Authorities rule boxing champ Arturo Gatti's death a suicide, wife Amanda Rodrigues released

[jayfish]

Source: NY Daily News

Boxing star Arturo Gatti wasn't murdered - he killed himself in a Brazil seaside resort three weeks ago, authorities said Thursday.
The rough-and-tumble fighter's wife was released from jail after the ruling that Gatti, 37, committed suicide, the Associated Press reported.
Former exotic dancer Amanda Rodrigues, who discovered the body on July 11, was arrested after police theorized she had strangled the former world champion with her purse strap.
Police suggested Gatti was too drunk to defend himself when he was killed.

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Read more: Authorities rule boxing champ Arturo Gatti's death a suicide, wife Amanda Rodrigues released

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Very sad.

Jay

[Lance_Boyle]

1. genuine lack of evidence, or was she too pretty for jail?

What's the new theory behind the ligature marks around the dead guy's neck? Self-inflicted purse-strap strangling?

[EFerrari]

2. I can see finding your husband dead, calling the police and winding up in jail.

Because they have nothing to lose from arresting you and they don't even have to come up with a good story to back up the arrest.

I called 911 once when Doug, loaded out of his mind, fell back with all his 300 lbs against the wall and got a head injury that looked like he was bleeding to death. They came, they took him to a hospital and took me to the Hall of Justice. It was a lovely experience.

[jobycom]

4. Could go either way. Did he leave her enough money for a good donation

to the investigation fund?

Who knows? He could have been murdered, she could be completely innocent, and they still might make her bribe her way out. No telling from this distance.

[chatnoir]

3. Wasn't he also stabbed in the head?

Not to mention the ligature marks?

Had a feeling they would release her, though, for some reason.