The Jackal of Pupunahue
José Misael Roldán Concha better known as The Jackal of Pupunahue (Spanish: El Chacal de Pupunahue) was a Chilean man known for the brutal murder of a woman and five of her seven children.[1] José Misael came from a poor family and had numerous siblings. He dropped out from school at 13 years of age and began working in agriculture and coal mining.[1] During his work in coal mining, he killed a foreman, was subsequently fired and attempted to escape to Argentina. He did eventually surrender to the police and was sentenced to four years of prison to be done at Victoria.[1] Because of good behaviour in prison José Misael was sat on probation after his second year in prison.[1] Hours before the murder José Misael had been at the police station of Antilhue to sign, as this was a condition of the probation.[1]
In the night of June 7, 1957 José Misael, who was in a state of heavy inebriation, had dinner with his elderly parents and some of his brothers.[1][2] He then went to buy fruit at the shop of Laura Díaz Díaz, a neighbour of his family.[1] On the way he grabbed an iron.[2] According to his later declarations José Misael had gone to Laura's shop to buy fruit because he was thirsty.[2] Laura's husband was by then working at a night shift in the coal mine at the time.[2] Once Laura got back with the oranges José Misael had ordered he begun an unprovoked and indiscriminate attack with the iron.[2]
The murders occurred in the locality of Pupunahue in the commune of Máfil, southern Chile.[1] At the time of the murder, José Misael was 27 years old.[1] Reportedly the murders were followed by acts of necrophilia and an arson attempt to erase evidence.[1]
The murder became known when 11-year old Nora Gómez Díaz, whom José Misael believed dead, woke up following the attack and warned the police.[1]
He was condemned to execution by the second court of Valdivia (Spanish: Segundo Juzgado de Valdivia) a verdict that was upheld by the Supreme Court of Chile. President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo eventually got involved in the case granting clemency to José Misael whose sentence was changed to life imprisonment.[1] José Misael died in prison.[1]
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- La Cuarta (December 20, 2006)
– Chacal de Pupunahue masacró a fierrazos a humilde mujer y cinco de sus hijos Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, La Cuarta</ref>
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