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HOUSTON Gloria Guillen s eyes filled with sadness and tears as she described how her late daughter, 20-year-old Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen, was her mirror image, the resemblance stretching far beyond looks into personality and character.
Thursday was the first anniversary of her daughter s slaying at Fort Hood, a death that through the family s activism sparked a reckoning at the post over flawed leadership and a long-standing toxic culture that allowed violence, sexual abuse and misconduct to thrive.
The anniversary, which came with a week of tributes from military leaders and politicians, reminded Gloria Guillen again of how they were two pieces formed into one. And more painful, she said, was the reminder that her second piece is gone forever.
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Dozens gather for candlelight vigil on one year anniversary of Spc. Vanessa Guillen s disappearance
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KILLEEN, TX â Dozens gathered at the Vanessa Guillen Mural in Killeen to remember the slain soldier on the one year anniversary of her disappearance.
âWhat happened with Vanessa and her memory and her legacy has caused institutional change,â said Queta Rodriguez with the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee.
From San Antonio to Dallas, Washington D.C. and several other cities, vigils were held across the country to show solidarity and support for the #IamVanessaGuillen Act.
The Guillen family says they are overwhelmed with all the support.
Remembering Vanessa Guillen one year later
20-year-old Army specialist Vanessa Guillen was murdered at Fort Hood in April 2020
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FORT HOOD, Texas – Thursday marks the one year anniversary since 20-year-old Army specialist Vanessa Guillen was murdered on April 22, 2020.
Guillen’s disappearance became the focus of a nationwide search before her remains were found in a concrete-like substance buried along the Leon River.
She was last seen in the parking lot of her barracks at the Fort Hood Army post the day she was killed. It wasn’t until June 30, more than two months later, that partial human remains were found during a search for the missing soldier.