US Army Private First Class Katia Dueñas-Aguilar, 23, who was found dead on May 18, 2024

The young female soldier was found in a puddle of blood with 68 stab wounds in her home in Clarksville, Tennessee

Two suspects arrested and charged after the female Fort Campbell soldier was found murdered with 68 stab wounds in her off base apt

Sofia Rodas, 35, has been charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence, in the death of Pfc Katia Dueñas-Aguilar

The victim’s husband, Reynaldo Salinas Cruz, 40, faces charges of tampering with evidence in connection with his wife’s death

Army Pfc Katia Dueñas-Aguilar [photo], was found dead on May 18, 2024. The married mother-of-one was found in a puddle of blood. She’d been stabbed 68 times in her neck and upper body before being left to die in her Clarksville, Tennessee

Two people have finally been charged in the mysterious murder of a married young female soldier, who was found in a puddle of blood with 68 stab wounds in an army off base housing in Clarksville, Tennessee last may
The victim’s husband is among two suspects arrested by police arrested two suspects in the gruesome killing of 23-year-old US Army Private First Class Katia Dueñas-Aguilar who was found dead on May 18, 2024. She was a mom of a four-year-old son
The first suspect Sofia Rodas, 35, has been charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence, Clarksville police announced in a press release. 
Police also arrested the victim’s husband, Reynaldo Salinas Cruz, 40, who faces charges of tampering with evidence in connection with slaying of his wife.

Sofia Rodas, [left], has been charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence, in the death of Pfc Katia Dueñas-Aguilar. The victim’s husband, Reynaldo Salinas Cruz, [right], faces charges of tampering with evidence in connection with his wife’s death

The two suspects, Rodas and Cruz, were extradited to Clarksville on Friday after being held on unrelated federal charges. Both were served their sealed indictments at Montgomery County Jail.
‘The successful progression of this case highlights the critical partnership between local law enforcement and military authorities in addressing severe crimes that impact service members and their families,’ police said in the release.
Sofia Dueñas-Aguilar was discovered unresponsive at around 8:30pm in a locked bedroom at her off base residence in Clarksville, Tennessee home last May. She suffered a horrific 68 stab wounds to her neck and upper body.
Medical examiners determined the young soldier died from sharp-force injuries to her neck. Her death was ruled a homicide.
Dueñas-Aguilar originally from Mesquite, Texas, joined the Army in 2018, completing basic training and advanced individual training at Fort Eisenhower. She was then assigned to the 101st Airborne Division’s (Air Assault) Combat Aviation Brigade.

Dueñas-Aguilar [seen photo with her son], was a married mother-of-one. She was killed six years into her service. The ME’s determined the young soldier died from sharp-force injuries to her neck in what they ruled a homicide 

At the time of her murder, Dueñas-Aguilar’s grieving mother, hinted that someone within the military may have been responsible.
‘The problem is inside! The problem is inside and you [the media] know too!’ an emotional Carmen Aguilar shouted when asked if she believed someone within the Army could have killed her daughter.
‘We’re not all good. We want to believe that it’s a nightmare, that we can wake up and she will still be there,’ added victim’s younger sister, Cecilia Ruiz-Aguilar, as she and other members of the family addressed the crowd in their hometown of Mesquite, Texas.
‘We’re not okay right now.’ 
The family added in an additional statement: ‘We want to know what happened, who did it and we want to make sure that person or people are brought to justice.’

Pfc Katia Dueñas-Aguilar was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division’s (Air Assault) Combat Aviation Brigade, before she her horrific slaying in her Tennessee home last May.

Ruiz-Aguilar, meanwhile, hinted her sister was not so happy while stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky right across the border, telling her local CBS affiliate in Texas: ‘She would already tell me that she’s not happy over there.
‘I wanted her to come back so we could make more memories.’
Not offering any more detail, she asked for help in finding the person who killed Duenas-Aguilar at her Clarksville apartment a few miles from her base.