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GUILTY TX - PFC Vanessa Guillen, 20, Fort Hood military base, items left behind, 22 Apr 2020 *arrests* #4
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I'm pleasantly surprised to see that people are being held responsible for the disgusting acceptance and encouragement of criminal behavior on Ft Hood, but where are the names and faces? Are suspensions and firings enough to keep predators and their enablers from continuing to do what they do? This is a widely prevalent culture of abuse on that base. People should be in prison. MOO
CBS this morning is covering this again
"Totally unacceptable": Army secretary condemns command climate, says Fort Hood report "will change the Army" - CBS News
Norah O’Donnell did a great job and Vanessa’s family really fought for her
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"Totally unacceptable": Army secretary condemns command climate, says Fort Hood report "will change the Army" - CBS News
Norah O’Donnell did a great job and Vanessa’s family really fought for her
JMO
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FORT HOOD INDEPENDENT REVIEW
The 136-page report offers findings and recommendations intended to benefit Fort Hood and the entire Army. In response, the Secretary McCarthy has taken significant measures to hold leaders accountable at Fort Hood, instituted a new policy on missing Soldiers and formed the People First Task Force to map out a plan to tackle issues identified in the report.
Here is the full report - a staggering 152 pages:
https://www.army.mil/e2/downloads/rv7/forthoodreview/2020-12-03_FHIRC_report_redacted.pdf
The 136-page report offers findings and recommendations intended to benefit Fort Hood and the entire Army. In response, the Secretary McCarthy has taken significant measures to hold leaders accountable at Fort Hood, instituted a new policy on missing Soldiers and formed the People First Task Force to map out a plan to tackle issues identified in the report.
Here is the full report - a staggering 152 pages:
https://www.army.mil/e2/downloads/rv7/forthoodreview/2020-12-03_FHIRC_report_redacted.pdf
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Panel blasts Fort Hood leaders, Army after disappearance, death of Spc. Vanessa Guillen; 14 fired or suspended
An independent investigation into tragedies at Fort Hood, including the bludgeoning murder of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, found that leadership at the Army's largest base created a "permissive environment" that let sexual harassment and assault and other crimes occur with little consequence.
The report, released Tuesday, represents a scathing indictment of a dysfunctional Army culture and called for changes in staffing and programs to protect soldiers from assault. It found systemic failures starting with Army leaders who failed to address known problems with sexual assault and crime to understaffed and resourced programs to aid victims and investigate crimes.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said 14 Army leaders at Fort Hood have been fired or suspended as a result of the report. Among those relieved of command was Maj. Gen. Scott Efflandt, deputy commanding general for III Corps. McCarthy suspended Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Broadwater pending the outcome of an investigation.
"This report, without a doubt, will cause the Army to change our culture,” he said.
Guillen's murder in April – and the failure to find her remains for nearly three months – focused attention and investigations on life at the sprawling post in Texas. The Army also announced Tuesday that it would change its procedures to search for soldiers soon after they are reported missing instead of assuming they've deserted their posts or gone absent without leave.
Congress has launched its own inquiry into the problems at Fort Hood. Beyond Guillen, Pvt. Mejhor Morta and Sgt. Elder Fernandes also vanished from the base and were discovered dead. Morta had drowned, and Fernandes died by suicide.
An independent investigation into tragedies at Fort Hood, including the bludgeoning murder of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, found that leadership at the Army's largest base created a "permissive environment" that let sexual harassment and assault and other crimes occur with little consequence.
The report, released Tuesday, represents a scathing indictment of a dysfunctional Army culture and called for changes in staffing and programs to protect soldiers from assault. It found systemic failures starting with Army leaders who failed to address known problems with sexual assault and crime to understaffed and resourced programs to aid victims and investigate crimes.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said 14 Army leaders at Fort Hood have been fired or suspended as a result of the report. Among those relieved of command was Maj. Gen. Scott Efflandt, deputy commanding general for III Corps. McCarthy suspended Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Broadwater pending the outcome of an investigation.
"This report, without a doubt, will cause the Army to change our culture,” he said.
Guillen's murder in April – and the failure to find her remains for nearly three months – focused attention and investigations on life at the sprawling post in Texas. The Army also announced Tuesday that it would change its procedures to search for soldiers soon after they are reported missing instead of assuming they've deserted their posts or gone absent without leave.
Congress has launched its own inquiry into the problems at Fort Hood. Beyond Guillen, Pvt. Mejhor Morta and Sgt. Elder Fernandes also vanished from the base and were discovered dead. Morta had drowned, and Fernandes died by suicide.
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There is a seargent in her platoon who marked her present and accounted for around 3pm that day.
Slopfest from top to bottom.
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Yes, but it's a start!
You are right!
Absolutely, and far more than I thought they would do.
Brava Family Guillen
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@Niner - here's the link for Judge Alan Albright's calendar in Waco, Tx.
Although I expected more delays here, I don't see the defendant on the calendar for Jan 5 or Jan 19, 2021. There's probably a good chance this isn't going to trial.
