Fort Hood dedicates gate to Spc. Vanessa Guillen; family pushes for passage of #IAmVanessaGuillen Act
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FORT HOOD, TX â One year after Spc. Vanessa Guillen disappeared from Fort Hood, Army officials have dedicated a gate on the post in her honor.
Fort Hood command and the Guillen family gathered Monday across from the Vanessa Guillen mural in downtown Killeen for a dedication ceremony.
The family calls the gate a good start.
âThis is a step because everyone that comes through this gate, as a soldier or someone who lives here, theyâll remind themselves that if they know somebody that is going through the same situation that my sister went through to speak up,â said Lupe Guillen, Vanessaâs sister.
Guillen family reflects ahead of one year anniversary of Vanessa s murder
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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.