Missing Fort Hood Soldier Was Killed In Armory, Then Hacked To Pieces

Family photo of Spc. Vanessa Guillen

Kyle Rempfer of The Army Times

Spc. Vanessa Guillen was allegedly killed on April 22, the day of her disappearance, by another soldier named Spc. Aaron David Robinson while she was on duty in an armory room on Fort Hood, Texas, an attorney for the Guillen family said.

The information was provided to the attorney by the Army Criminal Investigation Command.

Fort Hood officials declined to comment on this narrative of events inside the armory when asked during a press conference on Thursday and by Army Times over the telephone because of their stated need to protect the ongoing investigation.

Robinson allegedly attacked the 20-year-old Guillen with a hammer, attorney Natalie Khawam told Army Times.

“This heinous act caused her blood to be splashed all over the armory room,” said Khawam, who stated that she learned the information during a four-hour meeting with Army CID.

After Guillen was dead, Robinson allegedly contacted his married girlfriend “to help him bury her bloody body,” Khawam said in the statement to Army Times. “At first they tried to set her on fire, but she wouldn’t burn. Then they dismembered this beautiful U.S. soldier’s body with a machete.”

Local police issued a “Be On the Lookout” notice for Robinson after he fled post on Tuesday afternoon, Khawam told reporters during a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Local police off-post in the city of Killeen was notified by Army CID agents that Robinson was a person of interest in Guillen’s death.

Army CID Senior Special Agent Damon Phelps declined to discuss how Robinson was able to slip away from Fort Hood.

“He was not in CID custody at the time, so I can’t answer further,” Phelps said. “I can’t detail anything about the ongoing investigation.”

Source: The Army Times