Mom, Gloria Guillen, was seen crying inside the chapel as she looked at her daughter's army picture and boots.
Thousands attend memorial at Ft. Hood for Vanessa Guillen
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The family's priest was nearby, where he later blessed the armory room where investigators say Vanessa lost her life.
On April 22, the 20-year-old went missing from the Fort Hood Army post.
Guillen's remains were found in late June after what the family believes was a horrific death.
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A criminal complaint says soldier Aaron Robinson bludgeoned Guillen to death with a hammer and enlisted his lover Cecily Aguilar to dismember and bury the body along a central Texas river.
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