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As revelations emerge that U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén made multiple reports of sexual harassment by her supervisor prior to being killed by a different soldier, members of Congress visited Fort Hood, where both soldiers were stationed, as part of ongoing investigations.
U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas), recently tweeted about the investigation.
“Today, I am at Ft. Hood with a bipartisan group of my colleagues to continue our congressional oversight work to ensure #JusticeForVanessaGuillen,” Veasey said. “We will never forget.”
Fox News reported that a report shows Guillén accused her supervisor of two incidents of sexual harassment, but that leadership failed to take appropriate action on both occasions. While Spc. Aaron Robinson, who has been accused of killing Guillén, did not sexually harass her, but was accused of sexually harassing another soldier.
"They knew of the aggressive and counterproductive leadership but took no action," Fox News quoted from the report. "Senior non-commissioned officers were aware of the concerns with this supervisor and failed to advise their leadership before this individual was moved from one squadron to another."
In the wake of Guillén’s death, multiple efforts have been launched to dive deeper into the failures that preceded her death, as well as efforts to improve investigations and oversight. One such change includes placing a civilian director in charge of the Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) and removing it from under the Office of the Provost Marshall General, according to coverage by ABC 13.
"We are very confident these organizational changes address the committee's CID-related recommendations and lead us into the future," acting Army Secretary John Whitley was quoted as saying in a prepared statement by ABC 13.
In addition to organizational reforms, investigations into Guillén’s death have resulted in 14 Fort Hood leaders being relieved of command and 13 current and former leaders being disciplined, Military.com reported.