Army report confirms sexual harassment of slain soldier, details how superior targeted her
Updated 9:22 PM;
AUSTIN, Texas The U.S. Army on Friday confirmed for the first time that slain Spc. Vanessa Guillen was sexually harassed and further retaliated against at Fort Hood, as her family in Houston has consistently alleged in their fight for criminal justice reform in the military.
In late summer 2019, Guillen, who was then a private first class, was the victim of sexual harassment after her superior in a troop orderly room tried to solicit her in Spanish to participate in a threesome, according to a report released Friday from an investigation led by Gen. John Murray, the commander of the Army Futures Command based in Austin.
‘We as an Army failed to protect Vanessa Guillén’: Report confirms soldier sexually harassed before her death
‘We as an Army failed to protect Vanessa Guillén’: Report confirms soldier sexually harassed before her death
Communication missteps allowed the man accused of killing Guillén to flee; 13 officers and noncommissioned officers being disciplined in the case.
Dozens of people participated in a vigil outside Dallas City Hall to demand justice for the killing of Vanessa Guillén.(Omar Vega / Especial para Al Día)
Updated at 7:49 p.m. with a quote from Sen. Cruz’s spokesperson.
More than a year after she was killed, the Army confirmed Friday that Vanessa Guillén was sexually harassed by a supervisor, but not by the soldier who the Army believes killed her.
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A former youth ministry director at Fort Leonard Wood has pleaded guilty for sexually abusing multiple children over a seven year period.
David McKay from Waynesville, pleaded guilty to one count of transporting a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity and four counts of sexually abusing a minor.
Authorities say the four victims range in age from 11 to 17.
Court documents say the abuse happened at Fort Leonard Wood and other places in Pulaski County.
Those records also say the abuse happened on dozens of occasions from 2010-2017.
You can read more with a press release posted below…