Pfc. Katia Dueñas-Aguilar, 23, was found dead inside her home in Clarksville, Tennessee, near the Kentucky border and worked as an information technology specialist.
Carmen Aguilar, the mother of slain Fort Campbell Pfc. Katia Dueñas-Aguilar, is pleading for “justice for my daughter,” as authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the soldier’s death nearly a week ago.
Dueñas-Aguilar, who was 23, is survived by her mother and a 4-year-old son.
“We are destroyed,” the tearful mother said in Spanish to “Noticias Telemundo Ahora” on Friday morning. “My heart breaks.”
First responders found Dueñas-Aguilar’s body inside her home in Clarksville, Tennessee, on May 18. The local police department said in a news release it ruled the incident as “a homicide and is being actively investigated,” WSMV, NBC’s affiliate in Nashville, reported.
Dueñas-Aguilar was originally from Mesquite, Texas, and had been stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky since 2019. There, she worked as an information technology specialist and was a member of the 101st Airborne Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade.
“There is something strange about my daughter’s death,” Aguilar said.
“I ask for justice. As everyone knows, this is not the first case, there have been several others,” Aguilar said in reference to other high-profile cases of Latina soldiers who have lost their lives in recent years.