While investigators searched for Spc. Vanessa Guillen, the skeletal remains of Pvt. Gregory Wedel-Morales were found near Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. His mother, Kim Wedel, wishes investigators looked for her son like they did Guillen. The army has declared him AWOL and a deserter. He had been missing for ten months. Once former Fort Hood soldier Jorgina Butler read about the disappearance and death of Guillen, she said it returned her to the night she was sexually assaulted by a staff sergeant in 2009. “I had to say something,” Butler said. “I’m not the same person...and I’ll never get that person back.” On July 29, 2020, lawmakers held a congressional hearing in Washington D.C. focused on the review of Fort Hood’s handling of sexual misconduct in the wake of a national outcry for justice for Guillen and her family. More than one-third of female soldiers surveyed at Fort Hood last month said they were sexually harassed by fellow service members. See full story in bio.
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