TALCAHUANO — 1999 · Missing Person
The Jorge Matute Johns Case
Jorge Matute Johns, a 23-year-old forestry engineering student, was last seen in the early hours of 20 November 1999 at the La Cucaracha nightclub in Talcahuano and never came home. The investigation launched after his family's complaint became one of Chile's most debated cases. More than four years later, on 12 February 2004, remains found on the banks of the Biobío River at kilometre 22.6 of the Ruta de la Madera were confirmed to be his. The case was closed without convictions in 2010, reopened with new evidence in 2014, and the body was re-examined. In 2015 the official cause of death was amended to pentobarbital poisoning. Even so, no one has been convicted; several suspects have since died and the case remains unsolved.
- Date
- 1999
- Place
- Talcahuano, Chile, Talcahuano, CL
- Category
- Missing Person
- Case Status
- Unsolved
- Coordinates
- -36.7350, -73.0990 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 20 November 1999Jorge Matute Johns was last seen at La Cucaracha nightclub in Talcahuano.
- 12 February 2004His remains were found on the banks of the Biobío River.
- 2010The case was closed without convictions.
- 2014–2015The case reopened; the cause of death was set as pentobarbital poisoning.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Caso Matute Johns es.wikipedia.org ↗
- La Tercera — Los principales nombres del Caso Matute, a 20 años de una desaparición que sigue sin culpables latercera.com ↗
- Diario Concepción — Cronología del Caso Matute Johns diarioconcepcion.cl ↗
- Wikipedia (Spanish)
- La Tercera
- Diario Concepción
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