Two individuals have been charged within the demise of a Fort Campbell soldier who was stabbed practically 70 occasions final yr, police stated Saturday.
Sofia Rodas, 35, has been charged with first-degree homicide and tampering with proof within the demise of U.S. Military Non-public First Class Katia Dueñas Aguilar, 23, the Clarksville Police Division stated in a information launch. Aguilar’s physique was present in her residence within the Tennessee metropolis of Clarksville in Might.
Reynaldo Salinas Cruz, Aguilar’s husband, has been charged with tampering with proof in her demise. Each Salinas Cruz, 40, and Rodas had been held on unrelated federal fees, and so they had been extradited to Clarksville on Friday, police stated. Their legal professionals of their federal instances didn’t instantly return calls on Saturday.
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Dueñas Aguilar, of Mesquite, Texas, enlisted within the Military in 2018 and a yr later got here to Fort Campbell, on the Tennessee-Kentucky border. She was a member of the a hundred and first Fight Aviation Brigade, a hundred and first Airborne Division.
An post-mortem report from the Montgomery County Medical Examiner’s Workplace stated Dueñas Aguilar suffered 68 stab wounds to her neck and higher physique
The medical expert dominated the reason for demise a murder on account of sharp-force accidents of the neck.
Throughout a information convention in Might in Texas, Dueñas Aguilar’s household requested for justice for her household. They stated she was a mom with a 4-year-old son.
