New police operation to find answers. New raid to clarify what (and who) disappeared Jane Channel. More than 60 National Police and Civil Guard agents are watching the area where they appeared a few months ago several bones, including a femur of the woman Madrilenian, mother of two and missing since February 2003 after an alleged argument with her partner.
“They are doing everything possible to clarify my sister’s situation, I finally feel that this is a war with the allies,” explains Ana María Canal.
The device, which is expected to take a few days, consists of agents from the USA. Ávila Civil Guard and the Specialized and Violent Crimes Unit (UDEV) of the National Police. Dogs specializing in the search for biological remains and drones are added to detect changes in temperature underground. The goal is clear: to find answers and more remnants of the Juana Canal to find out how he died. The area to be beaten is located five kilometers from Navalacruz, on the side of the road to town, where some hikers found his remains while walking.
“My little sister… what a pity,” her sister Ana María Canal said last June before OPEN CASE, an events and research portal for Prensa Ibérica. She had just told him that various parts of his sister’s body, who disappeared almost twenty years ago, had been found on a mountain in the province of Ávila. It just relaxes us, something, the rest is not always walking down the street, looking for it and looking for it… walking and pretending to see it everywhere”.
The pain continues, but also the struggle for power and knowing. He promised to find her, and now he promised to find answers. “It’s painful to call Juani this way, but… both the National Police and the Avila Civil Guard are doing everything possible to shed light on my sister’s case. I keep thinking I wish it had happened sooner… It feels like a war with the Allies, a war to know the truth.”
fight at home
“We had a lot of arguments with your mother and she ran away. I went looking for her but couldn’t find her.” The note was found by Juana’s eldest son, Sergio.. Written by Javier, who was his partner at the time. It was February 22, 2003. Sergio has never heard from his 38-year-old mother. She never saw him again.
“His son found the house upside down with clear signs that there was a fight there,” says the victim’s sister.
What happened that night seems important. “He allegedly had a strong argument with his partner and was the only witness to what happened there.“reconstructs Ana María. “Her son Sergio, found The house was turned upside down with clear signs that there was a fight there.”, remember again before OPEN CASE. Juani didn’t take anything, left her purse, ID, debit card, tobacco… and more importantly, He abandoned his family, abandoned his children. Who left all this and went voluntarily?“, mint.
The exact address where Juani went missing was investigated a few weeks ago. UDEV agents and the National Police Scientist tracked it down with new scientific techniques with the help of Ciudad Lineal GOR, able to detect traces and blood even after twenty years. The result was negative.
“Mom is not here”
“My mom isn’t here and here’s a note from Jesus.” When Juani’s son Sergio called his aunt, he set the alarm. Her mother didn’t come and she came late. Aunt and nephew immediately went to report. The police made them wait 24 hours to file a complaint, The investigation started slowly.
An infinite number of hypotheses are opened: murder, gender-based violence, voluntary march… “The house in turmoil, one witness… All this was overlooked at the time,” Ana María Canal complained.
“Now, after my sister showed up and the investigation was reopened, they gave us two more pieces of information: Juani called the police before she disappeared that day.and the other fact is that person filed a complaint for physical assault against my sister two days after his disappearance.
“Why didn’t everything move?” he asks bitterly. “I think my sister was put on trial. they made you think he was anywhere of his own free will. How sad, how painful and helpless it is to know that this is not the case and that nothing has been done.
Almost twenty years later, the feeling is different. “I’ll never forget the day he said to me while talking to the person in charge of the investigation, ‘This aspect of your brother’s life has nothing to do with us.’ Finally! Then?” he asks again.
in Navalacruz
Located in Madrid, in the Ciudad Lineal district, the Juana Canal had no connection with Navalacruz, a small town in the province of Ávila, but its remains were found there. Added to the shock of knowing it was found lifeless was the uncertainty of the location. Another of the police investigations with no roots, no connection to the area is to find out how Juani got there. “It doesn’t make sense,” insists Ana María. The person who was his partner at the time has ties to the province of Ávila.
The investigation continues. The National Police, the Civil Guard, the extensive device deployed, and of course his family… are struggling to find answers. No one will stop until we know what happened to the Juana Canal.