Venezuelan authorities exhumed the body of former WBC lightweight champion “El Terminator” Edwin Valero last week to dispel rumors regarding the cause of his death.

“El Terminator’s” siblings, Edward and Luis Valero, believe that the police that took the murderous wife-beater into custody may have strangled their brother to death.

So, a forensic investigation will now be conducted to officially determine the cause of his ultimate demise.

Valero (27-0, 27 KOs) likely committed suicide in his Venezuelan prison cell on the morning of April 19—a mere day after he admitted that he mortally stabbed his wife, Jennifer Viera, in a hotel in Valencia the night prior.

Venezuelan Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores told reporters that Valero used his clothes to hang himself to death at a police lockup in north-central Carabobo state.

“Who cares how he died,” said Brad Sherwood, 29, a personal trainer at Gold’s Gym in Medford. “He was a dirt bag.”

In late-March, Valero, a southpaw who once established a world record by winning his first 18 prize-fights by first round knockout, was forced by court orders to seek help after he was taken into custody on charges that he harassed his wife and threatened medical personnel who treated her in a hospital.

Valero was a fan favorite primarily due to the explosive knockout power that he harnessed in his fists. Additionally, many boxing fans were enamored with his reckless and frenetic style of boxing in the ring.

Sadly, and somewhat pathetically, his reckless and frenetic style outside the ring was always more of a legitimate concern than anything he managed to accomplish in the squared circle.

Last month’s grave tragedy was the third time in eight months that Valero had been implicated of violently beating members of his family. Last September, he was fingered for physically attacking his very own mother and sister.

Unfortunately, despite ample evidence to the contrary, Valero’s kin ultimately refused to acknowledge that “El Terminator” was a sadistic menace and they declined to press charges.

Prior to being fatally knifed, Viera lay in a hospital bed in late-March with a punctured lung and broken ribs—complements of Valero

At the medical center where his wounded wife was admitted, the repulsive scrapper became incensed toward a cop he believed was pressuring his better-half to concede that her injuries stemmed from domestic abuse. Like she had in similar incidents in the past, Viera wrongly defended Valero and insanely proclaimed his innocence.

Edwin Valero was a great boxing talent who, with the proper mindset, could have become one of the greatest pound-for-pound pugilists today. Regrettably, Valero was instead a repugnant individual who descended into a cold-blooded killer.

The world is simply a better place because he took his own life.

Disappointingly, the pugilist didn’t kill himself before he slaughtered his 24-year-old spouse. In all likelihood, Valero hung himself to death because he couldn’t stand to look at himself in the mirror.

If his death was the result of strangulation by Venezuelan authorities, they deserve to face punishment. Justice is best served in court, not in the vigilante shadows of the night.

However, make no mistake; Venezuelan police still would have rid their tropical country of a villainous loser.