What happened
The remains of 20-year-old Hans Pozo were found in separate locations around Santiago in 2006, prompting a large homicide investigation.
The investigation
Police used identification work, witness interviews and links from Pozo’s contacts to focus on Jorge Martínez, a former police officer.
What the courts or investigators concluded
Martínez died by suicide as police moved to arrest him, so the central allegations were never tested in a criminal trial.
Why the case remains significant
The case became nationally known because investigators had to identify a victim from fragmented evidence before they could reconstruct his final contacts and movements.
Case context
Crime by Region organizes cases geographically so readers can move from one file to other investigations from the same country. For unresolved or contested cases, the wording above reflects the distinction between confirmed events, investigative theories and findings actually established in court.