The federal prosecutor presented Thursday the recording of a call between Félix Verdejo and Keishla Rodríguez’s brother-in-law, Junior Zavala, in which the ex-boxer admitted having driven over the Teodoro Moscoso bridge.
The call was presented as evidence against Verdejo in the continuing trial against him for the murder of Rodríguez and their unborn baby in the federal court in Hato Rey.
Here is the transcript of the call:
- Zavala: Why does your bus appear in tos’ lao’s cab#$@?
- Verdejo: I went through the Teodoro there normal.
- Zavala: Cab#$@ she was going to see you that morning.
- Verdejo: But we didn’t see each other because I left the track late.
- Zavala: Cab#$@ she doesn’t appear…She says she was pregnant with you. I was very happy and I told her that if you didn’t want to give her her last name, don’t give it to her, that we would help her. That she was not going to miss anything.
- Verdejo: I didn’t talk about that with her… to tell her to put her last name. But nothing, don’t worry, I’ll talk to you when we can.
The recording was presented after the testimony of Bereliz Rodríguez Ortiz, Keishla’s sister, who described their relationship as open and toxic.
The trial against Félix Verdejo continues today in its fourth day.
He identified him in court as his daughter’s murderer.
Here is the chronology of the case.
Against Verdejo, the federal prosecutor’s office has evidence such as text messages, AutoExpreso records, iCloud recordings, financial transaction records, as well as videos from security cameras of the Teodoro Moscoso bridge, Kennedy street, Pradera street, El Auténtico Isla Verde , Laguna Gardens Condominium and an intersection in Carolina.
He faces charges of kidnapping resulting in death, vehicular theft resulting in death, and intentional murder of an unborn child. He also faces charges for possessing a firearm during and in connection with a violent crime.
According to an affidavit from the special agent who investigated the case, a witness indicated that Verdejo would have beaten the victim and injected him with drugs that he bought at the Luis Llorens Torres residence. Everything, with the help of Luis Antonio Cádiz Martínez. Later, they would have thrown the body from the Teodoro Moscoso bridge, after shooting it.
Cádiz Martínez pleaded guilty in November 2022 after reaching an agreement with the federal prosecutor’s office.
Federal prosecutor’s office submits evidence against the ex-boxer accused of the murder of Keishla Rodríguez.
