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Unturned vanessa was special. Like, a lot of people tell me, like, i dont know whats with vanessa, but, like, her smile just touches me. Shes just a joyful person. Shes very outgoing. We just had that connection. Vanessas 20 years old. She was born and raised in houston, texas, one of six children. Thats vanessa right in the middle. Her parents are immigrants from mexico. Mom, gloria, took care of the kids while dad, rogelio, worked as a machine operator. The guillen family is catholic and very religious. This is the baptism. [ speaking Foreign Language ] thats your favorite . [ speaking Foreign Language ] i always looked up to her since i was little. I was, like, following her steps. And she used to be like, be like me. Be tough, and ignore everyone. [ speaking Foreign Language ] she graduated high school. Shes just in girl who dreams of a better life and then she immediately enlists. Here you have a young latina woman, out of high school, who says, this is what i want to do. I want to be military. [ speaking Foreign Language ] in her first training, she didnt even want to come back. She was that happy. Even when she got home, she was, like, a new person. Like, her skin was literally glowing. [ speaking Foreign Language ] she was even happier that she was going to be station in the texas, close to home. Vanessa was sent to ft. Hood. She was stationed there as an activeduty soldier, and she would the trek every weekend to visit her family in houston. Thats about a threehour drive. Ft. Hood is in the middle of nowhere, texas. Tumbleweeds rolling, vast spaces. Known as the great place. Ft. Hood is big. Its the armys Largest Military installation. And its the densest population of combatready units in the United States army. Its like the new york city. You could easily get lost at ft. Hood. Because its pretty much its own city. They have Grocery Stores there. They have their own mall. They have schools on post. You would never have to leave if you dont want to. Vanessa was a small arms repair soldier. So her responsibilities included ensuring weapons were maintained, helping with accountability and inventories. That was her job. And soon after vanessa goes to ft. Hood, her family says they notice a change in her. You start seeing her eye bags. You started seeing she didnt want to eat. She started getting skinny again. [ speaking Foreign Language ] she looks more sad. [ speaking Foreign Language ] she was not happy at ft. Hood. No, no. [ speaking Foreign Language ] she would try to tell me that she didnt want to be at ft. Hood. I remember this one time she said, i dont like it here. And, i hope one day you understand. In october, knowing that my sister was coming home, i was there. And she just came in, she closed the door, and she just started crying on her bed. Im like, you just came from work . Why are you crying . But i couldnt ask her because i wasnt in the position of asking her, are you okay . Because shes already old. She knows what shes doing. But at that moment now, i feel like i should have asked her. I feel like that could have been my opportunity. Her family says that in midapril she is on path to get married. She gets engaged and shes finally happy, ready to move on with her life. [ speaking Foreign Language ] on the 22nd, i find out that shes not replying at all, no phone calls. They go straight to voicemail. So i was, like, well, let me message her. Maybe the messages go through. And nothing. And i know she doesnt turn off her phone. On the 22nd of april, theres a 4 00 p. M. Accountability check. Vanessa doesnt check in. And thats unusual. And so the unit starts looking for her. Bizarrely enough, on the same day, her father starts to feel, i believe, chest pain. [ speaking Foreign Language ] vanessas dad wasnt feeling well that day that she went missing. Something felt really wrong. 8 00 p. M. Its been hours since the family has heard from vanessa. Her sister mayra takes action. Thats when i decided to start calling the base, and they told me that they hadnt seen her since about lunchtime that day. And im sitting there like, its already been more than six hours. Im like, and nobody knows where she is. Thats when he tells me, oh, we did send her for a report, but she never made it back. And im like, and youre so calm about this. They told me that her keys, her car, her military i. D. , her license, credit, debit cards were there. She would never leave her stuff behind. I called my mom and my dad. We sat down at the dinner table, and i told them, i have to tell you something. [ speaking Foreign Language ] i tell them, i just called the base. They dont know where she is. And its just silent. How could she go missing on a military base . Thats ridiculous. [ speaking Foreign Language ] she wouldnt just walk away. 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And i call the Staff Sergeant again. Hey, im here. And hes asleep. He just tells me, oh, can you come back in the morning . And i was like, okay, i guess. [ speaking Foreign Language ] i arrive at ft. Hood on the 23rd, about 8 00 in the morning. Mayra says shes told that vanessas belongings were found in the arms room where she had been working earlier in the day. Vanessas moms reaction . Well, its what any mom would demand in that situation. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] on the 23rd, the military police were contacted, and they used their resources to do local Law Enforcement checks. They wanted to make sure she wasnt hurt. And so when that search came back without any results, then thats when cid is notified. In the army, they have what they call u. S. Army criminal investigative division, or cid. And they basically investigate anything thats serious. I texted my other sister. I was like, whats going on . She was like, we think vanessa is missing. And i was like, how could she go missing on a military embarrass. Thats ridiculous. Go find her. You better find her. I decided to start taking action. I started doing posters. At this point i was really doubting about social media. But i posted it. My name is olivia levada. I covered the Vanessa Guillen case working for abc 25 news in killeen. Im here in bell county at an undisclosed location. At this point i start seeing these posts, and not only is vanessa missing now to the very latest on the covid19 pandemic. Were also going through the coronavirus pandemic. And i was just thinking, why havent we been on alert that there is a missing soldier . And that evening, i reported on the fact that vanessa was missing. Private first class Vanessa Guillen was last seen on wednesday, and her loved ones say they need everyones