Episode 164 - "Command Rape": Vanessa Guillen & LaVena Johnson

The US military has a rape problem; 20% of women who enlist are sexually assaulted or harassed. 

The US military also appears to have a murder problem, because a disturbing number of women who have been victims of 'command rape' are dying in mysterious circumstances.

Vanessa Guillen was a 20 year old soldier stationed at Fort Hood, Texas and on 22 April 2020 she vanished. 6 weeks later her burned, dismembered and concrete encased remains were found. Vanessa, just like LaVena Johnson and so many other women in the military, appears to have been planning to report a fellow soldier before she was murdered...

Sources:

The Silent Truth (LaVena doc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HGhaiJZNmc

Pop culture detective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5xfBtD6rLY

Doc (Suzanne and drill sargeant rape): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD5MvyQu24c

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-mar-08-na-women-soldier-suicides8-story.html

https://jezebel.com/whats-the-military-hiding-about-lavena-johnson-kamish-5167565

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/army-reopens-case-of-2007-murder-suicide-that-was-originally-called-friendly-fire-1.577635

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/army-closes-investigation-into-allegations-of-a-coverup-in-2007-murder-suicide-in-iraq-1.634431

https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2020/08/9956960/fort-hood-soldier-deaths-vanessa-guillen-investigation

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elder-fernandes-fort-hood-another-soldier-missing-after-vanessa-guillen-disappearance/

https://www.nytimes.com/article/vanessa-guillen-fort-hood.html