A U.S. Army wife, stationed in Fort Eisenhower, Georgia, awaits verdict after sanctioning the 2023 murder of her baby son, who was found stabbed to death in a shower curtain.
April Evalyn Short, 31, of Fort Eisenhower, said he admitted to second-degree murder, according to a statement from Tara M. Lyons.
According to Lyons, Short will be sentenced to 20 years in prison as part of a negotiating a plea deal and subject to serious financial fines and five years of oversight after his release. There is no parole in the federal system.
April Short pleaded guilty to a baby stabbing in Fort Eisenhower in Augusta, Georgia. (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office)
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Court documents show that on the morning of November 15, 2023, her husband, U.S. Army Staff Sgt., was sent in Fort Eisenhower, a series of ominous words containing biblical references.
According to the documents, he was worried about the mysterious information and went home on his post and found their 11-month-old baby bleeding from his neck, wrapped in a shower curtain in the bathtub.
The boy was later pronounced dead at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center.
The child was fatally stabbed on a Fort Eisenhower military device, formerly known as Fort Gordon. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/Photo by The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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According to court documents, the couple's other two children, 11 and 6, were in a nearby bedroom at the time of the killing, although Short allegedly told them: “Don't go into the bathroom because it could be really horrible.”
According to the autopsy report, Colonel Dori Mitchell Franco, a U.S. Army Doctor, determined that the baby was stabbed in the neck by two different knives and slashed several times.
Short allegedly told authorities after her arrest that the first knife was too dark and needed a second weapon, according to court documents.
Soldiers marched at Fort Eisenhower, formerly Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia. (Michael Holahan/Augusta)
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“In this disturbing case, the plea agreement represents a difficult but appropriate solution to this tragic and shocking homicide,” Lyons wrote in a statement.
The short remains of the U.S. Marshals serve custody and will be sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge J. Randal Hall after a pre-verdict investigation at the U.S. probation ceremony.
Paul Brown, an agent in charge of the FBI Atlanta, said the mother “will have 20 years to think about her outrageous actions.”
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“This defense cannot eliminate this tragedy and loss, but brings another just measure to those who have known and loved in their short life,” Brown wrote in the statement.