Judges’ Calendars – U.S. District Court
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I admire Vanessa’s family and their resolve to make her life and death matter! They kept pressing until their voices were heard.
That sounds right. Her best bet is taking a deal, probably way better than her odds with a jury and judge freshly hearing of her depraved treatment of an an honorable US soldier.
I am infuriated just thinking about right now.
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What kind of deal might we expect for this lowlife woman?
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From the US District Court docket filed last July 2020, she's charged as follows:
Pending Counts
18:1512C.F TAMPERING WITH A
WITNESS, VICTIM, OR AN
INFORMANT -- Conspiracy to Tamper
with Documents or Proceedings
(1)
18:1512C.F TAMPERING WITH A
WITNESS, VICTIM, OR AN
INFORMANT -- Tampering with
Documents or Proceedings
(2-3)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Putting these 3 counts and federal charges out there as federal prosecution is most difficult to predict for sentence or bargaining.
IMO, the defendant has nothing going to offer -- the prosecutor doesn't need her to convict her lover -- he's dead.
ETA: Add link
18 U.S. Code § 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant
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Cecily Aguilar defense requests third delay for trial | kcentv.com
WACO, Texas — The defense attorney for Cecily Aguilar filed a motion in a Waco federal court Monday to delay her trial.
Court documents show Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender Lewis Gainor's motion to continue was unopposed by the prosecution.
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Gainor asked the court for more time to complete his review of discovery and investigation in his motion. He asked for a continuance of at least 30 days.
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Gainor also filed what's called a motion for a bill of particulars on Dec. 22.
A bill of particulars requires the prosecution to advise the defendant of "any essential detail omitted from the indictment," according to the motion.
“When the charges in an indictment ‘are so general that they do not advise a defendant of the specific acts of which [she] is accused,’ it is within the trial court’s discretion to grant a bill of particulars," the motion said.
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U.S. District Judge Alan Albright had not ruled on either motion as of Tuesday.
WACO, Texas — The defense attorney for Cecily Aguilar filed a motion in a Waco federal court Monday to delay her trial.
Court documents show Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender Lewis Gainor's motion to continue was unopposed by the prosecution.
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Gainor asked the court for more time to complete his review of discovery and investigation in his motion. He asked for a continuance of at least 30 days.
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Gainor also filed what's called a motion for a bill of particulars on Dec. 22.
A bill of particulars requires the prosecution to advise the defendant of "any essential detail omitted from the indictment," according to the motion.
“When the charges in an indictment ‘are so general that they do not advise a defendant of the specific acts of which [she] is accused,’ it is within the trial court’s discretion to grant a bill of particulars," the motion said.
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U.S. District Judge Alan Albright had not ruled on either motion as of Tuesday.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021:
*Re-Arraignment Hearing (@ 9am CT) - TX – Army Specialist PFC Vanessa Guillén (20) (last seen sometime between 11:30am & 12:30pm on April 22, 2020 in the parking lot of her 3rd Cavalry Regiment Engineer Squadron Headquarters. Keys to her car & her barracks room & her ID card and wallet were later found in the armory room where she had worked earlier in the day; reported missing April 23, 2020, Ft. Hood military base, remains were found by contractors working on a fence along the Leon River in Bell County on June 30, 2020 in 3 shallow graves & the remains were sealed in concrete in Belton; ID’d on July 6, 2020) - *Cecily Ann Aguilar (22) – (Robinson’s GF) – arrested (7/1/20), charged (7/2/20) & arraigned & indicted (7/14/20) with 1 count 2nd degree conspiracy to tamper with evidence with intent to impair a human corpse, to corruptly alter, destroy, mutilate or conceal an object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to impair the objects integrity or availability for use in a criminal case & 1 count conspiracy felony tampering with witness, victim or informant & 1 count felony tampering with witness, victim or informant. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
A federal affidavit released on July 2, 2020 says Robinson beat Guillen, with a hammer & that her body was later dismembered & burned. If convicted, Aguilar could face up to 20 years in prison with a maximum fine of $250K.
Trial was set to begin on 11/30/20 with jury selection has been cancelled, and reset on 1/29/21 which was reset by Judge, but no further dates given.
Robinson info, Timeline see post #534 & court info from 9/8/20 reference post #105 here:
Found Deceased - TX - PFC Vanessa Guillen, 20, Fort Hood military base, items left behind, 22 Apr 2020 *arrests* #4
9/22/20 Update: Judge Alan Albright ordered the trial to be reset after a request by Aguilar's defense team for extra time to prepare their case. The order continued: "The failure to grant such a continuance would unreasonably deny the defendant's counsel the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence." Re-arraignment hearing has been reset to 11/10/20 @ 9am & trial has been reset to 11/30/20 @ 9am per request of defense motion.
11/10/20 Update: A federal judge on Monday granted Aguilar a postponement until Jan. 5 for her rearraignment, the first opportunity defendants have to change their automatic “not guilty” plea to “guilty.” The request for a postponement, which is fairly standard practice, was uncontested by the prosecution. Aguilar later confessed to investigators she helped Robinson dismember Guillén’s body with a bladed weapon & they attempted unsuccessfully to burn her remains, according to court documents. The couple then buried the remains & came back to pour cement on them, according to the documents. If Aguilar continues to maintain her innocence, then jury selection will begin before the trial on Jan. 19, 2021.
