The Murder of Vanessa Guillen
Pete Dove
- Vanessa's
- family
- had
- become
- increasingly
- concerned
- on
- the
- 22nd
- April
- when
- they
- failed
- to
- get
- replies
- to
- texts
- sent
- to
- her.
- Her
- sister,
- Marya,
- visited
- the
- nearby
- base,
- to
- check
- on
- Vanessa's
- wellbeing
- Without
- explanation,
- she
- was
- turned
- away.
- Only
- after
- a
- panic-stricken
- night
- were
- the
- Guillen's
- told
- that
- Vanessa
- was
- not
- on
- the
- base
- and
- appeared
- to
- be
- missing.
- The
- authority's
- opacity
- continued
- for
- some
- time,
- the
- family's
- lawyer
- even
- accusing
- officers
- of
- 'smirking'
- behind
- their
- secretive
- approach.
- They
- refused
- to
- tell
- the
- Guillens
- who
- had
- called
- Vanessa's
- phone,
- with
- whom
- she
- was
- working
- when
- she
- went
- missing,
- and
- what
- she
- was
- doing.
With
- no
- sign
- of
- the
- young
- soccer
- fan,
- the
- Army
- released
- the
- press
- release
- reported
- at
- the
- opening
- of
- this
- article.
- However,
- little
- if
- any
- in
- the
- way
- of
- further
- news
- was
- forthcoming
- over
- the
- next
- couple
- of
- months.
- Until,
- that
- is,
- the
- report
- of
- the
- discovery
- of
- remains
- on
- June
- 30th,
- more
- than
- two
- months
- after
- her
- disappearance.
What
- happened
- to
- Vanessa Guillen?
