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Since we (the public) aren't given all the facts we just hear enough 4th party information to speculate. I doubt it was suicide. Probably something kinky.
Canada wants Brazil to explain findings in Gatti death
Foreign ministers joins family, friends of boxer in seeking more information
Canada's Foreign Affairs minister has added his voice to that of the family of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti in seeking details about the Montrealer's death in Brazil.
Lawrence Cannon asked officials in his department on Friday to formally seek more information from Brazilian authorities, who ruled on Thursday that Gatti's death on July 11 was suicide.
"Consular assistance continues to be delivered to family members. Our thoughts are with Mr. Gatti's family during these difficult times," Cannon said.
Friends and family of Gatti refuse to believe he committed suicide.
His brother, Joe Gatti, said Thursday the family will ask to have the boxer's remains exhumed so a Quebec coroner can perform another autopsy.
On Friday, Brazilian police released more information to support their claim that Gatti killed himself.
Police said the boxer hanged himself at a resort in northeastern Brazil with a bag strap that he tied around a wooden staircase column more than two metres off the ground.
Police first thought Gatti, whose adopted hometown was Montreal, was strangled by his wife because his body was found on the floor, according to police spokeswoman Milena Saraiva.
Markings on staircase
But an autopsy report indicated Gatti was suspended off the ground for some three hours. A crime scene analysis found markings on the staircase column, she said.
Gatti's body was found in the hotel room in Porto de Galinhas. His widow, Amanda Rodrigues, 23, was detained for nearly three weeks on suspicion of murder.
But on Thursday, state court Judge Ildete Verissimo de Lima in the city of Recife ordered that Rodrigues be released immediately.
"The victim… committed suicide by hanging," Lima's ruling read, referring to the findings of a police investigation.
Joe Gatti said he's stunned that his brother's widow has been exonerated.
"It's a Third World country. It is hard — they got their own rules. We can't take her into our country — into Canada —and indict her there, or try her there. But come on!" he said.
'Lengthy process'
Gatti family friend Ivano Scarpa said the release of Gatti's widow will impede the effort to bring Gatti's son, 10-month-old Arturo Jr., back to Canada.
"It's going to be a lengthy process. Obviously the fact that she's out, walking, doesn't help the family here," he said.
Scarpa said he hoped the results of a Canadian autopsy would support the Gatti family's claim for custody of the boy.
Former boxing champion Otis Grant said he doesn't have much faith in the results of the investigation in Brazil.
"I can tell you for a fact that the Arturo that everybody knew was a guy that loved his friends, loved his family, loved being who he was. So, for him to commit suicide just doesn't make sense," Grant said.
Grant says nobody he's spoken to in the boxing world believes Gatti killed himself.
"He was someone who brought a great credibility to this city. And as far as I'm concerned, his legacy as a boxer is cemented in history as one of the greatest, one of the most exciting fighters that ever put on a pair of boxing gloves."
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/st...ti-family.html
Since we (the public) aren't given all the facts we just hear enough 4th party information to speculate. I doubt it was suicide. Probably something kinky.
Canada wants Brazil to explain findings in Gatti death
Foreign ministers joins family, friends of boxer in seeking more information
Canada's Foreign Affairs minister has added his voice to that of the family of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti in seeking details about the Montrealer's death in Brazil.
Lawrence Cannon asked officials in his department on Friday to formally seek more information from Brazilian authorities, who ruled on Thursday that Gatti's death on July 11 was suicide.
"Consular assistance continues to be delivered to family members. Our thoughts are with Mr. Gatti's family during these difficult times," Cannon said.
Friends and family of Gatti refuse to believe he committed suicide.
His brother, Joe Gatti, said Thursday the family will ask to have the boxer's remains exhumed so a Quebec coroner can perform another autopsy.
On Friday, Brazilian police released more information to support their claim that Gatti killed himself.
Police said the boxer hanged himself at a resort in northeastern Brazil with a bag strap that he tied around a wooden staircase column more than two metres off the ground.
Police first thought Gatti, whose adopted hometown was Montreal, was strangled by his wife because his body was found on the floor, according to police spokeswoman Milena Saraiva.
Markings on staircase
But an autopsy report indicated Gatti was suspended off the ground for some three hours. A crime scene analysis found markings on the staircase column, she said.
Gatti's body was found in the hotel room in Porto de Galinhas. His widow, Amanda Rodrigues, 23, was detained for nearly three weeks on suspicion of murder.
But on Thursday, state court Judge Ildete Verissimo de Lima in the city of Recife ordered that Rodrigues be released immediately.
"The victim… committed suicide by hanging," Lima's ruling read, referring to the findings of a police investigation.
Joe Gatti said he's stunned that his brother's widow has been exonerated.
"It's a Third World country. It is hard — they got their own rules. We can't take her into our country — into Canada —and indict her there, or try her there. But come on!" he said.
'Lengthy process'
Gatti family friend Ivano Scarpa said the release of Gatti's widow will impede the effort to bring Gatti's son, 10-month-old Arturo Jr., back to Canada.
"It's going to be a lengthy process. Obviously the fact that she's out, walking, doesn't help the family here," he said.
Scarpa said he hoped the results of a Canadian autopsy would support the Gatti family's claim for custody of the boy.
Former boxing champion Otis Grant said he doesn't have much faith in the results of the investigation in Brazil.
"I can tell you for a fact that the Arturo that everybody knew was a guy that loved his friends, loved his family, loved being who he was. So, for him to commit suicide just doesn't make sense," Grant said.
Grant says nobody he's spoken to in the boxing world believes Gatti killed himself.
"He was someone who brought a great credibility to this city. And as far as I'm concerned, his legacy as a boxer is cemented in history as one of the greatest, one of the most exciting fighters that ever put on a pair of boxing gloves."
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/st...ti-family.html
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