help to find her. I interviewed her sibling, Yovanna Guillen and vanessas boyfriend. She was just gone, so she just disappeared. Every minute that passes is killing me inside, slowly. I just hope shes okay. Hopefully, we find her. Call the police. Something. But please, dont be afraid. Something told me this was bigger than what it seemed. That day, the army sent out a press release. In the notice, Law Enforcement stated that she was last seen on april 22n 1 00 p. M. In the regimental engineering parking lot on ft. Hood. They also issue a an extensive search is now underway by military members as well as civilian and military police. The meetings with cid were useless. There was no new information. We gave them literally every single thing that they asked for, and for them not to give us an answer was, like, the problem is inside. As a mother myself, theres nothing theres not enough you could tell me. I would want to know everything. And we cant tell everything. We have to maintain the integrity of the investigation. Where is vanessa an award has been posted to help find the missing soldier. This morning her friends and family drove up from houston to join in on the search. People on the street are looking for her, search teams looking for her civilian search teams and military search teams. Everyone looking for vanessa. I mean, even just driving down the freeway, you see a big billboard find Vanessa Guillen. Vanessa, youre going to be found. We are going to find you. We are going to do whatever it takes. Everyone is wondering why would vanessa go missing . And in the background, her mom feels she as though she knows the answer to that. And it all goes back to conversation she had with vanessa months before she vanished. [ speaking Foreign Language ] she told her family that she was being sexually harassed and wasnt reporting it out of fear of retribution and retaliation. Because youre basically reporting it up the chain of command. In the end, whether someone is prosecuted or not, it will be up to the unit commander. [ speak Foreign Language ] my mom and vanessa were always closer than any of us ever were. And when she went missing, thats when she tells me that vanessa confessed to her that she was being sexually harassed. Vanessas mom, gloria, initially holds that knowledge close to her chest. But then Security Camera video of vanessa emerges. Is it a clue to what might have happened to her . You must go and i must bide but come ye back when su mom, dad. Whys jamie here . Its sunday. Sunday sing along. And he helped us get a home and auto bundle. Hes been our insurance guy for five years now. He makes us feel like were worth protecting. [ gasps ] why didnt you tell us about these savings, flo . Ive literally told you a thousand times. Oh, danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling im just gonna. From glen to glen try new natures bounty stress comfort. Three unique gummies for your unique needs. Find peace. Boost mood. Sleep well. 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Hood, that town is killeen, texas. Killeen was a ranch town, a farm town. But those businesses started drying up there when ft. Hood started growing. The economy definitely is set up to support the military community. Theres a lot of restaurants. Bars. Theres a nightlife and sort of this underbelly of killeen. The week before she went missing, they were able to retrieve some video footage of her in a restaurant there in killeen. It was around 2 30. Lunch hour was already over. We were pretty empty here. She came in. I took her order. She sat down and she waited. Vanessa did look like she had a lot in her mind. When i did see her the previous times hi. How are you . How was your day . Hope you have a good day. And this time she really didnt say much. She paid and she left. I can kind of tell that she was very anxious and like something wasnt right, something was bothering her. Shortly after her disappearance, vanessas family doesnt feel like theyre getting straightforward answers from the army. So they Start Holding protests, or rallies so to speak, outside the east gate of ft. Hood. We started protesting every friday. What do we want . Justice for vanessa they call it the great place. This is a disgusting place. Today is a first alert weather day. 60 chance of storms. April 22nd, vanessa is reportedly on call because of the pandemic. Shes called into work for a seemingly small task. We know that vanessa reported to her work station, which was in the motor pool. And then we know that she came to that arms room where she did leave behind her bank card, her i. D. Card, and the keys to her barracks room and her car. And then she went to the next arms room, the second arms room. And that is where we believe she came into contact with specialist robinson. Aaron robinson was an enlisted soldier, 20 years old. He was a specialist. That is a rank. Vanessa was a private first class. So rankwise, she was below him, although she was about to become a specialist. The same day vanessa goes missing, specialist Aaron Robinson says she came to his arms room. He said that she completed what she was supposed to do in the arms room and she left. Vanessa had left her belongings in that first arms room, and the soldier in charge there expected her to return. But she didnt. We believe that specialist robinson was the last person to have seen her. A few days later, Army Investigators interview specialist robinson again, and he says on the day vanessa disappeared, he finished work and then went to his offpost residence to spend the night with his girlfriend. Army Officials Say when they spoke with robinsons girlfriend, she backed up his alibi. Nearly a month after vanessa disappears, investigators speak to two witnesses who say they saw robinson coming out of his arms room. He was pulling a large case called a tough box. They say it looked heavy. He then loads it into his car and drives away. That is really an important piece of information, because robinson is seen moving a container that conceivably could have a body in it. So, the next day, they go and talk to him, and thats when he agrees to have his phone searched. So all of these leads lead us back to specialist robinson. Were interviewing other people in the unit as well. To find out, was there a relationship between vanessa and specialist robinson that we didnt know about . And there wasnt one. At the same time, theyre not necessarily sharing this information with vanessas family to safeguard the investigation. I believe shes still in there and shes suffering, but shes still alive, and i want her back like that. I want her alive. So the family, i believe they reach out to anyone and everybody whod listen, including vanessas congresswoman, Sylvia Garcia. The family just didnt feel that they were making a complete thorough investigation. I told them that i would personally call the ft. Hood and that i would set up a virtual phone call with the colonel. