Vanessa Guillén

(U.S. Army)

Vanessa Guillén's mother, Gloria Guillén, alongside Lupe Guillén and Natalie Khawam, speaks at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol in 2020

(AP / Carolyn Kaster)

Karen:

The murder of Vanessa Guillén

Episode sources:

1. “I Am Vanessa Guillén” (Netflix)

2. “Portrait of a Fallen Soldier: The Vibrant life of Vanessa Guillén” by Gabrielle Banks, Olivia P. Tallet, Hannah Dellinger (Houston Chronicle) 2020

3. “Fort Hood Redesignated to Fort Cavazos May 9” (US Army Fort Cavazos)

4. “Murder, sexual harassment rates at Fort Hood among highest in the service, Army secretary says” by Kyle Rempfer (ArmyTimes) 2020

5. “Texas EquuSearch: Search and Recovery”

6. “Vanessa Guillen family speaks out after death of Fort Hood soldier Pvt. Ana Basaldua Ruiz” by Jessica Rivera (Fox 7 Austin) 2023

7. “Guillén Family says Army acknowledges slain soldier was sexually harassed by several NCOs” by Rissa Shaw (KWTX 10) 2021

8. “S.1611 - I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2021” (Congress.gov)

9. “New law named for Vanessa Guillén will revamp military investigations into sexual assault, harassment” by Ren Larson (Texas Tribune/ProPublica) 2021

10. “Possible motive in Vanessa Guillen murder revealed in new court records” by Rachel Nostrant (ArmyTimes) 2022

11. “Army report finds Ana Basaldua died by suicide after struggles at Fort Cavazos” by Ronny Rojas, Damiá Bonmatí (Telemundo via NBC News)

12. “Vanessa Guillen's fiance speaks out in 1st national TV interview since her death: 'They failed us'” by Allie Yang, Denise Martinez-Ramundo, Natalie Cardenas, and Chris Kilmer (ABC News) 2021

13. “Army officials reveal new details in Vanessa Guillen case” by Allie Yang, Denise Martinez-Ramundo, Audrey Gruber, Sean Dooley, and Chris Kilmer (ABC 11) 2020

14. “Vanessa Guillen family speaks out after death of Fort Hood soldier Pvt. Ana Basaldua Ruiz” by Jessica Rivera (Fox 7 Austin) 2023

15. “TIMELINE OF EVENTS: The murder of Vanessa Guillén, the search for her remains, and her family’s fight for justice” (KWTX Staff) 2023

16. “Another Former Soldier Convicted of Alien Smuggling” (United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas) 2015

17. “Artists create 20 murals around Houston area to honor Spc. Vanessa Guillen” by Chelea Edwards (Fox 26) 2020

Georgia:

The 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa

Episode sources:

1. “Happy Birthday to the Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa and Took It to Italy” by Sam Roberts (New York Times)

2. “The Theft That Made The 'Mona Lisa' A Masterpiece” by NPR staff (NPR / All Things Considered)

3. “’La Gioconda’ is Stolen in Paris”, no author listed (New York Times archives)

4. “Stealing the Mona Lisa, 1911” by Howard Chua-Eoan (The Times)

5. “No Smiley Faces the Day the Lady Left the Louvre” by Dwight Garner (New York Times)

6. “The Mona Lisa: A Brief History of da Vinci's Famous Painting” by Megan D. Robinson (Art & Object)

7. “How Did Vincenzo Peruggia Steal the Mona Lisa?” by Rosie Lesso (The Collector)

8. “Mona Lisa” (Wikipedia)

9. “Vincenzo Peruggia” (Wikipedia)

Vincenzo Peruggia mugshot

(GL Archive / Alamy)

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa at the Louvre

(Jon Arnold Images Ltd / Alamy)