The Madrid (TSJM) Justice Court of Justice confirmed the Penalty of 14 years in prison For Jesús Pradales for killing Juana Canal, whose body dismembered and hidden on a farm in Navalacruz (ávila), where his remains were found 16 years later by the hikers.
In this way, the TSJM rejected the appeal presented by the defense of Pradales who asked to be acquitted of alleged violations in the procedure and because the jury did not follow a logical reasoning to conclude that it was the culprit.
The defense can now submit an appeal before the Supreme Court, although the TSJM believes that its presumption of innocence “or distance” has not been violated, since the indications against it “allow Without a little doubt he declares him guilty of the death of the Juana canal “.
The Court also confirmed that “was the accused and not another person who Juana canal voluntarily killed And then he hid the body confiding that the remote place of the burial and the passage of time prevented the clarification of the crime. “And also, he adds, that” the denial of the existing position test cannot be admitted in any point of view. “
The previous view was celebrated on Tuesday
With this judgment, the TSJM followed the criteria of the Prosecutor and the family of the Juana canal, who exercised the private accusation. Previously, Tsjm celebrated a view to solve the case and the family on Tsjm Asked to confirm the penalty 14 years. Pradales was able to participate from the prison for videoconference and tried to deny that he was an aggressive person, as popular care said, and described a complaint against him as “false” for gender violence.
In the meantime, the prosecutor has defended the sufficiency of the tests that exists against Pradales, while the accused’s lawyer He asked for his acquittal.
What happened to the Juana canal
Juana Canal disappeared on February 22, 2003 in Linear City, in the Madrid district, where it was the last time. Juana was returning home for her disappearance. One of his children found A letter from the confessed author Of the facts that said he had left after a “discussion” and after having swallowed “many pills”.
From that moment, the family knew nothing about where the 38 -year woman was, despite the investigations and hundreds of ads with photos and data about it. They said they left the house without documentation or telephone. While the case shot a turn in June 2022, when the National Police reported A skull and a femur had appeared in a estate in ávila who belonged to the woman. The remains were found by a hiker in 2019.
From that moment, the investigations have remained open and the researchers found more bone remains. After this, they proceeded to stop Pradales. Also, they had previously discovered a telephone conversation between him and another person in whom he said He did not believe that the agents will discover.
Pradales participated in the reconstruction of the facts and the investigations of the farm and finally confessed that the body buried On the Navalacruz farm. The researchers also believe that he dismembered it.
The trial against him began in September 2024 to the Madrid public. The accused had Provisional prison From 28 October 2022, after the confession of events.