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] the family shared with the colonel that vanessa had talked to them about Sexual Harassment. They were very adamant about it. We told the colonel that we wanted to come, and the colonel agreed that he would welcome us. Texas equusearch founder tim miller will go to ft. Hood tomorrow to meet with investigators looking for missing soldier Vanessa Guillen. Tim, locally, is kind of a legend in terms of finding people. Texas equusearch was founded in 2000 by tim miller, not long after his daughter had been brutally murdered. He decided that maybe he could help other people, since he understands what its like to have a child go missing. Vanessas family called us and asked us if we could help. And we let them know that we never get involved until we hear from Law Enforcement. Tim miller received a phone call from the Army Criminal Investigation Division requesting our help. We did some searching and mapping areas out and stuff that day. The search for missing ft. Hood solider Vanessa Guillen continues. The reward for information on her whereabouts has now doubled to 50,000. Lulac announced the additional 25,000 reward. The league of united latin american citizens, also known as lulac, they saw the familys frustration so they step in and tried to help. Because at this point theyre just doing everything on their own. I started looking for legal help. I had a hard time finding a lawyer that would take the case. Thankfully, i found natalie. Natalie khawam, with the whistleblower law firm, gets brought into the equation, and that puts them on another level. Mayra contacted me and said, i heard you do a lot of things for the military. Would you be able to help my family . I said, absolutely. You dont need to pay me anything. We need to get a congressional investigation. We need to figure out whats goink going on. Where is their daughter . It gets to the point where its not just on local outlets. The story Goes National on Spanish Language media with mom gloria speaking publicly about the alleged Sexual Harassment. [ speaking Foreign Language ] i was told that he followed her into a shower and there was another person that also harassed her, used vulgar words. Family attorney Natalie Khawam told us today shes uncovered at least two incidents of Sexual Harassment. The military says they have received no credible information about those allegations. When the Sexual Harassment allegations became public, the whole case took off. Findvanessaguillen began trending. And when i say trending, i mean even with celebrities. Now actress salma hayek is using her star power to raise awareness about a missing ft. Hood soldier. The actress posting this to her Instagram Account this week. I would say the traction online thousands of tweets, congresswoman syliva garcia, salma hayek thats huge. The story starts to go viral. The Army Launches an investigation into those Sexual Harassment allegations. But theyre also trying to handle the criticism regarding the handling of the investigation. The army released these photos saying they show soldiers searching ft. Hood for any sign of the missing 20yearold. We have some breaking news. Were posting stories, pictures of vanessa, when we hear police have found remains close to the base. Cid actually gave me a call, and they said, we found humans remains. Everybody was fearful that it was vanessa. Youll find me, youll find me een looking but i just need someone to tell me what a good price is. Just use autotrader, its the only one with kelley blue book. Tells you if the price is good. Hey, how is she doing that with the door . What is she some sort of goddess . Athena . Persephone . Hera . Dionysus . No, im claire is that one . 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And sadly now hes been found murdered. Gregorys personality was very carefree. Anything to do with fun, that was him. Gregory had gotten married at the age of 21. His wife had two daughters when they met, daughters he took as his own. Gregory wedelmorales went missing august 2019. His family was told we as reporters were told he was awol, and that means that he left on his own. If someone goes awol, absent without leave and it wasnt a suspicious circumstance and they didnt show up for 30 more days, then they would be called a deserter. Theyre calling me, asking if i know where hes at. Have i heard from him . But hes getting out in a couple weeks. Why would he go awol . She honestly felt like nobody cared. And i will say, when he first went missing, there was no reward for information finding gregory. There wasnt a reward until there was a reward for vanessa. As the months went by im a teacher and oh, it was hard. I mean, to sit there and just cry in front of your students. Army said a tip call led them to the remains. The gruesome discovery was made as the search for missing ft. Hood private first class Vanessa Guillen drags on. When they discovered his body we actually did a rosary, and prayed for him to be with heaven. And because it actually touched me that no one cared about him. If they were not looking for vanessa, they would not have found gregory. Point blank. Foul play is suspected, while an autopsy is completed to determine the cause and manner of death. Gregorys death is still under investigation by the Killeen Police department. Because they determined it was foul play, Gregory Morales got his rank back, got his active duty status back. And for his family, got his benefits back. And he got the military funeral he deserved. They failed on every level to look for him, to protect him. And if nothing else, just call and say, were sorry. We crewed up. So, there are a lot of leads that are going on during this time. Weve interviewed over 300 soldiers in the unit. Weve conducted a lot of investigative activity. Where we get our real, i guess, first break is from the analysis of the phone cell data. Investigators have now learned that the same day vanessa goes missing, specialist robinsons phone pinged in belton, texas, by a bridge near the leon river at 1 59 the next morning. Everyones wondering, what in the world is he doing there in the middle of the night . He reports going home and spending the evening with his girlfriend. To investigators now, theyre learned a whole different story. So at that point they realize that theyre dealing with someone thats not being truthful. Now the question