Who is Felix Verdejo's wife Eliz Marie Santiago? Boxer is 'happily married to influencer wife'
Former boxing champion Félix 'El Diamante' Verdejo, who is being considered a 'person of interest' over his alleged pregnant girlfriend's murder, has refused to answer questions from the police. Now, it is also reported that the boxer has been married for several years and even has a daughter with his wife, while he was having the alleged affair.
Verdejo reportedly met the police on Friday, April 30 morning and refused to answer questions about the disappearance of Keishla Marlen Rodriguez. According to local reports, police say Verdejo is a person of interest in the case but currently not a suspect. Rodriguez's family members have alleged she was pregnant with his child. On Thursday, police discovered a body from San José lagoon located near the Teodoro Moscoso. It was reported that the woman’s last known location was Verdejo’s home, and that she had revealed to him that she was pregnant with his child.
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The case came to light after Rodriguez’s sister Bereliz Nichole, posted a video on her personal Facebook page to reveal that her sister was missing and asked her fellow islanders for help in finding her. Rodríguez’s mother, Keila Ortiz, told media outlets that she last spoke to her daughter on Thursday, April 29 morning when Rodriguez told her she was waiting for Verdejo to show him the pregnancy results. "He was threatening her not to have her baby. We are very happy because it is her first baby. We were happy with the news that she was going to be a mom," said Ortiz, who begged Verdejo to come forward with any information.
Verdejo last fought in December in Las Vegas, where he suffered a knockout loss to Masayoshi Nakatani. Before his professional career, he represented Puerto Rico at the 2012 Olympics.
Who is Felix Verdejo Sanchez's wife?
According to Verdejo's Instagram posts, the former boxer has been married for 8 years to beauty and lifestyle influencer Eliz Marie Santiago Sierra. Even though the boxer never opened up much about his relationship with his wife and their daughter Miranda, his social media is filled with pictures with his daughter and some with his wife. In a screenshot picture that he posted in December, 2019, he wrote, "Spending Christmas with my family had to be for FACETIME, everything is for a purpose and reborn again in boxing, it is already 7 years that God has given us on earth together, there are already 2 with a beautiful daughter named MIRANDA which It has changed the lives of both of us that you have a happy anniversary # 7 is just the beginning, God bless you very much I LOVE YOU ❤️😍@elizsierra."
He also posted a family picture titled, "The family at Miranda's first birthday party 🦋💎❤️", where the couple was seen with their beautiful daughter.
Eliz Marie, who is a fashion influencer and has a whopping fan following of more than 23K people on Instagram, often posts pictures from her high profile shoots and with her daughter Miranda.
Eliz Marie has not made any statement on the latest news yet. We will update this space, once we have more information.