OAN Staff Abril Elfi
3:22pm – Saturday, February 8th, 2025
Two people have been charged in connection with the death of a Campbell soldier at the fort, who was stabbed nearly 70 times last year.
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On Saturday, 35-year-old Sofia Rodas was charged with tampering with evidence of first-degree murder and death of US military first-class Katia Dunas Aguilar, 23, according to a news release from the Clarksville Police Department. He was indicted.
Aguilar's body was found in May 2024 at her home in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Aguilar's husband, Reinaldo Salinas Cruz, is accused of tampering with evidence of her death.
Police say both 40-year-old Salinas Cruz and Rodas were in custody for separate federal crimes before being handed over to Clarksville on Friday.
Originally from Mesquite, Texas, Dueñas Aguilar joined the Army in 2018 and moved to Fort Campbell on the Kentucky border, Tennessee. She was part of the 101st Combat Air Brigade, the 101st Airborne Division.
Dueñas Aguilar was stabbed 68 times in the neck and upper body, according to an autopsy report from the Montgomery County Medical Examiner's office.
Prosecutors determined that murder was the cause of the death due to a sudden neck injury.
Before her death, Deignas Aguilar informed her family that she was planning to leave the Army. Her sister informed KTVT-TV She chose to stay after talking to an Army counselor.
“She said… she wasn't happy there and I wanted her to come back and make more memories,” Cecilia Lewis Aguiler said.
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