is, why . A tip has now led search teams to the leon river near temple. Its not just army cid out there. Its fbi, its the Texas Rangers, and the Bell County Sheriffs Department. Theres also a Nonprofit Group there. Equusearch. They got information on the phone ping that led us to the area where we was at. And when we were searching we found this burn pile. And on that burn pile, there was, the top, about maybe 30 that did not burn of a tough box. And it sort of fits the description of what witnesses described that came out of robinsons armory area that he loaded into his vehicle. So at this point, theyre really piqued as to what they may have here. To find a charred half a lid to the tough box would say, okay, shes somewhere around here. When i brought it to the detective over there, he said, well, no, thats a different type of box. Then i got a probing rod out, and they put it down where the burn pile was at, and it went down about three feet. We started digging. The dirt was fresh. And then outside of that burn pile it wouldnt go down at all. I said, now, something has happened here. Equusearch finds this burn pile, and it just doesnt make any sense. Theyre asking themselves, what would somebody be burning here and why . So they got Texas Rangers out there and we dug the burn pile. They looked around, but they did not find humans remains at that point. Then they brought a dog out there, cadaver dog, and the dog alerted roughly 300 feet away on the water. So then the detective says, well, you know, it goes back to our theory, he threw her in the water, and now, this is where he burnt the evidence. But we felt strongly that she was there just experience, just gut. I really felt she was out there. We had our command center, everything set up there, and i met vanessas dad. [ speaking Foreign Language ] my own daughter disappeared, and 17 months later her body was found, and literally took a small sigh of relief. At least i knew. While the family continues their desperate search for answers [ speaking Foreign Language ] another woman enters the picture, and investigators want answers from her. If you have risk factors like Heart Disease, diabetes and raised triglycerides,. Vascepa can give you something to celebrate. Vascepa, when added to your statin,. 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According to cecilys friend ayrren, specialist robinson moved in with cecily and her husband keon last year. She was just, like, this is keons friend. Theyre in the army together. Ayrren says that cecily told her that she was having a rough time in her marriage and that she had developed this relationship with Aaron Robinson. She had told me that when she moved out of keons house that aaron had came with her and they were dating. I think what happened was he was friend for cecily. He was someone she could lean on. A month after robinson consents to having his cell phone records search, investigators interview his girlfriend, Cecily Aguilar, and they say she backs up aarons story. She says that she couldnt find her phone, thats why he reportedly was calling it so many times in the middle of the night that evening. Cecily then allegedly changes her story from looking for her cell phone in the house to being outside of the house on a drive with robinson, looking at the stars in the middle of the night. That theyre really now locking down on both cecily and robinson. The morning of june 23rd, the family, the family attorney, and congresswoman Sylvia Garcia are meeting with leadership there at the base, at ft. Hood. I wanted to meet the command in person. I wanted to get a lot of my questions answered. It was useless. All they did was show me a map and the areas where they supposably searched in. And i was like, you you brought me in to see a map . Because for mostly everything that i would ask oh, its an ongoing investigation. We cant answer your question. Not only they were not being transparent, they were being very elusive about it, and thats not how you handle a missing person case. And then i was really taken aback by a comment that one of the investigators made when we asked a question about the Sexual Harassment issues, because her response was Something Like, well, we really didnt look at that because thats thats misconduct. Wait a minute what do you mean youre not going to look at Sexual Harassment . That could be the reason for her disappearance. It could be a motive. Army Officials Say there must have been a misunderstanding, because they did take the Sexual Harassment allegations seriously as part of the criminal investigation. This is a military base, so you would assume that there are surveillance cameras, checkin protocols. And thats what the family attorney hones in on. They said, okay, there was a false accounting of her checkin. I said, wait, somebody falsely accounted she was there . They said, well, thats normal. I said, thats not normal. That is not correct. The only accountability check that we had that she was not accounted for 4 00 that evening and she was not marked present. The cameras, i know you have cameras on base. They said, well, its nonoperable. The army has said there were no video cameras in the area where the incident took place or near vanessas unit. So we didnt have any cameras to review. It came to a point until we kept pressuring and pressuring that they finally admitted that foul play was involved. I think just about noon when they finally come out to do a News Conference, all the big Media Outlets were there on the ground. And at that press conference is when they finally used a term that i think got everyones attention. They are using the words now, foul play. And they are looking at potential criminal activity having occurred. Theres two moments in that News Conference that really stood out. Its one, when mama guillen goes to the podium. [ speaking Foreign Language ] you did not need to speak spanish to understand this mothers pain. [ speaking Foreign Language ] the way that she speaks just it touched everyone. I think the army was caught off guard by the power of that family, by the emotion of that family. And then lupe was very passionate. So i pulled her aside afterwards and she just cried out from the heart. I just want her alive. Because how is it possible to go missing on base . On a military base . How is that possible . And those are the two moments that i think really catapulted that story at this particular moment. You couldnt not pay attention. Her family was relentless. That also made this case so different and so public. No one could ignore it. The story explodes into the news cycle. It Goes National. Another big story were following here. The army suspects foul play now. We have two suspects. One is dead. It takes vanessas family to the white house. Were going to get to the bottom of it. 