He has four children, three of them minors, and have “lived in a precarious situation” since he was imprisoned. This is the main argument put on the table. Jesus Pradales –awaiting trial- accused of murdering whoever his partner is, Juana CanalHe dismembered his body and kept it for 19 years to ask him to get out of prison.
According to the document submitted and accepted by the 21st investigating court of Madrid OPEN SITUATION, Pradales argues that he will not flee and “cooperates with justice”. He did this of late, when two hikers were arrested after finding the remains of the Juana Canal near a farm that belonged to his family, and he did so halfway through: two statements at the police station and one earlier statement guaranteeing that he accidentally killed Juana. Judge: in the same direction. “I loved Juani,” he said, “I stretched out my arm (…) He was motionless, his eyes were open, and his pupils were very dilated.
He didn’t want it, he said, and then without hesitation explained what the same dawn was like. He smashed it in the bathtub of the house they shared in Ciudad Lineal (Madrid). “I didn’t know what to do anymore, I was afraid…” He explained that he kept the body in two suitcases, took it down, carried it to Ávila. in his taxi And I came back He cleaned the house, left a note, and made up an excuse he kept for 19 years. until they hunt him. Not delivered.
After his confession, he entered the room. Torredondo Prison Center (Segovia). He has been in prison since October last year. Now, Jesús Pradales demanded his release. In the briefing presented by his defense, hints at the fact that the situation at home is “precarious”. It includes a breakdown of income (a compensatory pension of 278.55 euros for his wife and three underage children) and points out that they cannot live “in total”. 1.114 euros”.
He also states that things have stopped because he is in prison: a caravan of hamburgers and fries (Burguer Jesús) and a ‘tool’ from the fair (‘Inflatable Wipeout Palo Loco’). His wife can’t take care of them and they not only bring income but also cost him money to take care of them.
Juana Canal’s killer filed documents in the form of a complaint, the annual insurance of both attraction centers is about to expire (Mid April) This year, since he was in prison, he paid them for nothing.
Since being imprisoned, Pradales has run two businesses: a hamburger trailer and a fairground. Complains to the judge that he paid the insurance “in vain”
He talks about roots, his now older parents; She confirms that she was “cooperating” by telling where the remains were (without her help they had already looked like part of her and they were all not there) and had no intention of escaping. Frankly, she hasn’t said anything about her partner’s whereabouts for 20 years. In Ciudad Lineal where he lived for a year and killed her. Obvious Two days after he buried Juana Canal, who was condemned by him for alleged “aggressions”. He also omits that in his statement at court, Juani, along with a note he wrote to Sergio, one of their sons living with them, stated that this complaint was fabricated to create an alibi.
The 21st Investigation Court of Madrid denied his freedom in a March 14 decision, which was also reached by these media: “the facts may constitute a crime of murder committed in February 2003The judge warns that Pradales could face up to 15 years in prison.
“she fell”
A “like any other” argument. It had happened before, starting by saying Jesús Pradales before the judge, Two days after he was arrested near his home in Fuente el Saz de Jarama (Madrid). He admitted to pushing Juana “once” before, but nothing happened to her. Instead, it “crashed” on the night of February 23.
“You made two statements at the police station,” the judge reminded, “and do you approve and approve of these two statements?” “Yes,” replied Pradales, “especially the second, which corrects the first.” In the first, he took everything, changed his lawyers, and retracted his word: he said that he killed her by accident, that he did not want to kill her. He was scared. He tore it apart and hid it.
“I tried to carry him around like a drunk by wrapping his arm around my neck but it was impossible, his legs were dragging… I couldn’t”
“I extended my arm, I hit it, and it fell to the ground… It didn’t hit anything. There were things that had to be put in the car at the time. I was not afraid that he would not react. When I go upstairs to get more, I see him lying there on the floor…” He wasn’t breathing.
He said he wanted to “get rid of” the body. Couldn’t do it with him (Juani was 1.70 meters tall and, as Pradales himself admitted in court, wouldn’t have weighed more than 60 kilograms)“I tried to grab it by wrapping its arm around my neck, to get it like I’m drunkbut it was impossible, I was heavy, my legs were dragging… I couldn’t”.
That was when he took her to the tub. He cut it in half “above the hips” and put it in two suitcases. “I cleaned the tub and took Juani’s body… I buried it and went home. When I got back I realized that the bathroom curtains were stained so I started cleaning them. I looked to see if there was anything else… wrote the note and left.”
“He stayed sluggish“
“Sergio, we had an argument again (call the police and something). Your mom took a lot of pills and left. It was a very exciting moment. sluggish. He threatened to drink me, I’ll call him.” There was only one truth in the note that Juana Canal’s son Sergio found, the woman and her boyfriend had quarreled.. The trigger, according to her killer, is that she took 600 euros from him.
A letter. piece of paper. Pradales did not leave any further. He disappeared from everyone’s life. He started a new life, a family – in June of the same year he began to live with the current mother of his children -, got out of the taxi, became carny, and fell silent.
He didn’t hesitate and never felt pity or remorse, at least apparently. Together with his new wife, they were able to learn, as a result of the police wiretapping, that the man constantly spoke disrespectfully of Juana: he painted her a life of excesses: “they later saw him in a doorway with another man, “he lied to his wife. And he meant it It’s like “la dent”, not like the Juana Canal.
Purpose: minimum penalty
Pradales’ defense has always been about minimal punishment. He always made the same argument: he did it, killed him but didn’t want to kill him. the intention was To prevent the trial from being held by a popular jury for allegedly committing murder. This is March 9, The Madrid Provincial Court denied the investigated person’s request for reform, and at 12 p.m. this Wednesday Pradales will be briefed on the crimes he will stand trial for. A decision that Juan Manuel Medina, lawyer for Juana Canal’s family, considered “predictable and correct” in the face of this environment. Allegedly, Medina will demand that he be tried for “murder of treason”.
“The remains have not been fully revealed. Pradales is the only one who knows what will happen if they are released: Who guarantees that they cannot continue to hide them?”
“Researcher,” he explains, “plans to sell a sweetened version of an unspeakable crime. The version you provided is not reliable. The fact that the events are real is at least more compatible with deliberate killing or killing by treason,” says Medina.
The lawyer does not forget Pradales’ silence for 19 years, and that he was determined against his request for parole, “to date Complete mortal remains have not been found. He is the only one who knows their fate if he is released, who guarantees that he will not continue to hide them or destroy other evidence that could help fully clarify the facts?
Juana was 38 years old and had two children from her previous marriage. After a bad run, had found a job and had just settled in Madrid’s Ciudad Lineal area. She met Jesús Pradales and began a relationship that lasted a year. She was killed in the early hours of February 23. His remains were found three months after OPEN CASE published a report that helped reactivate the search and the case. The location of his bones, which were found by some hikers in 2019, was not reported to his family until 28 June 2022. For 19 years his children, brothers, nephews lived looking for him.