José Alfredo Levicoy Emelcoy died that day at 15:00 hours, at the Third Police Station of Carabineros in Achao, asphyxiated by strangulation, a suicide, as indicated by the Death Certificate corroborated by the ad hoc forensic doctor appointed.

According to statements from family members, José Levicoy, a militant of the Partido Socialista, was arrested on October 3, 1975, at 11:00 hours at his home by Carabineros officers who accused him of committing a common crime. He was taken to the Third Police Station of Achao, where, according to eyewitnesses, his screams of pain could be heard as he was interrogated with beatings.

Hours later, he was found hanged by his shirt from the bars of a window in the cell where he had been locked up.

During the month of October 1975, the Fourth Military Court of Valdivia requested that the ordinary court declare itself incompetent to continue investigating and forward the records to them to continue the investigation.

The request was based on the fact that the person accused as responsible for the death of José Levicoy held the status of an active-duty Carabineros officer. This request was granted that same month. Subsequently, that Military Court temporarily dismissed the investigation on the grounds that the commission of any crime had not been proven.

Considering the evidence gathered, the Superior Council of this Corporation concluded that the death of José Alfredo Levicoy Emelcoy, whether by suicide or not, was a direct consequence of the beatings and torture to which he was subjected by State agents during his detention. For this reason, it declared him a victim of human rights violations.