Attorney: Missing Fort Hood Soldier Was Killed in Armory, Dismembered with Machete

Vanessa Guillen, a 20-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, who went missing on April 22, 2020, and some of her remains were found on June 30, 2020. Fort Hood Press Center

Texas soldier Vanessa Guillen was allegedly killed on the day of her disappearance in April by a fellow soldier who bludgeoned her to death with a hammer, her family attorney said on July 2.

Attorney Natalie Khawam, a lawyer for Guillen’s family, told a press conference on Thursday that the 20-year-old Fort Hood Texas soldier was killed on April 22 by Spc. Aaron David Robinson inside an armory room where she worked. He then, with his girlfriend, allegedly attempted to burn her body before dismembering her body with a machete.