A Texas woman has been ordered to serve decades behind bars for her role in covering up the murder of a U.S. Army solider, KWTX-TV reports. On Monday, a judge sentenced Cecily Aguilar to 30 years in prison for helping her boyfriend conceal the death of Army Spec. Vanessa Guillen, whose remains were found along …
The woman accused of helping Army Specialist Aaron Robinson dispose of the body of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen pleaded guilty on Tuesday to accessory after the fact and three counts of making a false statement, avoiding a trial that was set to begin in January. Cecily Aguilar now faces a maximum of 30 years …
The woman accused of helping Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen’s killer dismember and bury her body in 2020 appeared in court Tuesday as attorneys wrangled over the charges and set a trial date. Cecily Aguilar was indicted last year on 11 counts for her role in Guillen’s disappearance and death in April 2020, as CrimeOnline …
The family of a soldier who was sexually harassed at her Texas military base and later killed by a fellow soldier have filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the US government. The lawsuit seeks $35 million in damages, KHOU reported. The lawsuit claims that 20-year-old Vanessa Guillen was sexually harassed at Fort Hood and that …
A possible motive has been identified in the murder of U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen, whose remains were found along a river in 2020, KTRK-TV reports. Authorities say Spc. Aaron Robinson murdered Guillen at a U.S. Army base in central Texas and then asked his married girlfriend at the time, Cecily Aguilar, to help dismember …
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order making sexual harassment an offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and other provisions of the I Am Vanessa Guillen Act. The act is part of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, passed by Congress and sent to Biden’s desk in December. The executive …
A Texas woman accused of dismembering Army soldier, Vanessa Guillén, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 11 counts, including old and new charges. As CrimeOnline previously reported Cecily Aguilar, 22, is accused of helping her boyfriend, soldier Aaron Robinson, dismember 20-year-old Guillén, who had filed reports of sexual harassment on base. Robinson …
Cecily Aguilar, the girlfriend of murder suspect Aaron Robinson, asked in March to throw out the confession, saying she was not read her Miranda rights at the start of an interrogation about the whereabouts of Robinson, who was also a Fort Hood soldier. The judge ruled against the motion, saying Aguilar, 22, volunteered the information. …
S.B 623, also known as The Vanessa Guillén Act, was signed in Texas law over the weekend by Governor Greg Abbott. According to Texas Senator Cesar Blanco, who proposed the bill, the act will allow victims of sexual assault “in any military service” to step outside of the Texas military change of command for help, …
A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request to toss out the confession by the woman accused of helping dismembered the body of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen. Cecily Aguilar, the girlfriend of murder suspect Aaron Robinson, asked in March to throw out the confession, saying she was not read her Miranda rights at the …
– Guillen’s fiancé Juan Cruz speaks out for the first time about her death.
– “They failed us,” Cruz says, recalling his interaction with Army officials.
– Watch the full story Friday night on ABC’s 20/20.
A slain Texas soldier told her mother she was being harassed and now, an investigation into the incident determined that Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen also reported the harassment to her superior. The U.S. Army released the detailed report on Friday, which concluded that Guillen’s supervisor and leaders failed to take action after she reported two …
