CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The two suspects in the 2024 stabbing death of Fort Campbell soldier Pfc. Katia Dueñas Aguilar are now facing a host of new charges, including rape of a child, after a Montgomery County grand jury returned an indictment this month.
On the night of May 18, 2024, police responded to an ambulance call at a home in the 900 block of Tiny Town Road, according to previous reports. Inside they found 23-year-old Aguilar dead. According to an autopsy report, Aguilar was stabbed to death, with approximately 68 wounds to her neck, head, chest and shoulder.
On Feb. 7, Sofia Rodas, 36, and Reynaldo Salinas-Cruz, 40, who were already in federal custody on separate charges, were extradited to Clarksville on charges related to Aguilar’s murder. Now, the two are facing new charges for child sex crimes.
Over a dozen child rape, sex abuse charges
According to the indictment, on or around May 7, 2023, Salinas-Cruz, 38, at the time, “did intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly engage in sexual penetration” of a 16-year-old. Clarksville Now does not identify victims in sex crime cases.
Between May 12, 2023, and Oct. 4, 2024, Rodas had knowledge of Salinas-Cruz’s sexual abuse of the 16-year-old. Not only did Rodas not report it, but according to the indictment, she aided Salinas-Cruz in “avoiding arrest, trial, conviction or punishment” with the intent to “hinder” the judicial process…