Edwin Valero hangs himself in police cell after arrest on suspicion of killing his wife

Edwin Valero has hanged himself in a police cell less than 48 hours after his arrest on suspicion of stabbing his wife to death. The 28 year-old was detained on Sunday on suspicion of murdering his wife Jennifer, 24, after police found her body in a hotel room in Valencia, Venezuela. The boxer left the hotel room around dawn on Sunday and allegedly told security he had killed his wife as he left the hotel. They had two children together.

The fighter, who won all 27 of his professional contests by knockout, was a household name in Venezuela and had a huge image of President Chavez tattooed on his chest, alongside the country's yellow, blue and red flag. Valero had been lionised by Chavez supporters as a national hero.

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There had been warning signs for some time. The former World Boxing Association super-featherweight and WBC lightweight champion had been in trouble with the law before. He was banned from driving in the United States and, last month, was charged with harassing his wife and threatening medical personnel who treated her at a hospital in the western city of Merida.

Police had arrested Valero following an argument with a doctor and nurse at the hospital, where his wife was being treated for a series of injuries, including a punctured lung and broken ribs. His wife had told police the injuries were from a fall.

Valero was involved in a motorcycle accident in 2001 which caused a cerebral haemorrhage, and because most jurisdictions refuse to license a fighter who has sustained a brain injury, he was unable to fight in the United States. He wound up fighting mainly in Japan and Latin America, where he won his first title in 2006.

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