![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/what-happened-to-soldier-vanessa-guillen-and-when-was-she-memorialized/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/JF-US-VANESSA-GUILLEN-COMP.jpg&description=VANESSA Guillen was a 20-year-old American soldier posted at Fort Hood, Texas who went missing in April 2020. Her body was later discovered mutilated and burned before it was placed in three different holes, according to federal prosecutors. Vanessa Guillen was last seen on April 22 at Fort Hood military base in TexasCredit: Refer to Caption Who was Vanessa Guillen? Born to Mexican immigrant parents in Houston, Guillén was a 20-year-old Houston native and specialist in the Army. She first started Army training in June 2018 and was later stationed at Fort Hood. According to her family she had dreamed of serving her country since she was a child and would always make the three-hour drive back to Houston every weekend to see them. Guillen was last seen alive in the parking lot at Regimental Engineer Squadron Headquarters, 3rd Cavalry Regiment on the Fort Hood base. Her car keys, ID card, wallet, and barracks key were later found at her work. What happened to Vanessa Guillen? Human remains were found on April 22 in shallow graves, and it was later confirmed to be Vanessa Guillen. Her dismembered remains were buried along Leon River – close to the Fort Hood military base in Texas where the soldier was last seen. It was later confirmed the victim had been bludgeoned to death with a hammer inside the armory. Police were dispatched to the 3400 block of Florence Road in Killeen, Texas, after witnesses reported seeing unknown remains, according to KTRK-TV. Detectives with the Killeen Police Department's homicide unit recovered the new remains and turned them over to the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas for examination. Her remains were reportedly found dismembered in cement, with the evidence leading Texas Equusearch's Tim Miller to call off the search for the 20-year-old's body. Miller revealed that the spot where the remains were found was well-concealed. He told KHOU 11 News,: "It appears he buried her, put lime on her, mixed up concrete, put that ove){kind=link}
VANESSA Guillen was a 20-year-old American soldier posted at Fort Hood, Texas who went missing in April 2020.
Her body was later discovered mutilated and burned before it was placed in three different holes, according to federal prosecutors.
Born to Mexican immigrant parents in Houston, Guillen was a 20-year-old Houston native and specialist in the Army.
She first started Army training in June 2018 and was later stationed at Fort Hood.
According to her family she had dreamed of serving her country since she was a child and would always make the three-hour drive back to Houston every weekend to see them.