Explore 25 documented cases from Chile. Each file separates established findings from allegations and unresolved questions, with a focus on investigation rather than graphic detail.
Sophie Gómez, one year and 11 months old, died in Puerto Montt in January 2018. Her father, Francisco Javier Ríos Ríos, was convicted of parricide and sentenced to presidio perpetuo calificado; the Puerto Montt Court of Appeals rejected his annulment challenge in 2020.
Open case file →Three-year-old Tomás Bravo disappeared in rural Arauco in February 2021 and was found dead nine days later. His great-uncle was ultimately acquitted, while a separate investigation remained open in 2026.
Open case file →Senator Jaime Guzmán was assassinated in Santiago in 1991. Chilean courts convicted Ricardo Palma Salamanca and Raúl Escobar Poblete as material perpetrators in proceedings separated by decades.
Open case file →Twelve FPMR members were killed in Santiago during a 1987 CNI operation. Chilean courts later imposed final homicide convictions, including a life sentence for former CNI director Hugo Salas Wenzel.
Open case file →Mapuche student Matías Catrileo was fatally shot during a police operation in La Araucanía in 2008. Officer Walter Ramírez was convicted of unnecessary violence resulting in death.
Open case file →Marta Ugarte Román was detained by Chile's DINA in 1976 and killed while in state custody. The Supreme Court confirmed final convictions decades later.
Open case file →Student leader Gregorio Mimica Argote was detained and killed at Chile's UTE in September 1973. The Supreme Court confirmed homicide convictions decades later.
Open case file →UN official Carmelo Soria was abducted and killed by DINA agents in 1976. After decades of litigation, Chile's Supreme Court issued final homicide and related convictions in 2023.
Open case file →Community reporter Francisca Sandoval was fatally shot while covering May Day events in Santiago in 2022. Marcelo Naranjo was convicted of simple homicide and firearms offenses in 2024.
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Julio Pérez Silva targeted girls and women around Alto Hospicio and Iquique during a period in which families were repeatedly told some missing teenagers had simply run away.
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The remains of 20-year-old Hans Pozo were found in separate locations around Santiago in 2006, prompting a large homicide investigation.
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Viviana Haeger disappeared from her home in Puerto Varas in 2010 and was found dead inside the property weeks later.
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Pregnant 21-year-old Fernanda Maciel disappeared in 2018 from the Conchalí area of Santiago. Her remains were found more than a year later at a nearby property.
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Teacher Nibaldo Villegas disappeared in 2018, and parts of his remains were later recovered after an investigation centered on his former partner and her companion.
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A small sect led by Ramón Castillo, known as Antares de la Luz, killed a newborn in a ritual in rural Chile in 2012.
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A series of attacks around Viña del Mar in the early 1980s was ultimately attributed to police officers Jorge Sagredo and Carlos Topp.
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Nicole Saavedra, a young lesbian woman, disappeared in 2016 and was later found dead in the Valparaíso Region.
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Daniel Zamudio died after a hate-motivated assault in Santiago in 2012; four men were later convicted of qualified homicide.
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Víctor Jara was detained and killed after Chile's 1973 military coup; final convictions were confirmed decades later and the last fugitive convict was arrested in 2026.
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The 1985 abductions and murders of José Manuel Parada, Manuel Guerrero and Santiago Nattino led to a major investigation and final convictions.
Open case file →The 1982 political murder of a major union leader was followed by a long investigation and final Supreme Court convictions.
Open case file →A former Carabineros officer was convicted of Catrillanca's homicide and the attempted homicide of the teenager with him; other defendants were convicted of obstruction and related offenses.
Open case file →Chile's Supreme Court issued a final judgment in 2024 against ten former military personnel for the 1986 killing of Rodrigo Rojas and attempted killing of survivor Carmen Gloria Quintana.
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