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Grieving mom launches desperate search for daughter’s gang rape attackers using her secret journal
Her mother is spearheading a high-stakes campaign to find the men responsible for the three separate sex attacks, using haunting details allegedly written in her late daughter’s personal journal
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Got it Edition CA NY Open World News navigation US News US News Metro Long Island Politics World News US News Metro Long Island Politics World News Search Search World News Grieving mom launches desperate search for daughter’s gang rape attackers using her secret journal By Gabriela Amoils, News.com.au Published July 17, 2026, 11:41 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Originally Published by: The grieving mother of a young Spanish woman who died by euthanasia following a horrific gang-rape ordeal has launched a desperate bid to track down her daughter’s attackers based on evidence from her diary. Noelia Castillo Ramos, aged 25, died in a Barcelona hospital on March 26 under Spain’s controversial ‘dignified death’ laws. She gave her mother her diary on the day she died, according to the Daily Mail . Castillo suffered three separate sex attacks, including a gang rape at a nightclub, by the age of 21. She had been left a paraplegic following a tragic failed suicide attempt in 2022 that left her with a severe spinal cord injury. Now, her mother, Yolanda Ramos, is spearheading a high-stakes campaign to find the men responsible, using haunting details allegedly written in her late daughter’s personal journal – in which she recounted meeting a waiter in the town of Salou in Tarragona, being drugged, plied with alcohol, and raped by three men. 3 Noelia Castillo with her mother, Yolanda Ramos. Antena 3 A landmark case shrouded in tragedy Castillo’s death followed a grueling 18-month legal battle led by her father , who aggressively fought to halt the euthanasia procedure. Backed by Christian advocacy groups, her family argued that her decision-making capabilities were severely compromised by severe psychological distress, including borderline personality disorder and ongoing trauma from the assault. However, Spanish courts and the European Court of Human Rights ultimately ruled that she possessed the mental capacity to choose to end her own life. In a heartbreaking final interview with Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 just days before her death, Castillo defended her choice . 3 A group of people protest at the entrance of the Sant Camil hospital, in Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona, Spain, on March 26, 2026, after the Barcelona Court of First Instance refuses for the third time to suspend euthanasia for Noelia Castillo. Europa Press via Getty Images “I simply want to go in peace and stop suffering,” she said. “The happiness of a father, a mother, or a sister cannot take precedence over the happiness of a daughter.” The diary and the political firestorm The case has ignited a massive political and diplomatic firestorm, drawing the attention of global leaders and the United States State Department. Leaked diplomatic cables revealed that US officials have ordered an investigation into how the Spanish government handled the case, specifically looking into whether adequate safeguards are in place for non-terminal psychiatric patients and victims of extreme trauma. Compounding the family’s grief, Castillo’s story became the target of a massive international disinformation campaign. 3 Noelia Castillo Ramos has been confined to a wheelchair since 2022 when she previously tried to commit suicide by jumping from a fifth-floor building after she was left traumatized by a horrific gang rape by three men. Y ahora Sonsoles Right-wing political figures, including El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, and anti-immigration groups falsely claimed online that Castillo had been targeted by a gang of North African immigrants. While she confirmed in televised interviews before her death that she had survived two sexual assaults and an attempted rape, Spanish authorities confirmed she never identified the nationalities or identities of her attackers. With the discovery of the diary, her mother is hoping to finally bypass the internet rumors and secure the hard evidence needed to bring the perpetrators to justice, years after the system allegedly failed to protect her daughter. “Noelia spoke about the rapes on television, and on the very day she died, she gave me her diary. When I read it, I understood many things,” Yolanda Ramos said in a video accompanying the press release announcing the filed complaints. Spain’s expansive euthanasia framework, introduced in 2021 , allows adults with “serious, chronic, and disabling conditions” that cause “unbearable suffering” to legally end their lives, even if their condition is not terminal. Critics argue cases like Castillo’s show a dangerous failure of the welfare system, offering death as a solution rather than addressing deep-seated institutional failures and trauma. Filed under assisted suicide barcelona el salvador euthanasia gang rape immigration sexual assault spain state department 7/17/26 Read Next Iranian strikes hit major source of Kuwaiti drinking water... 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Antena 3 A group of people protest at the entrance of the Sant Camil hospital, in Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona, Spain, on March 26, 2026, after the Barcelona Court of First Instance refuses for the third time to suspend euthanasia for Noelia Castillo. Europa Press via Getty Images Noelia Castillo Ramos has been confined to a wheelchair since 2022 when she previously tried to commit suicide by jumping from a fifth-floor building after she was left traumatized by a horrific gang rape by three men. 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