Overview
- In mid‑July the mother of Noelia Castillo Ramos lodged two criminal complaints with prosecutors in Barcelona and Tarragona seeking formal investigations into rapes described in her daughter’s diary.
- The diary, given to the mother on the day Noelia died, reportedly recounts two assaults: forced sex by an ex‑partner identified by the family and a separate incident in Salou in which Noelia said she was drugged and raped by three men.
- Noelia became paraplegic after a 2022 suicide attempt that followed the second alleged attack, she was approved for euthanasia by Catalonia’s Guarantee and Evaluation Commission in July 2024, and she died by euthanasia on March 26, 2026.
- The complaints are supported by what the family and the Spanish Foundation of Christian Lawyers describe as new evidence including Noelia’s handwritten manuscript, recorded conversations and identification details that they say could help locate suspects.
- The filings could prompt criminal inquiries and will likely add fresh scrutiny to a case that already divided the family and fuel wider debate in Spain over access to justice for sexual‑assault survivors and the application of the country’s euthanasia law.