Enrique González Cerda died that day at 18:30 hours, at the Barros Luco Hospital, due to thoracic trauma with cardiac rupture, as certified by the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.

According to eyewitness statements, on April 27, 1977, around 23:30 hours, Carabineros officers arrived at Enrique González's home due to a family argument. They beat him for about ten minutes and then withdrew.

The following day he had to be taken to a medical center; he was admitted to the Barros Luco Trudeau Hospital emergency ward at 16:10 hours on April 28, with a diagnosis of complicated abdominal contusion, shock, and cardiorespiratory arrest, passing away two hours later. The Autopsy Report noted that he presented a transverse fracture in the middle third of the sternum.

Considering the evidence gathered and the investigation carried out by this Corporation, the Superior Council declared Enrique González Cerda a victim of human rights violations by State agents who made irrational use of force.