THE heartbreaking last words of the paralysed gang-rape victim Noelia Castillo Ramos who died by euthanasia have been revealed.
Noelia is understood to have passed away around 20 minutes after receiving three injections at a hospital near Barcelona on Thursday.
The 25-year-old’s tragic last words reiterated her wish to die, according to Spanish outlet antenna 3.
She reportedly said: “I want to go now in peace and stop suffering.”
The happiness of a father or mother cannot be more important than that of a daughter, she added.
She also asked to go through her final moments alone.
“I don’t want them to see me closing my eyes ,” she said.
Noelia‘s death follows a lengthy legal process marked by her father’s opposition that has drawn international attention.
Her mum, Yolanda Ramos, spent her final night by her side, despite desperately hoping her daughter would change her mind.
“I’ve been praying and thinking… hoping that at the last moment she’ll say ‘I regret it’,” she said.
Her dad, Geronimo Castillo, was among other relatives, including her siblings and maternal grandmother, who arrived at the hospital to spend time with her.
Her family had earlier been granted extra time with her before the procedure began at around 6.30pm.
Noelia‘s best friend Carla Rodriguez was filmed weeping outside the clinic after being denied one last chance to try and change her mind.
The young woman had been left paralysed from the waist down after a suicide attempt in 2022.
She had jumped from a fifth-floor window after being raped by three men while in a state-supervised care facility.
Since then, she lived with constant pain which she said had become unbearable.
“I want to go now and stop suffering, period,” Noelia previously said in an interview.
“I don’t feel like doing anything: not going out, not eating. Sleeping is very difficult, and I have back and leg pain.”
She also spoke about how she wanted to spend her final moments.
“I’ve always thought I want to die looking good. I’ll wear my prettiest dress and put on makeup; it will be something simple.”
Spain legalised euthanasia in 2021 for people suffering “chronic or invalidating” conditions.
Noelia had fought for years to be allowed to die by euthanasia, in the face of numerous obstacles.
Her father, Geronimo Castillo, had tried to block the procedure with the backing of a conservative legal group.
But courts rejected the challenge.
Noelia’s case was eventually approved after a long legal fight, with judges ruling her decision was “free, conscious and informed”.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/16146666/paralysed-gang-rape-victim-noelia-last-words-euthanasia/
