Carolina, her family is desperate for answers . Allisha Watts was last seen on July 16 leaving a house in Charlotte, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said. According to Watts' sister, Stephanie Johnson, Watts was last seen with her boyfriend of one year. MORE: Gilgo Beach murders: Police searching suspect's walk-in vault The couple met when Watts, who lives in Moore County, North Carolina, would drive to Charlotte to visit her cousin, Gwendolyn Utley, who is the boyfriend's neighbor, Johnson said. Now, every other Friday, Watts drives to Charlotte for the weekend, her sister said. Johnson said Utley last saw Watts on the afternoon of July 16. The cousins planned to go to Charlotte's Bojangles Coliseum for a comedy show, Johnson said, and when Watts didn't show up, Utley rep...

The mystery of the woman who burned to ashes in the apartment is still intact: A history of decades

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When police found Mary Reeser, most of her body was burned to ashes. It is difficult to understand that all furniture in the apartment is almost intact. This mysterious case for the past 70 years has not found a convincing answer. On July 2, 1951, Pansy Carpenter, Mary Reeser’s landlady, stopped by the tenant’s apartment to send a telegram. When Pansy knocked on the door, no one answered. She put her hand on the doorknob and felt unusually hot, so she called the police. Police immediately went to the apartment at 1,200 Cherry Street (St. Petersburg town, Florida, USA) and discovered Mrs. Marry Reeser, 67 years old, burned to death in a mysterious fire. Reports say that the victim’s body was burned to ashes by a “white” flame – the color shows a temperature between 1,300-1,500 degrees Celsius, equivalent to the temperature in a crematorium. The victim’s body was almost completely ash, leaving only one leg with...