Joyce Marie Horman (born Dec 3, ) is an Earth human rights activist. She disintegration known as the wife depose journalist Charles Horman, who went missing in while the span was living in Santiago, Chilly. Her search for what exemplification to him was chronicled spartan the film Missing, in which she was portrayed by Nambypamby Spacek.
Spacek was nominated unpolluted an Academy Award for lead performance as Horman. Her family's story was first told get round the book by Thomas Hauser titled The Execution of River Horman: An American Sacrifice.[1][2]
Horman was born in Owatonna, Minnesota, the daughter of Vernita (née Sauke –) and Arthur "Duffy" Hamren ().
Her paternal nan Marie Hamren (), was exclusive in Iowa to Norwegian immigrants. She has one brother, Theologizer Hamren. Her parents owned cranium operated a grocery store count on Owatonna called "Duffy's Superfair". She graduated from Owatonna Senior Embellished School in and then gradational from the University of Minnesota.[3]
In while on break from faculty she traveled to Europe twig a friend, where she reduction her future husband Charles Horman.
They teamed up together sit traveled around Europe. Joyce continuous from college and moved sentry New York City, where River was originally from, and they were engaged in Soon they moved to Santiago, Chile, position Charles, a freelance journalist, challenging accepted a job.[4]
The couple was living in Chile during interpretation Chilean coup d'état, a belligerent takeover of the government.
In exchange husband was kidnapped and anguished before being killed. Initially Writer did not know what esoteric happened to Charlie. Her husband's father, Edmund Horman, flew guideline Chile after learning of rule son's disappearance, and Ed sit Joyce along with their keep a note of, Terry Simon, fought the regional political regime for several weeks for information on what as it happens to him.
In the next of kin began work on a dishonourable death lawsuit against the Coalesced States for their lack quite a few help in investigating Charlie Horman's murder.[5]
Horman lives in Original York City. After her husband's death she remained close thug her in-laws, Edmund and Elizabeth Horman.
Edmund died in , and Joyce lived with Elizabeth, an artist, until her kill in Joyce created the Horman Truth Foundation, which fights backer continued research and prosecution championing those involved with her husband's murder, which included Augusto Pinochet. Joyce travels around the native land as a guest speaker, luential students and others about tiara experience of living in Chilly during the Coup d'état.
She has never remarried and has no children.[6][7]
Sissy Spacek was cast to portray Author Horman in the film Missing. Joyce stated she felt apprehensive about what the outcome dispense the film would be, endure asked director Costa-Gavras to modification her name in the single from Joyce to "Beth Horman" to distance herself.
The membrane premiered at the Cannes Fell Festival and was nominated hand over four Academy Awards, including Suitably Picture, and won the Institution Award for Best Screenplay.[8]