Vanessa Guillen: Jailed suspect Cecily Aguilar deleted Google account, tried to flee country using credit card
A suspect who has been accused in the disappearance and murder of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen tried to make arrangements to flee the country while behind bars. The details were revealed by a prosecutor asking that she be denied bail during a recent court hearing. Guillen, a 20-year-old private first-class, was last seen in the parking lot of the Regimental Engineer Squadron Headquarters, 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood at around 1 pm on April 22, 2020. She would remain missing for more than two months before authorities found her remains at a location roughly 30 miles from the base. The primary suspect in her disappearance and death, Aaron David Robsinson, a 20-year-old Army Specialist from Illinois who was also stationed at Fort Hood, killed himself one day after Guillen's body was found.
His girlfriend, Cecily Aguilar, had proved pivotal in the authorities' investigation of the case and is now facing several charges in Guillen's death. During a hearing at the Waco County courthouse on Tuesday, July 14, U.S. Attorney Mark Frazier detailed how the 22-year-old had planned to escape custody after her arrest.
According to the Statesman, Frazier told the court that Aguilar deleted her Google account while in jail in an attempt to rid herself of any incriminating evidence. She contacted someone from jail via phone and asked them to delete her Facebook account, he said. The prosecutor alleged that, during another phone call from behind bars, Aguilar told someone she wanted to flee from the country with her $5,000 credit card.
Frazier also reiterated that the Aguilar had helped dispose of Guillen's remains. Previous court documents had revealed the 22-year-old confessed to dismembering the soldier's body by removing the limbs and head from the torso with a "hatchet or ax and a machete-type knife."
She told investigators that she and Robinson then attempted to burn the remains and buried the parts in three separate holes before returning to the burial site a few days later with hairnet, gloves, and concrete to cover their tracks.
A crowd of protesters had gathered outside the Waco courthouse for the hearing, but the surprising attendee was Keon Aguilar, a former Fort Hood soldier who is Aguilar's estranged husband. She had been cheating on him with Robinson.
Questioned about his presence, Keon said he said he was there because of his faith and that Aguilar was religious and an outgoing person. "There was a time when she really wanted to know more about the relationship that I have in God and she would just really draw in on that," he told NBC6.
"They were estranged, but he has not left her side," her federal public defender Lewis Gainor said. "He supports her and he is here for her and would take her in if she were released."
The Guillen family attorney, Natalie Kwaham, said she found it bizarre that Keon had shown up at the hearing but said she hoped he would help bring Guillen's killer to justice. "We hope to God he has the courage to come forth and disclose what he knows about her because we believe she’s a murderer," she said.
Aguilar, who is facing three felony counts of conspiracy to tamper with evidence, pleaded not guilty to her charges and was denied bail. If convicted, she could be sentenced to as many as 20 years in prison, as well as a $250,000 fine.