Complaint claims missing soldier was killed at Fort Hood

AUSTIN, Texas — Federal and military investigators say a soldier missing since April was killed and dismembered by a fellow soldier stationed at the same Texas base.

The revelation followed demands for the Army to release details about its investigation of the disappearance.

A criminal complaint released Thursday by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas charges a civilian with helping hide the body of 20-yearold solider Vanessa Guillen.

The document, p repared in conjunction with the Army Criminal Investigative Command and the FBI, says the civilian helped the other soldier get rid of evidence after he bludgeoned Guillen with a hammer at Fort Hood in Central Texas and later dismembered and dumped the body.

Human remains were found Tuesday near the Leon River in Bell County, about 20 miles east of Fort Hood, in the search for Guillen.

Her family said through attorney Natalie Khawam that they believe evidence shows the remains are Guillen, but authorities said they are still awaiting positive identification.

“The whole thing is devastating, gruesome, barbaric,” Khawam said.

The Army said Wednesday that the soldier suspected in Guillen's disappearance had killed himself.

At a news conference Thursday, the Army identified the soldier suspected in Guillen's disappearance as Aaron David Robinson. Army investigators declined to comment further on the details of Guillen's case, saying they did not want to compromise the ongoing investigation.