Mother of euthanized 25-year-old Spanish woman says her daughter was raped twice

The mother a 25-year-old Spanish woman who died by euthanasia in March following a long legal battle has filed two criminal complaints against the yet-to-be identified men who allegedly raped her daughter.

"I have decided to file a complaint against the men who caused my daughter so much harm. I am doing this because I feel that is what she wanted,” said Yolanda Ramos, the mother of Noelia Castillo, in explaining her reasons for asking the public prosecutorʼs office to investigate two alleged rapes that appear to be at the root of her daughter’s case.

“Noelia spoke about the rapes on television, and on the very day she died, she gave me her diary,” Ramos said. “And when I read it, I understood many things."

In a recording released by the Spanish Foundation of Christian Lawyers, Ramos explained how an intuition led her to take the step nearly four months after her daughter was euthanized via lethal injection.

“I feel that my daughter wanted the whole truth to be known someday. That is why I decided to go to the prosecutorʼs office, because I cannot simply stand by and do nothing. They can’t bring my daughter back, but neither do I want this to be forgotten. I am doing this…