Is there a potential serial killer on the loose at Fort Campbell? Published 7/28/24

Jul 28, 2024

Aguilar, also a Private First Class like Guillen, was found dead in her apartment on the night of May 18th in Clarksville, Tennessee, just 7 miles away from Fort Campbell, where she was stationed. Her autopsy, which was performed by Nashville forensic pathologist Brianne Flynn, showed she was stabbed 55 times, and incision wounds were made 13 times. The slashing happened predominantly around her neck, with 39 of the mentioned blows being on the right side of her neck, severing the carotid artery which ensured her death.

Flynn requested a toxicology report that came back showing Aguilar had a blood alcohol level of 0.161, which is double the legal limit of .08. It also showed that Aguilar was under the influence of 30 mG of GHB, a downer that helps slow down the body and the mind of the one taking it.

Aguilar had first joined the army in 2018. At the time of her death, she was a member of the 101st Airborne Division Combat Aviation Brigade. She was tasked with fixing network and computer issues. According to Lt. Col. Tony Hoefler, the Army spokesman that commented on this case, Aguilar had also been taking steps to reenlist.

In February of 2024, her mother says Aguilar told her she planned to return home in May with her 4 year old son, whom Aguilar had custody over from her first marriage, thus closing the book on her life as a soldier. Then when May finally came around, Aguilar suddenly stopped communicating with her mother. Around this time she was reportedly set to be removed from the Army for her use of marijuana. But apparently because she showed good behavior, performed well in her duties, and wanted to continue her service, nothing happened. Later on in the month is when Aguilar would be discovered dead.

According to her sister, an Army counselor had helped to convince her to stay, telling her that she needed to live for herself and not her mom. Her mother also felt that the counselors were not doing their job in helping Aguilar with her struggles in using marijuana.

Reading some of the statements from her mother, it seems Aguilar may have been struggling with life in the military in some sort of way: “She sometimes told me about circumstances within the base, but she wouldn’t tell me much or go into detail…She covered what was on the inside, but she smiled.” If that was indeed the case, it is a curiosity as to why Katia would suddenly do a 180 on what she had previously planned and told her mom she would do in May, and instead start making efforts to reenlist. Aguilar’s mother wants to know who specifically convinced her to stay.

In the week after her murder, Aguilar’s family, together with the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), quickly offered up a $55,000 reward for any info leading to an arrest in the case. Both Aguilar’s family and LULAC have spoken of her in the same breath as Vannesaa Guillen, likening the two cases.

It is understandable that those affected, as well as people keeping up with the case currently, would compare Aguilar’s case with Guillen’s. However, what has not been reported in any articles alongside with info about Guillen’s demise, and really has not been reported on at all, is that another soldier stationed at Fort Campbell had mysteriously disappeared not long after Guillen’s death, and then was discovered dead.

On July 5th, Sergeant Sage Gustafson, an infantryman in the 1st Battalion of the 506th Infantry Regiment, went missing. Prior to this he sent out what has been described as a “disturbing” text message that morning, which was the last time any contact was made with him. It is said his behavior was out of the ordinary, and he stopped responding to any texts or calls despite his phone being on. Three days later, Gustafson was discovered dead. According to the same Lt. Col. Tony Hoefler, no details about Gustafson’s death have emerged and like Aguilar’s murder case, is still under investigation.

What if these deaths are connected? Sure, that can be a reach since we do not know any details regarding Gustafson’s death. But even if it was not as grisly as Aguilar’s death, it does not mean Gustafson was not killed. He could have been poisoned with drugs. Maybe drugs like the GHB that was found in Aguilar’s system. Perhaps even laced with something guaranteed lethal.

These deaths being connected is definitely something to be considered, and it is surprising that no one has really thought enough about these incidents to bring this idea up. It was also surprising that there has not been much media traction regarding Aguilar’s murder since her funeral. It was not reported that there were any suspects in any media coverage regarding her murder. Aguilar was married twice. Her first husband is the biological father of her son, and has had custody of their son since Aguilar’s death. Her second husband was married to her at the time of her murder, but it is not known if the two were living together when it happened. It is at least safe to assume that husband number two is a suspect, but no one knows.

