Dozens of Deaths at Fort Hood in 2020: Is Toxic Culture at Military Installation to Blame? People 12/23/2020
Lupe Guillen always idolized her older sister Vanessa.
The two bonded over soccer and planned on running a marathon together. Vanessa, a small arms repairer with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood, always put family first and drove home every weekend to spend time with them.
“She was the type of sister who would push me in making myself a better person, Lupe, 17, says.
Lupe even considered following in her sister’s military footsteps. But everything changed on April 22 when Vanessa, 20, disappeared.
For 70 agonizing days, Vanessa s family pleaded in vain, they say, for help from commanders before her remains were found in a shallow grave. Vanessa had been bludgeoned to death with a hammer, allegedly by fellow soldier Aaron Robinson, who had also sexually harassed Vanessa, her family says.