A U.S. Army wife stationed at Fort Eisenhower in Georgia awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to the 2023 murder of her infant son, who was found stabbed to death in a shower curtain.

April Evalyn Short, 31, of Fort Eisenhower, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, according to a statement Tuesday from Tara M. Lyons, acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. 

As part of the negotiated plea agreement, Short will serve 20 years in prison, along with substantial financial penalties and five years of supervision after her release, according to Lyons. There is no parole in the federal system.

April Short pleaded guilty in the fatal stabbing of her infant at Fort Eisenhower in Augusta, Georgia. (Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office)

“The plea agreement in this disturbing case represents a difficult but appropriate resolution to this tragic and shocking homicide,” Lyons wrote in the statement.

Short remains in U.S. Marshals Service custody, and will be sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge J. Randal Hall after a pre-sentence investigation by U.S. Probation Services.

Paul Brown, special agent in charge of FBI Atlanta said the mother “will now have 20 years to think about her heinous actions.”

“This plea cannot undo that tragedy and loss, but brings another measure of justice to those who knew and loved the child during his short life,” Brown wrote in the statement.