Ana Basalduaruiz was found dead on Monday at the military base in Texas, weeks after her family said she told them about being sexually harassed by a superior.
Basalduaruiz's family told Noticias Telemundo—a Spanish news outlet owned by NBC—that she was found dead in a maintenance bay. They added that preliminary investigations indicated that her death was a suicide.
Her mother told the television channel that, only a few weeks before, Basalduaruiz had complained about being sexually harassed by her superiors and her peers. Her family toldIt is not yet clear if Basalduaruiz reported being sexually harassed while at Fort Hood. The military base makes no mention of sexual harassment in its note announcing the soldier's death.
In 2009, an Army psychiatrist killed 13 people and injured 32 others in a shooting rampage. In 2014, a veteran killed three people and injured 16 more before killing himself. In the last five years alone, 50 suicides and 11 homicides have been investigated at Fort Hood, according to 2021 data mentioned by The Hill. In 2020, the year that Guillén was killed by a fellow soldier, Fort Hood officials toldThat of Guillén is likely the most notorious case to emerge from the military post. The soldier was reported missing in April 2020, and her remains were found—dismembered and burned—on June 30, 2020.
A fellow soldier was accused of killing Guillén and hiding her body, but the suspect, Spc. Aaron Robinson, killed himself before being arrested by police. His girlfriend Cecily Aguilar was arrested and pleaded guilty to one count of accessory to murder and three counts of false statement or representation.
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