Jennifer Carolina Viera de Valero Murdered by Boxer Edwin Valero

Dr. Ogrish · #1 ● 05-25-2010, 01:30 PM

Crime scene images (except for the first pic showing the entire family) of Jennifer Carolina Viera, the 24-year-old wife of former Venezuelan boxing champion Edwin Valero, 28, who was stabbed to death by her husband last month in a hotel room.

Valero was then arrested and charged with Viera's murder, but, he shortly afterward hanged himself in his cell.

Viera was found dead in a hotel room halfway across the country Sunday, and police said the fighter emerged from their room telling hotel security he had killed her.

Valero was found hanging in his cell early Monday by another inmate, who alerted authorities in the police lockup in north-central Carabobo state, Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores told reporters. He said 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. ET.

The former lightweight champion used the sweat pants he was wearing to hang himself from a bar in the cell, said his lawyer, Milda Mora.

Valero had problems with alcohol and cocaine addiction and struggled with depression. He previously had been suspected of assaulting his wife, and was charged (in March, 2010) with harassing her and threatening personnel at a hospital where she was treated for injuries.

(Their) 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter have been staying with their maternal grandmother, Mora said.

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