One of the most popular programs on Spanish television is ‘Cuarto Milenio’ presented by Iker Jiménez in Cuatro. In its latest edition, the area opened by a neighbor case from Bejís (Castellón), Pilar Prades executed by a vile garrote in 1959so to have the honor of being a suspect Last woman sentenced to death in Spain. The woman from Castellón, known by the pseudonym ‘poisoner ValenciaMore than sixty years after his execution, he returned to the media arena, as the place where he committed his crimes was the capital of Túria.
Illiterate and born in the municipality of Alto Palancia in 1928, she moved to Valencia at the age of 12 to serve in private homes, which at that time was a common job opportunity for women from rural environments. After changing houses a few times, she finally settled in the house of some butchers, Enrique Vilanova and Adela Pascual. Column I worked at home and even worked in the delicatessen section.. Adela, the owner of the deli shop, gradually fell ill and passed away on March 19, 1954.
Although the victim was initially diagnosed with the flu, the actual cause of death was none other than the poisoning the victim had been exposed to by Pilar. he took arsenic-based ant killers in your coffee this caused her to vomit, lose weight, and become weak until she eventually died. It is said that when Enrique, the owner of the butcher shop, returned from his wife’s funeral, seeing Pilar in Adela’s aprons, he fired her immediately.
repeat offender
The next home Pilar Prades served was the home of doctor Manuel Berenguer Terraza, and the woman from Castellón tried to repeat the surgery. A friend named Aurelia worked as a cook in this house and was the one who got Bejís a job. Far from appreciating the move, I was later executedHe tried to poison his friend too, began to show the same symptoms Adela had experienced before. The owner of the house also fell ill and alerted the doctor, who discovered arsenic through a toxic detection test.
Doctor Manuel Berenguer investigated her maid’s past and confirmed the mysterious death of Adela, the owner of the house she previously served. Therefore, the body was exhumed and it was confirmed that it was there as well. traces of arsenicIn Pilar’s room, police found a bottle of the said ant-killer – a poison called Diluvión, which can be purchased at any pharmacy.
The evidence of guilt was therefore evident, but Pilar I never came to confess crimealthough his lawyer recommended that he do so to avoid the death penalty. Prades went so far as to admit that once Miss Adela was given a little bit of that liquid, thinking it was sugar, and was executed by a vile strangulation.
Executioner Antonio López Sierra was tasked with executing the woman known as the poisoner of Valencia, who was 31 years old on 19 May 1959 and was the last woman sentenced to death in Spain. “They’ll break my neck like a rabbit, do something.”, they note that Pilar Prades begged the authorities who took him to the place of execution. His prayers were worthless, and that screw of fate went into his neck, causing instant death she.