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The death of former boxer Arturo Gatti continues to be investigated after a second autopsy doesn't rule out homicide. In what is turning into a bizarre story, Quebec coroners found that the Brazilian investigation was incomplete and even found injuries overlooked by the first examination. Authorities are now waiting for more information including toxicology reports and the contents of a computer that may contain evidence of interest in Gatti's death. Whatever that means. If this was on CBS, it would have already been wrapped up by now and I'd be flipping over to Conan. Let's go to the recap (featuring ESPN links)...July 11th: Arturo Gatti found dead, foul play suspected. Visibly shaken, I tweet.
July 12th: Arturo Gatti's 23-year-old wife is accused of murdering him. Logical conclusion? More crazy women killing athletes.
July 15th: From jail, Gatti's wife proclaims her innocence. Professional skeptics, such as myself, find it hard to believe Gatti strangled himself with that purse strap.
July 18th: I get drunk and watch the Arturo Gatti vs. Mickey Ward trilogy on HBO. Little investigating gets done.
July 20th: Gatti receives a standing ovation from 1000 mourners at his funeral in Montreal. Canadian funerals are weird.
July 30th: Arturo Gatti's death is ruled a suicide (um, by hanging from stairs) and the wife is released from prison. Friends and family express disbelief.
July 31st: Gatti's family requests an autopsy from the Quebec coroners, so they
August 1st: And that brings us here.
For the sake of the friends and family, I hope this gets resolved soon. It is, after all, a sad story either way. But it's pretty weird, huh? Somebody better secure the rights before it ends up as two-parter on CSI and a lawsuit ensues.
2 comments:
I don't know folks... I always felt that it would be a hard sell to a jury... a 100 pound woman kills a prize fighter with her purse strap?!?
The "suicide timeline" has Gatti getting wasted, physically abusing her in public, getting hit in the head by a rock, then hanging himself from stairs and kicking a stool out from under him. He hung there for a couple of hours before falling near the purse. That said, there are a bunch of injuries that the Brazilian autopsy missed. So I can continue to wildly, yet carelessly, speculate. Conclusion: she hired a team of Hawaiian Tropic Bikini model ninjas to kill him.
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