Overview
- Prosecutors say the leading hypothesis is that Eduardo Cruz-Coke Japke, 62, killed his 17-year-old twin sons and then died by suicide.
- Preliminary work by the PDI’s Homicide Brigade rules out robbery and indicates no evidence of third-party entry to the property.
- Reports on the father’s injuries conflict, with some citing a gunshot wound and others multiple stab wounds, while the twins showed signs of asphyxia.
- The bodies were discovered Saturday evening by a relative at a home on La Cañada in La Reina, according to local reports.
- The father was a noted cameraman who collaborated with Fundación Teletón, and the twins were listed in Providencia’s disability registry; their mother returned to Santiago after traveling in Bariloche.