Boxing Champ Edwin Valero found dead

Venezuelan boxer and world Champion Edwin Valero was found dead in his prison cell after being detained for killing his 24 year old wife Jennifer Viera in a hotel room in Valencia City, Venezuela.

Police chief Wilmer Flores said Valero, 28, used the sweat pants he was wearing to hang himself from a bar in the cell.

Edwin 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.

He had previously been suspected of assaulting his wife and was charged last month for harassing her and threatening personnel at a hospital where she was treated for injuries.

He was also reported to have had problems with alcohol and cocaine addiction and struggled with depression. Valero’s 24-year-old wife, Jennifer Carolina Viera, was found dead in a hotel room on Sunday, and police said the fighter emerged telling hotel security he had killed her.