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A woman implicated in the 2020 murder of U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén entered a guilty plea on Tuesday, per reports from Houston-based media outlets.
Cecily Aguilar stands accused of helping her then-boyfriend, Army Specialist Aaron Robinson, hide Guillén’s remains after Robinson allegedly killed the 20-year-old soldier from Houston at Fort Hood.
Aguilar made the plea in the presence of Guillén’s family in a federal courtroom, Houston CBS affiliate KHOU reported.
According to KHOU, Mayra Guillén said that she and her parents are experiencing “a lot of mixed emotions.”
“Now we are going to have to wait for the actual sentencing," Guillén’s sibling said in the report.
Gloria Guillén told the station that she believes more people should be held accountable for her daughter’s disappearance from Fort Hood and subsequent death.
“I know there are more, and I hope to God that the truth comes to light," she said.
Houston ABC affiliate KTRK reported that Aguilar’s plea essentially waives her right to a trial.
If convicted, the station reported, Aguilar faces 30 year’s imprisonment in addition to a $1 million fine and a dozen years of supervised leave after the conclusion of her sentence.
She’s the lone person to face any charges in the homicide.
Robinson took his own life when law enforcement attempted to arrest him.
Mayra Guillén later took to Twitter to blast the woman who allegedly played a role in her sister’s death.
"I hate you with all my heart, Cecily,” she said in a tweet. “You have no idea how much you've hurt us, along with all the others involved that the public will know one day. All of your names and faces."
Attorney Natalie Khawam, who is representing the Guilléns said Aguilar’s plea is a part of what she called the “long path toward justice,” KHOU reported.
"I will never stop fighting for my clients and will continue to seek and demand justice for victims and their families until it’s achieved," Khawam said, per the station.