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Look what happens when you report Sexual Harassment at ft. Hood. You get bullied, you get hazed. You get harassed. Prostitution rings, shootings, mr. Secretary, can you say the soldiers at ft. Hood are safe . An extensive search is now under way by military members as well as police. The 25yearold private first class was last seen at ft. Hood. After telling family members she was sexually harassed. My sisters a human being and i want justice. I want answers not only is vanessas family angry, at this point so the rest of america, and thats when people begin to mobilize. Painting murals. Overnight hundreds marching to houstons city hall, demanding justice for army soldier Vanessa Guillen. A story like vanessas hits close to home. As a latina, as a journalist, it was heartbreaking. Were not going to stay silent vanessas family never gave up. And then we see people posting messages online with the hashtag i am Vanessa Guillen. So many people see themselves in vanessa. The i am Vanessa Guillen hashtag empowered military Service Members to come forward with their own stories of Sexual Harassment and assault within the military. You see all these stories of what happens to the victims when they report something. A lot of them talk about how they were not believed, how they were criticized. This movement right now can make the positive change that we need. They say no soldier left behind, yet theyre leaving my sister behind, because clearly, after two months, theyre trying their best to find her. After two months. At that point, everyone knows vanessas missing. Investigators have searched. Theyve been to the leon river. Theyve used a number of techniques to try to find vanessa, with no luck. And then, all of a sudden, some contractors are working near this same area. There was a crew working on a fence. They smelled a horrific odor. They went to investigate, and thats what triggered them calling the local sheriffs out there. Around 11 00 a. M. , the Bell County Sheriffs Department received a phone call from a citizen. He knew that there was some searching going on for the missing ft. Hood soldier. This is an area that Army Investigators, that volunteers, that deputies have searched. We arrived on scene, and he took us to the area. We saw what he was looking at. And we did believe that it was some type of remains. Some type of concrete substance was poured over the remains to try to hide it. But there was a lock of hair that was sticking out that looked human. At that point, i reached out to the Texas Rangers who was with ft. Hood c. I. D. On the case and notified them. Texas equusearch gets the call that they wanted us to come back. Some remains had been found. We started digging in the other areas close by where we located the first remains, and we were able to find two more. The remains are found in three separate shallow graves. And those graves are then concealed with cement. It was sophisticated because of the way they hid her so well. She blended in with the environment. Search teams were there days before looking for vanessa near the leon river. They had walked over the spots where theyre now saying they found her. I was standing on top of her. Many of us were. The Texas Rangers were. The military was. The word did get out, and media did start to show up. Remaining have been found. When we got to the scene it was just chaos. Authorities everywhere, reporters everywhere, cameras everywhere. And there was just this feeling of, is that vanessa . We knew it was her. You know, you kind of always do. But you have to have that confirmation from the medical examiner. When the remains are found, our special agent in charge actually contacts vanessas sister. I got a call from cid on june 30th. They just told me, we did find the partial human remains. And this time they didnt tell me its not her, so, of course, i started thinking the worst. I, you know i get choked up now. I remember that day. I remember that day. He did ask me, are you by yourself . Are you in a private area . And i said, you know, whatever you have to say, you can tell me. I said, vanessas been found. There was a lot of silence after that one. A lot of silence. I just couldnt believe it. And the way that he knew that it was vanessa was because he described her hair to me. And i just dropped my phone, and it was just like everything came to an end. [ speaking Foreign Language ] on the same night those human remains are found out by the leon river, investigators go back to Army Specialist Aaron Robinsons girlfriend, Cecily Aguilar. But now theyre armed with this new information. And according to them, at some point, she just breaks. Ses si aguilar did tell us that specialist robinson told her he did kill vanessa. Aguilar tells investigators that shes at work at a gas station on the night that vanessa disappeared and that robinson drives to the gas station, picks her up. Then they both go to the leon river in the dead of night. According to investigators, he tells her that he bludgeoned vanessa to death on base with a hammer in the arms room. This is a huge break for investigators. After months of searching for answers, they say they now have Aaron Robinsons girlfriend sitting in front of them, telling them what happened. What investigators say happened next, out there on the leon river, is so terrible its almost hard to fathom. After being a part of millions of love stories. At kay, we believe that nothing should get in the way of love. Get zero down special financing with the Long Live Love credit card, available at kay jewelers. 