Overview

• On August 8, the Osorno prosecutor reclassified the two-month disappearance of Carlos Ancapichun as a presumed homicide, redirecting efforts from search to criminal investigation.
• New forensic orders call for repeated fingerprint lifts and blood-stain analysis on Ancapichun’s locked pickup after the first examinations produced no decisive findings.
• Marisol Coronado, the caretaker’s wife, publicly alleged that his Chilean half-brother and other relatives were involved in a dispute over their late mother’s property and inheritance.
• Investigators are collaborating across the border with Carabineros, the PDI, army units, firefighters, tactical divers, tracking dogs and BRZA teams to retrace Ancapichun’s steps in the rugged Puyehué area.
• Authorities emphasize that no hypothesis has been ruled out as they continue to collect witness statements and reconstruct the caretaker’s last known movements near Entre Lagos and Antillanca.