What if there is a potential serial killer on the loose in Fort Campbell? What if this potential serial killer is responsible for the deaths of both Aguilar and Gustafson? What if this serial killer, being around an Army base and perhaps even a member of the Army themselves, was Phoenix Programmed?

What is the Phoenix Program? Let us consult Wikispooks.

Wikispooks: “The Phoenix Program was a clandestine CIA research project into social control. Doug Valentine described it as ‘a highly bureaucratized system for dispensing with people who cannot be ideologically assimilated.’ It explored the utility of extreme violence for purposes of social control. The Vietnam War allowed the CIA to carry out systematic terrorisation of whole populations, using murder, torture and rape, developing expertise which they refined in Latin America in the 1970s before applying them in Mexico and increasingly in USA itself.”

Author David McGowan described the serial killer phenomenon as the Phoenix Program coming home. In his book “Programmed to Kill”, McGowan describes serial killers like Arthur Shawcross, and people associated with them like Miguel Ramirez, cousin of the “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez, as being more than influenced by the Phoenix Program.

Shawcross said Vietnam is where he learned to be a “silent assassin.” While there he picked up skills such as how to cook human flesh to taste like steak, butcher bodies to decompose faster, and of course killing, not only the enemy, but women and children too, with ease. Shawcross is said to have 39 confirmed kills. The military denies all of this, but if he was Phoenix Programmed, they would have every reason to.

Richard Ranirez’s cousin Miguel, also known as Mike, served two tours in Vietnam, where according to McGowan, he appears to have functioned as a Phoenix Programmed assassin. He had 29 confirmed kills. Upon his return home, he brought with him some trophies from his terroristic travels. These included 8 shrunken human heads made by him, as well as a collection of photographs depicting him in the acts of rape, torture, mutilation and murder. He shared these with the young Night Stalker, to whom he would also teach the skills of warfare and survival. Later on Mike would go on to shoot his wife in the face in front of the young Night Stalker, killing her instantly. When Mike got out of prison, he again mentored Richard, and possibly even sent him on his way to stardom.

These are strong cases that help validate the idea that the Phoenix Program has come home and could be responsible for the uptick in horrific, bizarre and unique violence we have seen since the late 60s. What if the Phoenix Program is still going on?

There is a strong chance that Aguilar could have come across something she was not supposed to when she was fixing some computers for the US Army. Something incriminating that could get important people in a lot of trouble. Perhaps there is a chance those higher up than her could have known she found out about this, feared it getting it out, and that is why they felt the need to convince her to stay. This would give them more time to figure out what to do while keeping her in their reach. Why would they not utilize the skills they teach, and the operations they put certain soldiers, or even ex-soldiers, through and have them clean up their mess by taking a person out of the equation? After all, it is the best way to ensure complete and absolute silence.

What exactly did that “disturbing” text message say that Gustafson last sent before he went missing? That could give us a lot of clues as to why he may have gone missing. How was his behavior out of the ordinary? It would make sense that if Gustafson had been drugged, like Aguilar had seemed to be, then he may have became so overwhelmed that he wandered off and then succumbed to the drug like he was supposed to. There are no details about what the scene was like when he was found, or what kind of state his body was in. If there were, they could answer a lot of questions.

It is understandable to think this is quite a reach, but keep in mind both of these mysterious deaths happened less than a month apart. Both of the dead were soldiers stationed at Fort Campbell. Neither of the cases as of now has any suspects arrested, or even any suspects listed at all.

The Phoenix Program, if it has come home, has definitely succeeded in its quest for social control over the American people. Never has the citizenry been so polarized with fear from within, and never have they been so willing to give up their freedoms. But why not also use the Phoenix Program in order to get control of a situation that has gotten out of hand? History shows that it cannot be put past the people in power to utilize their evil skills and resources in absolutely any scenario.

Let’s keep an eye on these stories and see if more information comes out. It took 3 months for the case to be closed on what exactly happened to Vanessa Guillen, so surely something will come out. And if it does, it will do us well to look into it with a careful and very observant eye. And if nothing comes out, well then the stench of suspicion will just become stronger. Either way, it is safe to bet in some sort of way this could be history repeating itself, even if that is not the story we are ever told.