Reward for lacking Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen doubles to $50,000

The Army initially presented a $15,000 reward for information primary to her whereabouts, but it has because improved the reward to up to $25,000.

“We are wholly dedicated to locating Vanessa and aggressively going right after every single solitary piece of credible data and just about every guide in this investigation,” Chris Gray, spokesman for Military CID mentioned in a statement introduced Monday. “We will not stop till we discover Vanessa.”

The $25,000 was matched by the popular Latino civil rights corporation, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), on Tuesday.

“This young lady set on the uniform to provide our place. The least we can do is discover out where she is now and what we can do to enable her,” LULAC Nationwide President Domingo Garcia reported in the course of a digital information convention Tuesday.

The search for Guillen, who is of Hispanic descent, has captured the focus of the two local and nationwide superstars.

Houston rapper Toddler Bash vowed to incorporate an further $5,000 to the reward in a Facebook write-up previous week. And actress Salma Hayek pledged to set Guillen’s picture on her Instagram stories each and every day until eventually she is uncovered.

Allegations of sexual harassment

Just before Guillen went lacking, she had advised her family that she was remaining sexually harassed by a person of her sergeants at Fort Hood, according to the website her family established up to market the look for. She did not recognize the sergeant.

“We have to consider a deep dive on this scenario to discover Vanessa but to get to the bottom of something that could be going on at Fort Hood,” Texas Rep. Sylvia Garcia explained in Tuesday’s information convention. “These allegations of sexual assault, that is not the initial time we hear of allegations of sexual assault in the armed providers.”

The Army CID, however, claimed it has observed “no credible info or report” that Guillen was sexually assaulted or that her scenario is linked to the disappearance of Gregory Wedel-Morales, another soldier who went lacking last 12 months though driving his auto in Killeen, Texas.

Final witnessed donning a black t-shirt

Guillen, a non-public 1st course, was previous observed sporting a black t-shirt and purple physical fitness-kind trousers, in accordance to the Army CID. Her vehicle keys, area crucial, identification card and wallet ended up afterwards observed in the armory place where she was working previously that working day.

Guillen is explained as 5 ft 2 inches, 126 lbs . with black hair and brown eyes, in accordance to the Army CID assertion.

She has tattoos of a cross with a flower on her still left arm, a flower also on her still left arm and a mountain with a circle on her upper remaining shoulder, according to her family’s web page.

Officers ask that everyone with info about her whereabouts contact the Military CID specific agents or navy law enforcement.

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