Mother of UFC fighter McFedries murdered
NBCSports.com staff report Updated: Dec28, 2007, 01:14 PM EST
The mother of UFC fighter Drew McFedries was murdered last Saturday, according to the Quad-City Times, an Iowan newspaper.
According to the report, which cites Davenport, Iowa police captain David Struckman as a source, Agnes McFedries-Kennedy, 51, was found dead in an alley between West 7th and West 8th streets.
The homicide is being investigated and there are several potential leads, according to Cpt. Struckman.
McFedries-Kennedy was born in Davenport in 1956, and graduated from high school at Davenport Central before earning a teaching degree from Iowa State University. She spent time as a teacher at Williams Jr. High School.
Drew McFedries has fought three times in the UFC, earning a 2-1 record with TKO wins over Alessio Sakara and Jordan Radev. He had been expected to fight at UFC 77, but was forced to withdraw after suffering a staph infection which he is still recovering from.