Gang rape victim, 25, who died by euthanasia left diary ‘naming alleged attackers’
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Noelia Castillo Ramos, who died by euthanasia in Spain in March 2026 after a suicide attempt following an alleged gang rape, reportedly left behind a diary detailing her attackers
Noelia Castillo Ramos, 25, died by euthanasia earlier this year(Image: Tik Tok)
The mother of Noelia Castillo Ramos, a 25-year-old Spanish woman who tragically died by euthanasia in March this year following a gang rape and subsequent paralysis after a suicide attempt, believes her daughter’s diary may aid in identifying the attackers.
For nearly two years, Castillo fought for her right to die, with her father mounting a protracted legal challenge when a medical body in Catalonia approved her request for euthanasia in 2024. Earlier this year, courts finally ruled to permit the young woman to end her life through medically assisted suicide.
Now, her mother, Yolanda Ramos, has announced that she has lodged two official complaints with the public prosecutor offices in Barcelona and Tarragona, demanding an inquiry into her daughter’s alleged gang rape which ultimately led to her medically-assisted suicide.
Noelia’s mum spent her final night in the hospital with her daughter(Image: Yas)
The complaints are based on fresh details from Noelia’s diary, which she handed over to her mother on the day of her death.
Ramos disclosed new information about her daughter’s life drawn from the diary, including Noelia’s account of being coerced into sex by her ex-boyfriend, a man from Pakistan whom she had been dating for four years.
The chilling details surrounding the brutal gang rape recount how Noelia encountered a waiter in the town of Salou in Tarragona, was drugged, given alcohol, and raped by three men, reports the Express US.
Three or four days later, she attempted suicide by leaping off a roof, resulting in paralysis. Ramos is is represented by the Spanish Foundation of Christian Lawyers. The organization shared the complaints along with several videos.
Noelia Castillo Ramos had been battling with her parents for two years before the court made the decision
One part of the press release showed a picture of the diary page, with the narration. It read: “”Noelia wrote this before she died. She didn’t want the truth to die with her, so she wrote about who raped her, how it happened, and how those aggressions destroyed her life.
“Today, those writings are in the hands of the prosecutor’s office, because even after her death, justice can still be done. Share this video, so that no one can say tomorrow that they didn’t know.”
The mother, Ramos, also released a video shared by the organization with a plea for justice for her daughter.
She said: “I am the mother of Noela Castillo. I have decided to denounce the men who did so much harm to my daughter. I do it because I feel that is what she wanted. Noelia spoke of the rapes on television.
Castillo’s’ mum Yolanda Ramos is hoping the diary entries can get justice for her daughter
“And the same day she died, she gave me her diary, and when I read it, I understood many things. I feel that my daughter wanted the whole truth to be known someday. That is why I have decided to go to the prosecutor’s office. Because I can’t stand idly by. My daughter is not going to be returned to me,
Ramos added: “And I do it for her. And also for other girls who have experienced the same thing, but don’t report it. And that is not fair. I just want justice. It’s the only thing I can do for my daughter, Noelia Castillo. That she will never be forgotten. Thank you for listening to me.”
As the family’s ordeal unfolded, Castillo’s case garnered significant attention in Spain, a country which passed legislation in 2021 recognising the right to euthanasia and medically assisted suicide for patients meeting certain criteria.
Castillo’s age, the public fight waged by her family to prevent her, and the circumstances leading her to seek euthanasia stirred public sentiment as the courts ultimately upheld her right to end her life.
Noelia Castillo Ramos during her last TV interview (Image: Yas)
Castillo’s parents resisted her decision until the very end, as they represented by the conservative Catholic group Abogados Cristianos.
Castillo battled mental illness from her teenage years and attempted suicide twice, she revealed, the second time following a sexual assault.
The injuries she sustained from her second suicide attempt in 2022 left her wheelchair-bound and unable to use her legs.
Throughout the two-year legal battle, Castillo spoke to Spanish TV, stating she didn’t want her family present when she died, claiming she was misunderstood. She acknowledged the intense media scrutiny her case had attracted.
Castillo said: “None of my family is in favour of euthanasia, obviously, because I’m another pillar of the family. But what about the pain that I’ve suffered all of these years?”
She added: “The happiness of a father or a mother should not supersede the happiness of a daughter.”
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