A 52-year-old man who had won a million dollars in the Chilean lottery was murdered by his own nephew, who planned to steal the money from him along with three other accomplices at the time he withdrew part of the prize from the bank. The crime occurred in the small city of Quillota, in the Valparaíso region, and shocked the community.
The victim, whose identity remains confidential, had won the jackpot in October 2023, after purchasing a lottery ticket. On February 6, 2024, she decided to withdraw a part of the money, about 30 thousand dollars, from a bank in Rancagua. He was accompanied by his partner and his 21-year-old nephew, who lived with him in a house in the town of Huichahue.
When they were returning in their car, they were intercepted by three armed individuals, who threatened them and demanded money. The man resisted and struggled with one of the assailants, who shot him in the leg, causing serious bleeding. The criminals fled with the loot, while the man died at the scene, due to the helplessness of his partner and his nephew.
What no one suspected was that the nephew was the intellectual author of the assault, and that he had hired the other three individuals to execute the plan. According to the police, the young man knew that his uncle had won the lottery and that he was going to withdraw the money, and he took advantage of that information to organize the robbery. However, his plan went out of control and ended in a homicide.
The police managed to arrest the nephew and one of the assailants, while the other two remain at large. The detainees were brought to justice, which charged them with the crime of robbery with homicide. The nephew confessed to his participation in the incident and said that he did it out of economic necessity.
The case caused a great commotion in the city of Quillota, where the man was known for his work as a merchant and for his good relationship with his neighbors.
Many of them approached the victim's house to express their condolences and their repudiation of the crime. Some of them remembered that the man had shared part of his prize with them, helping them pay their debts or buy food.
