Chile Hunt for Justice Winds Up as Enigma
Chile Hunt for Justice Winds Up as Enigma
By PASCALE BONNEFOY
Published: September 26, 2013
SANTIAGO, Chile — The Chilean courts have long been after Ray E. Davis, a former American Navy captain, accusing him of being involved in the murder of two Americans decades ago that inspired the award-winning 1982 film “Missing.”
A Chilean judge indicted Mr. Davis in 2011 and requested his extradition from the United States, where he was assumed to be living with his wife, Patricia. The Chilean Supreme Court then authorized the extradition request last October.
But it turns out Mr. Davis may have been right under their noses all along, living in a nursing home in an upscale part of the Chilean capital. Any attempts to haul him into court may now be too late; documents show that he recently died here as well.
The death of Mr. Davis, former commander of the United States Military Group at the embassy in Santiago, would leave many unanswered questions about the possible roles played by United States officials in the killings of the Americans Charles Horman, 31, and Frank Teruggi, 24, while in military custody shortly after the 1973 military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet. It was the Horman case that is depicted in the film “Missing” by the director Costa-Gavras.
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