May 3, 1962 - Rubén Millatureo
Operating in the small Chilean town of Queilén over the course of roughly a year, Millatureo committed three murders that left a lasting enough mark on the community to earn him a lasting epithet. His case is notable for its legal trajectory as much as the crimes themselves — a death sentence handed down, then commuted, then followed by release after two decades. That he was freed in 2018 places him among the relatively rare figures on this site whose story has a living, unresolved dimension.
From Wikipedia
Rubén Darío Millatureo Vargas (born May 3, 1962), known as The Jackal of Queilén (Spanish: El Chacal de Queilén), is a Chilean serial killer who murdered three people in the town of Queilén from 1997 to 1998.
Initially sentenced to death, his sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment with a chance of parole after 20 years. After serving said 20 years, he was released in 2018.
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