Ana Julia Quezada: “Gabriel's death was an accident”
Friday, April 13, 2018 @ 9:01 AM
ALMERÍA schoolboy Gabriel Cruz's killer has written an open letter from prison saying the eight-year-old's death was 'an accident' and begging for forgiveness.
“I got scared, and fear blocks you and makes you act this way,” Ana Julia Quezada (pictured) said, apparently referring to her having attempted to hide the child's body before he was found in the boot of her car after more than two weeks of searching.
Quezada wrote to the Programa de Ana Rosa talk show on Spain's fifth channel, Telecinco, from El Acebuche prison in Almería where she has been remanded in custody without bail.
She says she is 'not doing well at all' and has apologised to 'all Gabriel's family' and to 'everyone else' she may have 'harmed'.
Quezada, 43, says she is not able to give too much detail since her case remains sub judice, but that she has been 'badly affected' by the 'lies' told about her.
“It was an accident, and I'll always say this because it's the truth,” she stated.
“I was not strong enough to tell my partner, or anyone, what had happened and, as time went on, I gradually found myself digging a bigger and bigger hole for myself.
“I know I have no excuse for the accident; I've robbed the person I love most in the world of the greatest thing anyone can have – a child.
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