“You talk about all these gate checks and all these security checks… yet someone goes missing?
This doesn’t happen.”
She became a private first class in the Armytrained as a 91F, Small Arms and Artillery Repairer.
U.S. Army
On April 22, 2020 Vanessa Guillen wasnt at her shift at Fort Hoods armory.
Her phone, purse and keys were there, but Guillen had disappeared.
She was reported missing and received media attention as both the army and her family tried to locate her.
For two months people searched for Vanessa.
Eventually a $50,000 reward was offered.
She did not identify the soldier by name.
Those women had also been viewed negatively by other soldiers and faced retaliation.
Vanessa hoped to avoid that fate by managing the harassment alone.
The army initiallystated they did not find the information crediblethat Vanessa Guillen was sexually harassed by another soldier.
The remains were later identified as Vanessa Guillen.
Investigators believe Vanessa was on-duty at work in the armory when her supervisor, Spc.
Aaron David Robinson, attacked her with a hammer, killing her.
Robinson cleaned up the significant blood spatter in the armory.
He then called his girlfriend, 22-year-old Cecily Anne Aguilar, to help him dispose of Vanessas body.
She was only found because her body was dug up by animals.
There was an attempt to take Aaron David Robinson into custody.
He shot himself instead.
There has to be more accountability.
And [there are] more protections and safeguards than anywhere else.
How can you not have these answers?
You talk about all these gate checks and all these security checks… yet someone goes missing?
And the fact that, she wasnt even supposed to be working that day.
She was off that day.
Why did they call her in?
The army has not answered requests for them to comment on how Spc.
However, after immense pressure from the public, an independent review was ordered.
Maj. Bradley Knapp
Suspended from duty for actions/non-actions related to Vanessa Guillens murder:Maj. Gen. Jeffrey BroadwaterCommand Sgt.
