Gatti Funeral To Be Held On Monday In Montreal
Posted July 15, 2009 12:00 pm.
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MONTREAL – A funeral service will be held Monday morning in Montreal for former boxing champion Arturo Gatti..
Gatti’s mother told The Canadian Press that his body is expected to be returned from Brazil on Friday and the service will take place in a church in the city’s Little Italy district.
Meanwhile, a lawyer representing Gatti’s wife has asked that she be released from jail.
Amanda Rodrigues is being held on accusations that she strangled the former boxing champ with her purse strap as he drunkenly slept.
Rodrigues has told investigators she awoke Saturday about 6 a.m. local time to find her husband’s body in the apartment they rented in Porto de Galinhas, a seaside resort in Pernambuco state.
Police say she was the only suspect and they are certain she killed Gatti in their apartment where they and their 10-month-old son arrived for a second honeymoon last week. The boy was unhurt and was in the care of Rodrigues’ family.
Gatti poses during a photo shoot at the World Boxing and Fitness Center in Jersey City, New Jersey on August 9, 2006. Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images
