NFL Star in Dominican Murder Investigation

0:00NFL free agent Mike Pennell Jr., a 35-year-old former Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle, is now a person of interest in the 20. 21 deaths of a woman in the Dominican Republic. Her body, belonging to 22-year-old, Carly Francesca Guzman-Rosch, turned up earlier this year on a property penalty owned back then. Workers found her remains in January while digging a trench in Port-Aplata Province. He'd already sold the land last year. Pennell's master identity through DNA from her now eight-year-old son, in their treating it as a homicide since they can't pin down the cause. Of death, Pennell's lawyer says his client never knew her and wasn't even in the country when she vanished. Pennell himself hid back hard, calling reports fake news out to trash his rep, but he's offering full cooperation to Dominican authorities to clear. This drops just months after influencer Johnny Blaise accused him of domestic violence from an old relationship which he denied as an extortion play. No cops got involved there. Guzman's grandma described her as a sweet student with tons of friends, clueless why she'd be on that property.

1:07Meanwhile, Pennell's got 12 NFL seasons under his belt, including time with the chiefs and bangles last year where he notched 26 tackles. Over 16 games, authorities haven't named other suspects yet, but everyone's watching how this unfolds for the veteran lineman. From your city, powered by AI, this is Durham News Today.