Arturo Gatti: Panel of Forensics Experts Say Death Was a Homicide (Video)
by Scott Christ on Sep 7, 2011 5:14 PM EDT
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PrintToday's news conference concerning the 2009 death of retired boxer Arturo "Thunder" Gatti went as expected, with a panel of experts presenting evidence that they say proves that the death was not a suicide, as ruled in Brazil (where he died), but a homicide.
Private investigators Paul J. Ciolino and Joseph M. Moura presented statements from seven experts, including doctors and engineers, outlining the results of a 10-month investigation they say conclusively shows Gatti did not commit suicide.
... "In my opinion he was attacked by another person and that resulted in a blunt force injury to the back of the head and then he was strangled," said Brent Turvey, with a firm called Forensics Solutions.
Gatti, who was 37 when he died, was known in the ring for his completely fearlessness and his numerous Fight of the Year awards. Many who knew him over the years expressed disgust at the idea that Gatti would have committed suicide, though some did feel as though it was a possibility.
Gatti's ex-wife, Amanda Rodrigues, is considered "an extreme person of interest in this case," according to Ciolino, and Brazilian authorities are still investigating despite dropping charges against her in 2009. Rodrigues is currently being sued by Gatti's family over his $7 million estate, as his will was allegedly changed just three weeks before his death, which left everything to Rodrigues instead of to Gatti's family, as he had previously wished.
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I have to agree. Although it’s not my actual profession, I’ve participated in enough forensics investigations to know that it’s an extremely complicated matter, highly sensitive to the handling of evidence, and really requires, besides the latest technology, very careful and thorough training in methodology. Very few countries (or even states in the US), have the resources to devote to these. Even the degree of contamination of evidence in this case is likely to invalidate any further analysis.
It will definitely help/influence the civil case here in the US. A jury is going to believe seven experts PhDs (assuming they are PhDs) over the testimony of the local police.
"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
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The civil suit’s here? (US)? I didn’t know. But Waldo’s right, same as I mistakenly ascribed to Canada below. It’s no longer about Rodriuez being idicted anywhere, necessarily, but of keeping what are viewed by many as ill-gotten gains out of her paws.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
Same Difference
Amanda Rodrigues, the widow of late boxer Arturo Gatti, once said of the fighter, “If he thinks his exes were bitches, I’ll show him. I’m going to be the biggest bitch. I’m going to kill him,” a friend of the Gatti family, Gisela Minero, testified in Quebec Superior Court on Wednesday where a battle over Gatti’s multimillion dollar estate is transpiring.—Lem Satterfield, The Ring, Sept. 8, 2011
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
You think Wifey ordered a hit? Might be a little easier to get away with that in Brazil
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Whatever the outcome now
I find it sickening to think that this man lost his life in such circumstances.
by Phill on Sep 9, 2011 12:47 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
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