Army wife accused of fatally stabbing baby at Fort Eisenhower in recent indictment

Alexandra Koch, Augusta Chronicle
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FILE - The new Fort Eisenhower sign sits outside gate one after the Fort Gordon installation redesignation ceremony to Fort Eisenhower on the base on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.

More details about the murder of a child at Fort Eisenhower, formerly known as Fort Gordon, were recently released in an indictment by a federal grand jury.

April Evalyn Short, 30, a U.S. Army spouse at Fort Eisenhower, was indicted Wednesday on charges of premeditated murder and felony murder, according to a news release from Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia.

The indictment alleges that on Nov. 15, at Fort Eisenhower, Short killed her 11-month-old child by "stabbing and cutting … with an edged weapon while engaged in the knowing and willful perpetration of child abuse," according to the release.

Short is currently in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service and awaits further proceedings, according to the release.

The case is being investigated by Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division with assistance from the FBI, according to the release.

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