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According to court documents, as aguilars interview with investigators continues, she allegedly tells them Aaron Robinson confessed to her he had bludgeoned a female soldier to death in an armory room on base. Aguilar states the robinson further told her he placed vanessa in a tough box and drove her off base. Now at the river, cecily says she agreed to help robinson get rid of the body. They allegedly do something that is out of a horror movie. Cecily tells investigators that he opens up this container and shows cecily the remains of vanessa. They allegedly decide to use some type of tool, reportedly a machete of sorts, to then dismember the body. Then investigators say that aguilar told them they attempted to burn the body, but that didnt work. Then they allegedly dig three separate holes to bury her remains. It almost leaves you speechless. According to investigators, after covering up the remains, robinson and aguilar leave. But then three days later, on april 26th, they allegedly come back again, bringing hairnets, gloves, and concrete that investigators say Cecily Aguilar got from someone on facebook messenger. They allegedly go to the remains, attempt to further break up the body, burn it again, and then decide to cover up the body with concrete. To try to encase the remains, they clearly come back, according to this criminal complaint, with a plan on how they are going to conceal this body as best as they can. That really goes to the personality of that offender. Robinson has taken this young womans life. And now most people would be in such an emotional state if they had done that. But not in this case. Hes now able to start thinking strategically. What do i do with the body . Thats not typical, no matter what you see on television or in the movies, thats not typical. The details of what what happened to vanessa are incredibly disturbing. So much so that her family initially decides not to tell vanessas mother exactly what happened to her daughter. [ speaking Foreign Language ] it hurts me knowing that i know the truth but she doesnt. As a mother, shes supposed to know, not me. But she doesnt know, and so it hurts me the most, because i shouldnt be a liar. I shouldnt be telling her, no, no, thats not how it happened. I mean, one day we have to tell her. The details of what Court Records say happened to vanessa are so horrific that Cecily Aguilars friend ayrren cant even wrap her mind around them. I said, theres no way. I just cant see my best friend doing that to another human. You know . She has a heart. Shes kind to people. She has a very weak stomach, especially. And for them to say what she was doing and had done i just couldnt believe it. People do things out of character all the time, and those closest to them will say, after the fact, i just never saw that. Theyre not capable of that. We would hear that all the time in the fbi. For her to do this with a man she barely knew, it just doesnt it doesnt make sense to me. Cecily is someone that has a background be a personality he probably does not know well. So is she going to stay loyal to him . He has no indication that thats true. And its a gamble that robinson ultimately seems to lose. Because now you have aguilar talking to investigators, telling them what she knows, and she even agrees to place a series controlled calls for them to Aaron Robinson. They essentially say, hey, we need your help. We need to call him. We need to tape this conversation. And during that call, robinson doesnt deny anything. In fact, according to authorities, during these calls, robinson actually texts aguilar news articles about those remains recovered by the leon river. Remains were found. Police are investigating. Hes talking to her. Shes with us. He knows whats up, so he flees. 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Because then he learned that those remains were found. And he was on the phone with cecily at the time. Investigators found remains in bell county today. And theres still a Legal Process that has to happen before you can detain an american citizen or restrict their liberties. We have to meet probable cause in order to detain him and put him in custody. And so all of thats happening at the same time. Somehow, he gets past his escort. The guard gives chase, but he gets in a vehicle and he flees and he leaves ft. Hood. Out in the city of killeen where hes lost in the night. The unit reports to us that he has fled. And so, because were with the fbi, were with local Law Enforcement, theyre able to immediately transmit that he is missing. They describe the vehicle and so theres a stop made. He is encountered. And there is this incredible scene in the middle of this street where theyre trying to go after Aaron Robinson. They converge on him. Somehow, robinson has managed to obtain a gun. Investigators arent saying how. But as officers are closing in on him, he points the gun at a Killeen Police officer. He feels the pressures on. He pulls the gun out and he ends his life. He dies by suicide. There was literally a woman out here that was screaming. Specialist robinsons body was already face down. His feet were protruding towards the road. At about 3 00 in the morning, its cid we have two suspects. One of them is dead. They told me he committed suicide. So how does a guy disappear like that . Run off base on foot and he has a gun . I am confident with the actions we took. With robinson dead investigators say while the investigation into vanessas murderer continues they have no evidence that robinson sexually harassed her. We have found no evidence that specialist robinson walked into, in on specialist guillen in a locker room while she was showering. Interviews are ongoing in the officials are only saying that specialist Aaron Robinson is another soldier who worked alongside vanessa. So the question is, who is this guy . We dont know a lot about robinson, but we do know that he is from calumet city, illinois. He played football at thornton fractional north high school. He had been deployed to iraq for about 7 months. Joined the army in 2018. With very Little Information about Aaron Robinson, you have to go to behavior here. He is strategic. Hes stealthful. Hes engaged in behavior to keep from being identified or arrested. Hes engaged in this body disposal behavior because he does not want vanessas remains to be found, at least in my opinion. Thats very highrisk behavior. Dismemberment is a whole new dimension in criminal behavior. And he went there. And so it really talks about somebody antisocial, has no empathy, doesnt really care about people. What drove him to that . I can only think he had real anger toward vanessa for whatever reason. Cecily aguilar did tell us that specialist robinson told her he killed vanessa because he saw a picture on his cell phone of her and he feared she would go to the chain of command and get him in trouble for having an affair. We dont know what the motive was with regard to specialist robinson killing vanessa. We may never know. He may have taken that photo to the grave. A federal judge denied bond for Cecily Aguilar today. 