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Joyce Marie Horman (born December 3, 1944) is an American human rights activist. She is known as the wife of journalist Charles Horman, who went missing in 1973 while the couple was living in Santiago, Chile. Her search for what happened to him was chronicled in the 1982 film Missing, in which she was portrayed by Sissy Spacek. Spacek was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Horman. Her family's story was first told in the 1978 book by Thomas Hauser titled The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice.

Personal life

Horman was born in Owatonna, Minnesota, the daughter of Vernita (née Sauke 1923–2010) and Arthur "Duffy" Hamren (1921-2010). Her paternal grandmother Marie Hamren (1890-1985), was born in Iowa to Norwegian immigrants. She has one brother, Jerome Hamren. Her parents owned and operated a grocery store in Owatonna called "Duffy's Superfair". She graduated from Owatonna Senior High School in 1962 and then graduated from the University of Minnesota.

In 1964 while on break from college she traveled to Europe with a friend, where she met her future husband Charles Horman. They teamed up together and traveled around Europe. Joyce graduated from college and moved to New York City, where Charles was originally from, and they were engaged in 1968. Soon they moved to Santiago, Chile, where Charles, a freelance journalist, had accepted a job.

The couple was living in Chile during the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, a military takeover of the government. Her husband was kidnapped and tortured before being killed. Initially Joyce did not know what had happened to Charlie. Her husband's father, Edmund Horman, flew to Chile after learning of his son's disappearance, and Ed and Joyce along with their friend, Terry Simon, fought the local political regime for several weeks for information on what happened to him. In 1977 the family began work on a wrongful death lawsuit a

154. Telegram From the Station in Chile to the Central Intelligence Agency1

Santiago, November 24, 1973.

1. Embassy in general and Consulate in particular are being charged with inefficiency and negligence in handling of Frank R. Teruggi and Charles E. Horman cases. Following paragraphs contain background on more important aspects of involvement of [consular officers John Hall and James Anderson] [1 line not declassified]. Headquarters may wish to refer to Embassy telegrams Santiago 5132, 5135, and 5143 for chronological listing of events in these two cases.

2. The fact that Horman had been detained was first reported to the Consulate morning of 18 Sept by telephone. Caller had no specific info to provide, but based on call Consul Purdy contacted DEA and MilGroup to get search underway. Since Horman had never registered [Page 413] at Consulate, basic bio data was not immediately available. On 19 Sept at approx 1100 hours Mrs. Joyce Horman (wife of Charles) appeared at Consulate to report fact her husband missing. [3 lines not declassified]

3. Officer A [John Hall] told Mrs. Horman that Consulate had received reports that her husband missing and that search was underway. She was asked to provide needed bio data on both her husband and herself, which she did. Naturally, she was distraught, nervous and frightened. Officer A told her to keep in frequent touch with the consulate. She asked for transportation and Embassy escort to take her to her home and was told that consulate not able to provide that service. She asked what further steps she could take and was instructed to report the disappearance to the uniformed national police (Carabineros). Details of the conversation and the additional bio data was passed by Officer A to Consul Purdy. Officer A had no further contact with Mrs. Horman nor did he speak with Edmund C. Horman, father of Charles. As part of efforts by all Consulate officers to track down leads in the Horman case, Officer A interviewed a friend

American journalist and documentary filmmaker (1942-1973)

Charles Edmund Lazar Horman (May 15, 1942 – September 19, 1973) was an American journalist and documentary filmmaker. He was executed in Chile in the days following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet, which overthrew the socialist president Salvador Allende. Horman's death was the subject of the 1982 Costa-Gavras film Missing, in which he was portrayed by actor John Shea.

In June 2014, a Chilean court ruled that U.S. authorities had played a "fundamental" role in Horman's murder. In January 2015, two former Chilean intelligence officials were sentenced in Chile for the murders of Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi.

Biography

Horman was born in New York City, the son of Elizabeth Horman and Edmund Horman. An only child, he attended the Allen-Stevenson School, where he was a top student in English as well as an excellent cellist; he graduated in 1957. He then graduated cum laude (top 15%) from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1960 and summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1964, where he was President of Pendulum literary magazine. Working as filmmaker at King TV in Portland Oregon, Charles created the short documentary "Napalm", which won a Grand Prize at the Cracow Film Festival in 1967.

Upon returning to New York City, Charles wrote articles as an investigative journalist for magazines in the United States such as Commentary and The Nation, and newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor. In 1967–68, he worked as a reporter for INNOVATION magazine.

Charles protested against the Vietnam War at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and was honorably discharged from the Air National Guard in 1969.

In December 1971, Charles and his wife, Joyce, left New York on a journ