12/28/20 Update: Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender Lewis Gainor filed a motion to continue was unopposed by the prosecution. Gainor asked the court for more time to complete his review of discovery & investigation in his motion. He asked for a continuance of at least 30 days. Gainor also filed a motion for a bill of particulars on 12/22/20. U.S. District Judge Alan Albright had not ruled on either motion as of Tuesday, 12/29/20. Aguilar pleaded not guilty to 1 count of conspiracy to tamper with evidence & 2 substantive counts of tampering with evidence. Aguilar faces up to 20 years in federal prison for each count upon. She was scheduled to be re-arraigned Jan. 5 followed by a trial on Jan. 19, 2021.
*Re-Arraignment Hearing (@ 9am CT) - TX – Army Specialist PFC Vanessa Guillén (20) (last seen sometime between 11:30am & 12:30pm on April 22, 2020 in the parking lot of her 3rd Cavalry Regiment Engineer Squadron Headquarters. Keys to her car & her barracks room & her ID card and wallet were later found in the armory room where she had worked earlier in the day; reported missing April 23, 2020, Ft. Hood military base, remains were found by contractors working on a fence along the Leon River in Bell County on June 30, 2020 in 3 shallow graves & the remains were sealed in concrete in Belton; ID’d on July 6, 2020) - *Cecily Ann Aguilar (22) – (Robinson’s GF) – arrested (7/1/20), charged (7/2/20) & arraigned & indicted (7/14/20) with 1 count 2nd degree conspiracy to tamper with evidence with intent to impair a human corpse, to corruptly alter, destroy, mutilate or conceal an object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to impair the objects integrity or availability for use in a criminal case & 1 count conspiracy felony tampering with witness, victim or informant & 1 count felony tampering with witness, victim or informant. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
A federal affidavit released on July 2, 2020 says Robinson beat Guillen, with a hammer & that her body was later dismembered & burned. If convicted, Aguilar could face up to 20 years in prison with a maximum fine of $250K.
Trial was set to begin on 11/30/20 with jury selection has been cancelled, and reset on 1/29/21 which was reset by Judge, but no further dates given.
Robinson info, Timeline see post #534 & court info from 9/8/20 reference post #105 here:
Found Deceased - TX - PFC Vanessa Guillen, 20, Fort Hood military base, items left behind, 22 Apr 2020 *arrests* #4
9/22/20 Update: Judge Alan Albright ordered the trial to be reset after a request by Aguilar's defense team for extra time to prepare their case. The order continued: "The failure to grant such a continuance would unreasonably deny the defendant's counsel the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence." Re-arraignment hearing has been reset to 11/10/20 @ 9am & trial has been reset to 11/30/20 @ 9am per request of defense motion.
11/10/20 Update: A federal judge on Monday granted Aguilar a postponement until Jan. 5 for her rearraignment, the first opportunity defendants have to change their automatic “not guilty” plea to “guilty.” The request for a postponement, which is fairly standard practice, was uncontested by the prosecution. Aguilar later confessed to investigators she helped Robinson dismember Guillén’s body with a bladed weapon & they attempted unsuccessfully to burn her remains, according to court documents. The couple then buried the remains & came back to pour cement on them, according to the documents. If Aguilar continues to maintain her innocence, then jury selection will begin before the trial on Jan. 19, 2021.
12/28/20 Update: Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender Lewis Gainor filed a motion to continue was unopposed by the prosecution. Gainor asked the court for more time to complete his review of discovery & investigation in his motion. He asked for a continuance of at least 30 days. Gainor also filed a motion for a bill of particulars on 12/22/20. U.S. District Judge Alan Albright had not ruled on either motion as of Tuesday, 12/29/20. Aguilar pleaded not guilty to 1 count of conspiracy to tamper with evidence & 2 substantive counts of tampering with evidence. Aguilar faces up to 20 years in federal prison for each count upon. She was scheduled to be re-arraigned Jan. 5 followed by a trial on Jan. 19, 2021.
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Trial date moved for Cecily Aguilar | WRBL
Aguilar was set to be rearraigned Tuesday, and jury selection was set to start on January 19th.
Her attorney asked Judge Alan D. Albright to reset the hearing, which the prosecution did not object to.
Judge Albright reset the rearraignment to February 23, 2021 and jury selection to March 8, 2021, in front of Judge Jeffrey Manske.
He also rest the Plea Agreement deadline to February 15, 2021.
Aguilar was set to be rearraigned Tuesday, and jury selection was set to start on January 19th.
Her attorney asked Judge Alan D. Albright to reset the hearing, which the prosecution did not object to.
Judge Albright reset the rearraignment to February 23, 2021 and jury selection to March 8, 2021, in front of Judge Jeffrey Manske.
He also rest the Plea Agreement deadline to February 15, 2021.