22 Cecily Aguilar of killeen is charged the conspiracy to hide evidence. While the specifics of her offense remain unknown, she pleads not guilty. After cecilys killing her estranged husband holds this impromptu press conference, and he is shocked that his wife could be accused of such a heinous crime. She couldnt even kill a spider. It was beyond her true character, and it was a personality of somebody crying out for help. I think she was scared. The only way i could see her doing Something Like this is for the fear of her life. To understand Cecily Aguilar you have to go back to her childhood. She had a very troubled upbringing. According to her best friend at the age of 12 she was place in the foster care. At the age of 16 she was living on her own out in the open in a park in jackson, michigan. Foster care for cecily was rough. She hated it. She just wanted to run away. She said that she always stuck to herself, she was quiet. After cecily and robinson dispose of vanessas body, she makes a post on instagram. I will not have you without the darkness that hides within you. I will not let you have me without the madness that makes me. If our demons cannot dance, neither can we. Was there some kind of struggle going on inside cecilys head . She tries to call her best friend back in michigan. She tried phone calling me. I missed it, and i told her i couldnt talk to her right now. And then i never ended up calling her. I dont know what that phone call could have been, but i really wish i wouldnt have missed it. You then have her turn around and basically work with the fbi to trap aaron. So i think at the very end of the day it comes down to selfpreservation. Its just so crazy. I wish i could just talk to her oneonone and ask her, cecily, what happened . Thats not something i could ever, ever see her do. For anybody. Looks what happens when you report Sexual Harassment at fort hood. Prostitution rings run by a senior enlisted soldier. You get bullied. You get hazed. You get harassed. Shootings. Robberies. You turn up dead. We want to find the truth. Because the truth will come out. announcer mr. Peter walsh. Peter. peter walsh people came and they met and they felt comfortable. Its what we did with coogans. You felt safe and, if you were safe, you could be joyful. 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Elder was found hanging from a tree after reporting sexual abuse to his command. Looks what happen when you report Sexual Harassment at firstdegree hood ft. Hood. You get bullied, you get hazed, you get harassed, you turn up dead. Ft. Hood has had a greater crime rate, if you will, than other Army Installations of comparable size. What makes ft. Hood different . Different in that sort of negative way. We dont know the answer to that yet. In 2019, the pentagon announced that Sexual Harassment like the kind vanessas family says she went through was listed as a crime in the uniform code of military justice. What the military has tried to do is to enhance the confidence of a young soldier like specialist guillen that if you are being harassed, you can report it. You will not be the victim of retaliation. But in the end, you have to have soldiers who are willing to do that, and that is hard to do. I have been working on this issue for almost ten years. Facts are facts. Data that says weve got 20,000 Service Members what are Sexual Assaulted a year, and only 5,000 of them were reported . And of those 5,000, only 500 will go to a Courts Martial and only 250 will be convicted. What does that tell anyone who has been sexually assaulted . Dont report because you will not receive justice. Theres different avenues that are unfolding. We want a bill in her name, i am Vanessa Guillen. You have the family attorney, Natalie Khawam, whos proposing the hashtag, iamvanessaguillen bill. You dont be afraid to report Sexual Harassment. You report it, and you need a third party to report it to. Youve got lawmakers in congress who have been talking about this issue for years with advocacy groups. We are going to have a hearing. They have their own legislation theyre proposing. Entitled metoo movement, an examination of Sexual Harassment and perceived retaliation in the department of defense and at ft. Hood. The military does not take responsibility very often. They dont take responsibility for the fact that the Sexual Assault programs, the prevention programs within the military, arent working. The secretary of the army has directed the creation of a Blue Ribbon Panel of mainly civilians that is completely independent of the command to do a comprehensive investigation into the command climate at ft. Hood. Sometimes we have to have an outside look at ourselves as well. Thats rare. It is rare to have an outside, independent review. If you look back on the history of the army, weve only done a couple in the past couple of decades. This is one of those. After all the headlines and all the rallies, the guillen family captures the attention of the commander in chief, and he invites them to the white house. [ speaking Foreign Language ] how are you doing . Im okay. Can we walk in the kitchen . Yeah. Are you nervous to be going to the white house . [ speaking Foreign Language ] do you think President Trump might be doing this for politics . Taking advantage of you . [ speaking Foreign Language ] President Trump has said some ugly things about latinos. Its the president at the end of the day. Doesnt thourt meet with him and what he has to say. Not everyones going to agree, but my sister did serve the u. S. Army, so i feel that we need to meet with him. I think President Trump saw i think President Trump saw the outcry in the country about this murder. It was also so horrific and so sensational. He was clearly gripped by the details of this story. [ speaking Foreign Language ] well, i saw this on one of the shows recently and i was i was just looking and it hit me very hard. I said, what happened to your daughter vanessa, who was a spectacular person and respected and loved by everybody, including in the military. We want to find the truth, what is happening on ft. Hood, and to have an investigation. We will get to the bottom of a lot of this, and maybe all of it, okay . Thank you so much. Thank you very much. 