Gatti hanged self from staircase: Police

Jul 31, 2009 10:56 AM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian police say Canadian boxing champion Arturo Gatti hanged himself with a bag strap that he tied around a wooden staircase column more than seven feet off the ground. Milena Saraiva, a spokeswoman for police in the northeastern city of Recife, said today that police first thought Gatti was strangled by his wife because his body was found on the floor. But an autopsy report indicated Gatti was suspended off the ground for some three hours early on July 11. A crime scene analysis found markings on the staircase column. Gatti was found several hours later by his 23-year-old Brazilian wife, Amanda Rodrigues. She had been held in custody but was freed yesterday after police ruled Gatti's death a suicide. http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/674668 http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/a1/a0/042326114f6fa425e2db21b23908.jpeg Amanda Rodrigues, front, leaves a women's prison with her sister Flavia in Recife, Brazil, on July 30, 2009. She thanked supporters who believed in her innocence. So, the story has changed 3 times now... Either way, justice will soon be done...

Comments (20)

airplane

Leave the poor guy alone seriously, his death really made me sad, and then all this crap. It makes me sick to read all these theories and opinions of the guy. Ill try to always keep the image of a ring hero in my mind. Fighters like that are rare in these age of "reason" i understand the way you feel, truly, and i would be sitting on the sidelines quietly reading the "arturo would never kill himself becasue he gave it all he got in the ring" post by fans with thier humble opinions, but when there are individuals that are extremely articulate in thier research, and post thier opinions with convincing grammar, indicating that he flat out committed suicide,...that, is when i can't sit along the sidelines and come out in full force to defend the notion that his death was staged by amanda.

16y ago

Johnny_Rebel

exactly. arguello was having issues with the sandinistas. I agree. The police corruption in 3rd world countries make it risky for anybody especially a celebrity to visit. I always wanted to go to Brazil because my dad was stationed there during Vietnam (Navy) and went back in the 1980's and had a blast. After what happened to Gatti and the cover-up I will NEVER go to Brazil or knowingly purchase anything made in that corrupt country!!!

16y ago

The_Underboss

I do not believe it. Neither do I believe Alexis Arguello's death was a suicide. exactly. arguello was having issues with the sandinistas.

16y ago

David

16y ago

BKM

I do not believe it. Neither do I believe Alexis Arguello's death was a suicide.

16y ago

EchoTheFaith

Is it possible that he may have tried to cut himself down but cut himself instead? Stabbing someone in the head with a thin knife isn't exactly the best way to kill someone considering you'd have to get through the skull. Um no, that knife will cut through is skull if enough force is pushed through, like someone stabbing him in the back of the head...you know like that not accidentally slicing his head...

16y ago

Johnny_Rebel

Gatti was murdered, period!

16y ago

0303

Hey you brought up a very valid point. If Arturo Gatti had a huge rock thrown at the back of his head to make a wound like that then I'm sure he would have gone to the hospital to get it treated, stitches etc. Why would he go home with a busted head? HMMMM wasn't he intoxicated?

16y ago

ILLMatic

B U L L S H I T :nonono:

16y ago

EchoTheFaith

I don't see how a big ass wound in the back of your head came from a rock(unless that rock is very big)...and who walks around with a real bad cut on the back of your head? And how do you hang yourself with a purse strap? I don't see how it'd be strong enough to hold you... Just smells like bullshyt to me... Hey you brought up a very valid point. If Arturo Gatti had a huge rock thrown at the back of his head to make a wound like that then I'm sure he would have gone to the hospital to get it treated, stitches etc. Why would he go home with a busted head? HMMMM

16y ago

airplane

Uhhh, this just doesn't jive, and didn't Amanda try to claim someone broke in their electronically sealed abode and killed Arturo in the initial reports? He's not on the bed, but on the floor now? A steak knife is found next to him with blood on it, and I'm supposed to imagine how he tried to cut himself down staving off a circus like act of a suicide attempt and stabs himself in the BACK of the head. A severing motion and a stabbbing motion are two distinct things. I bet the next thing we read is that Amanda explained to police how she cut him down, (without disturbing the purse strap with cuts mind you) and that's why a knife was near his body. It's ridiculous. You have to believe he got up there with a knife in hand "just in case" AFTER he kicks the stool out from under him. A magic stool and a staircase by the way we are reading about for the first time. It's conveniently appeared to explain away homicide. I think we know what Amanda was doing for 10 hours. Trying to figure out how to get her lies straight. hagler...i know this is an old post but did you or anybody else happen to see the intial pictures of arturo lying on a bed?

16y ago

airplane

So how the **** did he get into bed? These guys are bad liars. catalinul, i know this is an old post, but why did you ask that?...about him being in a bed??

16y ago

MI_Truth_

If he hung himself why is the purse strap bloody? Did he stab himself in the back of the head as well? A lot is unexplained.

16y ago

catalinul

Why didnt Canada or gatti families order their own personal autopsy in the first place??? They could have had his body examine when they got his body back, I wouldnt be surprise if gatti actually killed himself to be honest.. His brothr Joe said they didn't expect this outcome and that the funeral was already planned. but that the body was buried with some fancy mechanical ice machine to keep it cold.

16y ago

Haglerwins

16y ago

Ray

16y ago

Iceta

These assholes are so pathetic. I'm never setting foot in that country.

16y ago

ELPacman

Exactly my point, don't be so quick to feed her to the wolves with such little information. No! Gatti needs us! :smashfrea :angel:

16y ago

ELPacman

That's total bullshit. She's been in jail since the death. No doubt she was getting alil worried so she decided to spread the word that she'd pay millions to be let out and change the story. Those corrupt cops and investigators no doubt took the bait. I'm sure she even told them her story of how he abused her and whatnot to make them feel bad for her. You know you could use that type of story in a case here in America but you have to go through a lot more BS. There, tell the story, pay the $$$, your set free. Simple as that.

16y ago

catalinul

"Stabbed him to see if he was awake." In the back of the head no less. Why would that make any sense? We all need to just wait for more facts to come out. Forensics can tell the difference between hung and strangled most of the time. The knife may have been near by. Was the strap cut from the purse? It makes a lot more sense than him hanging himself then ending up in bed. Hopefully the canadian investigation will show the truth.You can't deny the brazilians have changed the story in eery way,shape and form. Even if the knife might have been near by he was in the air hanged,he couldn't have reached it. The strap was probably ripped from the purse I guess,nothing on that.

16y ago