GATTI’S WIFE HELD IN MURDER PROBE

TOLD YOU WIFE WAS INVOLVED

SAO PAULO–The wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti was detained as a suspect by Brazilian authorities today following his death at a posh seaside resort.

Police said 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues Gatti was taken into custody after contradictions in her interrogation. Gatti’s body was found early Saturday in a hotel room at the Porto de Galinhas resort in northeastern Brazil.

The former junior welterweight champion from Montreal was apparently strangled with the strap of a purse, which was found at the scene with blood stains, said Milena Saraiva, a spokeswoman for the Pernambuco state civil police. She told Associated Press that Gatti also had a head injury.

The investigation was not complete, but Saraiva said authorities were preparing to present a formal accusation against Rodrigues, who denied being involved in her husband’s death.