Remains of lacking Texas soldier determined

DALLAS (AP) — Army investigators have identified the human body of a soldier who vanished additional than two months ago from a base in Texas, in accordance to a lawyer for the soldier’s relatives.

Continues to be located previous week buried near Fort Hood belong to Spc. Vanessa Guillén and Army officials educated her relatives in Houston Sunday, attorney Natalie Khawam informed The Affiliated Press. Guillén, who had been missing given that April, was killed and dismembered by a fellow soldier who took his own existence final week, federal and armed forces investigators have said.

Human continues to be were being uncovered Tuesday around the Leon River in Bell County, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Fort Hood, throughout a the lookup for Guillén. An Military spokesman explained earlier Sunday that they had been continue to waiting for beneficial identification of the remains.

Investigators have been not able to use dental documents to discover Guillén since of the condition of her continues to be and rather used DNA from bone and hair samples, Khawam said. Guillén’s spouse and children gained the information in the organization of their priest, she reported.

Army officers discovered the soldier suspected in Guillén’s disappearance as Aaron David Robinson. Cecily Aguilar, a 22-year-old civilian from a neighborhood near in the vicinity of Fort Hood, was arrested and charged with one particular depend for allegedly supporting cover the entire body of 20-year-previous solider, according to a criminal complaint.

Guillén’s household has explained that they think she was sexually harassed by Robinson and is calling for a congressional investigation.

Mayra Guillen claimed past week that her sister experienced spoken with their mother about dealing with sexual harassment, but that her mother has been far too devastated to chat about it. From their text discussions, Mayra Guillen explained she believed her sister was concerned through her time at Fort Hood.

Khawam mentioned Sunday that army sexual harassment is “epidemic” and calls for awareness from Congress. “You just can’t flip a blind eye any more,” she reported.