Documentary ‘I Am Vanessa Guillen’ debuts Thursday on Netflix

WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — A new Netflix documentary about Vanessa Guillén — the Army Specialist who went missing and was found slain at Fort Hood in 2020 — chronicles her family's fight for justice in the aftermath of the 20-year-old Houston native's death, as lawmakers grappled with how to improve the way the military handles sexual assault and harassment.

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Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, including Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz and Reps. Sylvia Garcia, D- Houston, and Veronica Escobar, D- El Paso, began to introduce and push for legislative reforms to address some of the problems Guillén's death revealed.