COPS AREN’T TELLING FULL STORY YET
San Francisco, CA- When reports started coming in that Arturo Gatti had died in Brazil, I just sort of shrugged my shoulders and moaned, “Again?” I have yet to write the Alexis Arguello story, mainly because his death via apparent suicide, although forewarned personally by Arguello, it really mucked with my mind. Now we note the suspected murder of Arturo Gatti in San Paulo, Brazil.
GATTI DIES A BRUTAL DEATH
On vacation with his new wife Amanda and their newborn, Gatti was found I’m told by his wife Saturday morning. According to preliminary reports, Gatti was beaten to death some eight or so hours prior to his death. You’ll note that while the police ruled out death by gunshot or stabbing, but they did say there was blood on the floor of the hotel room.
IF I WERE THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR IN BRAZIL
There are three, make it four scenarios I can envision being a licensed investigator and former policeman. 1. Gatti went out and got drunk. Some Brazilians realized who he was and beat him to death. 2. Gatti got into a fight with alcohol in the air and got pounded like salt. Brazilian street fighting, brutal in reputation is rampant in Brazilian cities (the UFC is a creation of Brazil’s Gracie family) 3. His wife’s relatives set him up. 4. Arturo was the victim of a strong arm robbery and beaten for his possessions.
PROBE WOULD ALWAYS INCLUDE THE RELATIVES
One, two and four need little expansion as Arturo was a party guy. But #3 is one direction that my investigation would take if I were on the scene. When my realtor retired to the Philippines in the late 1970s, it was his wife’s brothers (unbeknownst to the wife) that whacked Harry. I’d also look into Gatti’s will. If there was a recent change to the document, especially with the newborn baby, that would make me take a hard look at the relatives as a live Gatti is worth a few million US dollars I’m sure. How much he is worth in death is like the scenarios set forth above, pure speculation.
Pedro Fernandez