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Dearand with summer here,these energy bills are rising. Together, we can save energy and money. By taking steps to stay cool while using less. Keep safe and keep it golden. With so many Unanswered Questions around the Vanessa Guillen case, we came to the pentagon to sit down with the secretary of the army to get some answers. Im ryan. Nice to meet you. Good to meet you. The guillen family has said that the army has left them in the dark as to what happened the day their daughter vanished. They say the army was not forthcoming about the investigation. Ft. Hood lacks safety and responsibility, and respect, because they didnt respect my sister. We had a lot of contact with the family, about 40 different instances from april 22nd to july 1st. But when a family endures something as horrible as this, they want information immediately. Were as angry and as disappointed as they are. Weve tried to get the answers as quickly as we can. Why did it take so long . Early on in the investigation, there were three soldiers that had filled out affidavits that said they had seen vanessa at a different time from when she had actually departed the other arms room, so that gave was essentially an instant alibi for specialist robinson even though they had not really known the correct time of when she had departed. So in that instance, the trail went cold for about a month. On the day that vanessas remains were found, specialist robinson is put under the watch of an unarmed escort. How does the prime suspect in vanessas disappearance escape from a military base, somehow get a hold of his a gun, and then kill himself . Thats part of what weve asked general murray to look at in his investigation as to what actions were taken and how they followed procedures. I dont have enough information to truly understand the specifics of what happened at that moment. General john murray, the was brought in by mccarthy just last week to head up an indepth investigation into the way the army handled vanessas case. This after announcing that Major General scott appland, the man who had within running ft. Hood would no longer be in vanessas family Still Believes that vanessas death was connected somehow to the Sexual Harassment allegations, but the criminal investigation, as yet, has found no evidence to support that. Mr. Secretary, its been more than four months and thousands of hours of investigation. How can the army have no idea what robinsons motive was . Why would he kill her in such a brutal way . You know, not being able to question him, we have not been able to find these facts. The guillen family has been rob of their day in court with their daughters killer because hes dead now. How do you explain that . We have to find answers and will hold people accountable. Last month, you visited ft. Hood and spoke candidly, very candidly, about the disproportionate amount of criminal behavior involving soldiers there. The numbers are high here. They are the highest and some of the most cases for Sexual Assault and harassment and murders for our entire formation in the u. S. Army. When you started looking into all of this, it must have shocked you. Ft. Hood has had two mass shootings, more than a dozen soldiers that have died, gone missing, vanished or turned up dead in the past few years, multiple allegations of Sexual Assault and harassment, a prostitution ring, and, just recently, a child sex ring. Mr. Secretary, what in the world is going on at ft. Hood . This has been an unprecedented year. And its been incredibly challenging for us. Were trying to get the best information we can to understand is it a leadership issue, or is it conditions the local towns . Are there not enough resources and systemic problems on the installation . Can you honestly say that the soldiers at ft. Hood are safe . Yes. You have a daughter. Would you feel confident if your daughter was stationed there, living there at ft. Hood . I can only hope my daughter would want to serve in the army. Then there was a case of private Gregory Morales. He was missing for ten months, listed as awol. It turns out private morales was murdered. We spoke to morales mother, who told us that the army has failed on every level to look for him or to protect him. And she would like an apology. What would you tell private morales mother . First, our condolences to the morales family. With respect to his case, one of the things weve asked to look at is our policy on how you report a soldier when theyre absent without leave. We have about 820 cases a year to date across the entire formation, worldwide, that have gone awol. How quickly can you see is it invoi involuntary or voluntary . Are they missing . Is there anything you want to say to the guillen fam limb. Were incredibly heartbroken for the loss of our teammate, and we let you down, but well do everything in our power to never lou things to happen like this again, and make an enduring change for our institution. She will not have die in vain. We wont allow it. Will there ever be justice for Vanessa Guillen . I dont know. While investigators look for answers vanessas family look for healing. Last year in texas they met with the mother of gregory more or less, whose remains were found in the search for vanessas body. I felt nowhere. And once they started fighting, we started getting some answers and some people looking for everybody. They fought for all of them. It means so much. If it wasnt for them, i know they never would have put out a reward and found greg. Two dads saying so much without saying a word. This is a person you wanted managing youre on it. Es . Staying fit and snacking light . Yup, on it there too. 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Mr. Guillen, what do you have to say to him . I want to say to him, i appreciate his help way too much. Way too much from my heart. This grieving process is long and its painful and theres no right way theres no wrong way. The tougher days are ahead. Last month, hundreds gathered in houston to remember and celebrate Vanessa Guillen. It took more than a month for the remains to be returned to the family, which allowed for a proper burial. It was an emotional homecoming of sorts with a custom casket arriving by horsedrawn carriage to her high school where she ran track and played soccer. The casket is green, vanessas favorite color. It has a mix of the american and mexican flag. Shell be laid to rest in a custom casket representing her service to this country her familys faith and heritage. [ speaking Foreign Language ] right outside the gates of ft. Hood, you see this huge mural of vanessas face, her beautiful face. Just like weve seen george floyd murals, Breonna Taylor murals, weve seen that here as well, honoring havanessa. That just goes to show you how much vanessas story resonated with this country and with the world. People found a special place in their hearts for vanessa. A lot of people care about her and they didnt even know her. They honor her and respect her by doing that. You know, she she deserves that and so much more. She always taught me to never give up. Im not as strong as her, but im trying to be strong, and thats why im not going to lose hope until we get justice. Viva Vanessa Guillen [ speaking Foreign Language ] i am Vanessa Guillen. I am Vanessa Guillen. [ speaking Foreign Language ] i am Vanessa Guillen. I am Vanessa Guillen. I am Vanessa Guillen [ speaking Foreign Language ] i am Vanessa Guillen. I am Vanessa Guillen. I am Vanessa Guillen. 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