EXCLUSIVE: Sister of murdered Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen says she is joining the fight for justice in accused Fort Hood doctor case
KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - The fight for justice for alleged victims of Fort Hood doctor accused of filming women during exams is growing.
Mayra Guillen, sister of murdered Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, said she couldn’t stand by and do nothing after her sisters case helped change the way sexual assault and harassment is handled in the military.
When Vanessa Guillen went missing in 2020, her sisters Mayra and Lupe led the charge to find her.
When she was found murdered, they fought for justice and legislation that sparked change in how the military handles sexual assault cases.
“About a year after the whole documentary and bill passed and media stuff, I did step back,” said Guillen. “I started focusing a little bit more on my private life. Which, I had left behind to do everything that we had to do for Vanessa.”
After seeing reports that Dr. Blaine McGraw, an OB-GYN doctor at Fort Hood, has been accused of filming women without their consent, she has decided it’s time to advocate once again.
“I would still here some background stories and I would be hesitant about whether or not I would speak up on it or once again, try to find out where they’re dropping the ball and try to find a solution,” said Guillen. “Up until this recent news, that’s when I decided it was time to come back.”
She believed the bill she helped get passed would have done something to prevent what Dr. McGraw has been accused of.
“It’s like, some time passed, everyone thought everything was okay and then, here we are again and that can’t keep happening,” said Guillen.
Putting herself back into the spotlight was not an easy decision but she believes it could help shed more light on this case and bring further change.
“Definitely, we’re trying to see if we can bring back to life what were supposed to be amendments to the original bill or, if there has to be something different because this spectrum is very different from what happened with Vanessa,” said Guillen. “It was another military member and, in this case, it’s a doctor.”
For Mayra, this case has similarities to her sister’s and the scope is too larger for her not to fight for change once again.
“We don’t take “no” for and answer,” said Guillen. “We try to fight as much as we can until there’s some kind of solution because the Army itself, we bumped heads at some point but something was done.”
She is already hearing from women saying they were affected by Dr. McGraw’s actions and hopes to hear from more.
Mayra is just getting started and plans to contact others that helped her family so she can find the best way to be affective in this fight, even if that means reminding people of the fight after her sister was murdered by a fellow solider.
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