Office of the Historian

148. Telegram 5088 From the Embassy in Chile to the Department of State1

Santiago, October 18, 1973, 1958Z.

5088. Subj: W/W Deaths; Charles E. Horman.

1. Embassy informed afternoon October 18, 1973 that previously unidentified male body which delivered to morgue on September 18, 1973 and given autopsy number 2663 had been identified through fingerprints as being that of Charles E. Horman. Unidentified body delivered to Santiago cemetery on October 3 and apparently interred thereafter. Cause of death was by bullet wound. Body had been picked up on street by military and delivered to morgue.

2. Embassy sending note to foreign office requesting autopsy report and exhumation of body.

3. Embassy advising wife and father.

Davis

  1. Summary: The Embassy reported that the body of Charles Horman had been found and identified.

    Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, [no film number]. Limited Official Use; Immediate.

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