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120. Vanessa Guillen - The Murdered Soldier

On this episode of MWMH, Payton and Garrett discuss the murder of 20-year-old, Vanessa Guillen, an Army soldier stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.

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Case Sources:

The New York Times, “What to Know About the Death of Vanessa Guillen,” by Johnny Diaz,

Maria Cramer and Christina Morales, April 30, 2021

Cecily Ann Aguilar Criminal Complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of

Texas, on July 2, 2020

Abcnews.go.com, Vanessa Guillen’s fiancé, closest friends detail upsetting investigation, by

Allie Yang, Denise Martinez-ramundo, Natalie Cardenas, Chris Kilmer, and Abby Cruz, June 11,

2021

Eyewitness News, abc13, “New court documents in Vanessa Guillen case reveal possible

motive for murder,” by Pooja Lodhia, May 24, 2022

The Washington Post, “Remains of missing soldier Vanessa Guillen likely found, family says, as

suspect kills himself,” by Alex Horton and Arelis R. Hernandez, July 1, 2020

The Washington Post, “Fort Hood is named for a Confederate traitor. Is it time for ‘Fort

Bevavidenz,’” by Alex Horton, November 11, 2020

Usatoday.com, “Ten Weeks: a Timeline of the search for Vanessa Guillen,” by Heather

Osbourne, Jessica Priest, Javier Zarracina and Karl Gelles, USA TODAY NETWORK, July 10,

2020, updated July 15, 2020

Kwtx.com, “Protesters cheer after judge denies motion from woman charged in Fort Hood

soldier’s death,” by Staff, June 16, 2021

Armytimes.com, “Possible motive in Vanessa Guillen murder revealed in new court records,” by

Rachel Nostrant, May 27, 2022

Kbtx.com, “DPS Report reveals motive in brutal Fort Hood killing of Vanessa Guillen,” by

Angela Bonilla and KWTX staff, May 24, 2022

Abc7chicago.com, “Vanessa Guillen’s fiancé speaks out in 1 st national TV interview since her

death: ‘They failed us,’” by Allie Yang, Denise Martinez-Ramundo, Natalie Cardenas, and Chris

Kilmer, June 11, 2021

Kcentv.com, “Judge denies motion to throw out indictment of Cecily Aguilar, woman accused

of dismembering, disposing of Vanessa Guillen’s body,” by Melissa Guz, January 20, 2022

Kcentv.com, “Legal Expert: Cecily Aguilar is entitled to due process,” by Bary Roy, January 20,

2022

Kdhnews.com, “No new trial date set in case of woman accused of covering up Guillen murder,

but many court filings,” by Emily Hilley-Sierzchula, May 17, 2022

The U.S. Sun, the-sun.com, “Dumped, First picture of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen’s

grave where her remains were found ‘chopped up in cement,’” by Mollie Mansfield and Laura

Gesauldi-Gilmore, July 2, 2020

Crimeonline.com, “Breaking: Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen bludgeoned dead with hammer

in armoy room, family lawyer says,” by Leigh Egan, July 2, 2020

Heavy.com, “Cecily Aguilar: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know,” by Stephanie Dube Dwilson,

September 16, 2020

Military.com, “Fort Hood Army Base Guide”

Installations.militaryonesource.mil, “Fort Hood In-depth Overview”

Armytimes.com, “Vanessa Guillen’s sisters say Fort Hood memorial gate is a ‘step in the right

direction’,” by Kyle Rempfer, April 20, 2021

Conandaily.com, “Keon Devonte Aguilar biography: 10 things about Cecily Aguilar’s husband,”

by Erica Diaz Mendoza, April 5, 2021

Conandaily.com, “Aaron David Robinson biography: 13 things about US Army soldier in Fort

Hood, Killeen, Texas,” by Erica Diaz Mendoza Lao, July 1, 2020

Wikepedia.org, “Murder of Vanessa Giullen”


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120. Vanessa Guillen - The Murdered Soldier

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I RAN BACK HERE- right now current day 11/21/22 I’m watching the Netflix documentary on this. Before my boyfriend even started it I looked at him and go “why do I know about this already?” I immediately came here and went scrolling and knew I wasn’t crazy that you already covered this! So crazy and sad there’s now a Netflix doc on it ❤️‍🩹

UCMJ code of ethics its illegal to participate in an affair, if one party is married its illegal fratenization is if a superior and junior begin a relationship while working in the same unit. (It can affect how one promotes or gets punished)

On base we dont keep cameras unless its a store or something. We don't have them because its expensive and for personal security measures. We don't report much to police or military police cause it could cause backlash if she's wasn't missing. Similar to reporting sexual harassment.

When you gunna drop a patreon exclusive?

I am the same MOS as her we did the same job. I didn’t know her but I worked with people that knew her and although I didn’t know her she is one of us so it hit us all hard when we found out about her.

Vanessa sister commented on your tiktok!

Omg, never looked at it this way, and it makes so much sense

You would think a military base is the safest place but it’s just like anywhere else. As a kid when my dad was deployed, a soldier would go around to the homes where he knew soldiers were deployed and r*ped their wives. He almost broke into our house but my mom woke up and called the police. My husband I’m currently active duty and you’d be surprised by the stuff that happens on military bases. It’s heartbreaking and absolutely disgusting.

This event was really hard for me to follow at the time that it was happening, I am so happy that you covered it. My personal opinions do not represent those of the Department of Defense, but many, many systems fail, just as they failed during this entire investigation. Vanessa told her family that many other female Soldiers had gone through the appropriate channels to report incidents of sexual harassment, and it was either overlooked or swept under the rug. I've done some research in the past, and this has been the very unfortunate climate around the entire military for decades. The number of VA claims for military sexual trauma are much larger than the number of reported cases. They have revamped the policies, but those policies do not help when the entire climate of personnel is what needs to be revamped. This means not retaining Soldiers who have cases of founded reports against them, and permanently removing top leaders from service, not just from positions that they can find their way back into at a different location.

My dad (a 25 year veteran) and I listened to this episode and he said he doesn’t believe his motive. He thinks it’s ironic that when she goes to Robinson to check serial numbers on guns, she gets attacked. My dad believes he was stealing guns and she found out and he took her out and the army would rather use his affair as his motive instead of admitting that someone was selling their guns. If his affair was such a big deal, why did he use her as an alibi

Even though I haven't listen to Y'all cover the story. I'm Active Duty in the military and I remember everyone constantly talk about this story and about Vanessa and how us as women in the Armed Forces are still abused and possibly treated as lower vs the men (my own personal opinion of what ive seen, does not represent DoD POV). Thank you for covering these military stories


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