On Monday May 30, 1994, almost 30 years agoone of the most shocking crimes in memory occurred in the commune of Santiago, specifically on Paseo Ahumada, after a subject murdered his ex-partner with 12 bullets and in broad daylight.
This is the homicide committed by Eduardo Muñoz Aburto (30)who took the life of Gisela del Carmen Ávila Tapia (27)in a Village store, when the clock showed 2:25 p.m.
On that day, the criminal entered the premises with only one objective: shoot the woman who worked as a cashier. Previously, he had already threatened to kill her.
Ana María Tomicic, store manager, was one of the first to shed light on what happened in the center.
“She had a problem previously with this person and had a court summons. I even called her attention, because she had not come to work the day before and she showed me a summons that she had from the court, because he had attacked her.”he told National Television.
In addition, he announced that Gisela “She told me that he had threatened her with death”.
Breakup in the relationship
After the crime, the subject attempted to take his own life inside the premises. However, When he realized that he had used all the bullets, he decided to flee..
After an intense nine days of searching, the police managed to find the man in the Las Rejas sector. With his confession, everything would begin to become clear.
Days before the crime, the subject had attacked the victim, who refused to restart coexistence.
Due to this brutal attack, Gisela filed a complaint with the court and the police were looking for him for this incident. Precisely, on the same day of the crime, Doralisa Aburto Aravena, mother of the murderer, had arrived at the Village location to ask Gisela to withdraw the complaint..
Jorge Colvin Trucco, former judge of the Santiago Crime Court, recalled that “He told me that he had done this in a fit of impotence, because she wanted to break up with him.”.
He spoke on television
While in prison, Eduardo Muñoz spoke with Carlos Pinto to Mea Culpa and explained his story.
According to his testimony, before meeting Gisela he had a family made up of his wife and four daughters. He left them for his lover.
“She asked me, she always urged me to do it and I managed to do it; I abandoned my home, my wife and my daughters. “Any marriage is prone to this.”said.
Regarding the crime, he maintained that “It wasn’t something premeditated or something I wanted to do, in fact, I wanted to eliminate myself. And if a person wants to take their life, it is because something is happening.”.
“The minute I put the gun to my head there were no shots left, but nothing justifies what I did. I haven’t found the answer (of why)”he added, appealing to a “madness” of the moment.
Finally, regarding Gisela, he indicated that “I would make her live and I think that, just like in the movie Beauty and the Beast“For love of her I would like to let her live.”.
“She was my life, everything revolved around her, and it’s hard to live again without something of your own. Even if I go out tomorrow, my suffering would begin separately as I tour the places we have been to many times. The reason that led me to face the cameras is so that many other people can analyze the situation and tell them not to do it, not to think about it and to put themselves in the hands of a specialist. That luck that I didn’t have”hill.
In 1995, Muñoz Aburto was sentenced to 25 years in prison for qualified homicide..
