Franklin Ramírez Ramírez died that day at 22:45 hours due to asphyxia by hanging, as recorded in the respective Death Certificate. The Autopsy Protocol specifies that he presented multiple hematomas on different parts of his body and "that these injuries were vital, recent, and of a traumatic nature" (sic). According to the examinations, he had not ingested alcohol.

According to statements by witnesses, Franklin Ramírez was detained around 16:00 hours that same day, in the Juanita Aguirre neighborhood, by members of the Fuerza Aérea, who handed him over to Carabineros at the Eneas Gonel police station.

The police report stated that he had been detained on suspicion of drunkenness, drug use, and public disorder. Hours later, according to the official version from Carabineros, Franklin Ramírez was found hanged with his own shirt inside one of the police station's holding cells.

In the investigation conducted before a Military Prosecutor's Office, an expert report carried out by the Homicide Brigade of the Investigaciones police is on record; it describes that Franklin Ramírez's body was found in "incomplete suspension and that his shirt was wrapped around his neck with two simple knots.

On his right hand, it was observed that the secured ring of a pair of handcuffs was on his wrist, and that the other ring was loose and was also secured."

When the arresting officers were questioned about the fact that Franklin Ramírez was handcuffed inside the cell at the time his death occurred, they declared that they had to handcuff him because once they had put him in the cell, he "had started to kick the door, scream, etc."

The judicial investigation was subsequently dismissed on the grounds that his death did not constitute the result of a crime or misdemeanor. The Prosecutor's decision was approved by the Court Martial.

Considering the evidence gathered and the investigation carried out by this Corporation, the Superior Council reached the conviction that the death of Franklin Ramírez Ramírez, whether by suicide or not, was a direct consequence of the actions of State agents, who beat him while he was being held in a police station. For this reason, it declared him a victim of human rights violations.