Fort Campbell soldier’s husband and lady charged in brutal stabbing loss of life of the 23-year-old in Tennessee

Two folks have been charged within the loss of life of Katia Dueñas Aguilar, a Fort Campbell soldier who was stabbed practically 70 instances final 12 months, police stated Saturday.

Sofia Rodas, 35, has been charged with first-degree homicide and tampering with proof within the loss of life of U.S. Military Personal 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 loss of life. Each Salinas Cruz, 40, and Rodas had been held on unrelated federal expenses, and so they had been extradited to Clarksville on Friday, police stated. Their attorneys of their federal circumstances didn’t instantly return calls on Saturday.

The main points associated to the costs weren’t instantly obtainable.

Dueñas Aguilar, of Mesquite, Texas, enlisted within the Military in 2018, KTVT-TV reported. She had a 4-year-old son and was stationed at Fort Campbell on the Tennessee-Kentucky border. She was additionally 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 loss of life a murder on account of sharp-force accidents of the neck.

Earlier than she died, Dueñas Aguilar informed her household she was planning on leaving the Military. Her sister informed KTVT-TV that she determined to remain after she spoke with an Military counselor. 

“She would…inform me that she’s not completely happy over there and I needed her to come back again so we might make extra recollections,” Cecilia Ruiz-Aguilar stated.