Tennessee mother, Shanynthia Gardner charged with stabbing death of her 6 month old infant and three other children, all under 5

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Shanynthia Gardner children. The victims, ages 3, 6 months, 4 and 2 years old

Shanynthia Gardner7 — **Shanynthia Gardner, 29, of Memphis, charged with murdering her infant and three other children ages 2, 3 and 4 on Friday in suburban Memphis, TN golf course community**

**Gardner** fatally stabbed children and slashed her own neck and wristsd, 7-year-old son escaped and called for help, cops found all four children dead, blood-soaked butchers knife discovered at her home

**Husband hints she might have suffered work related meltdown, suspect’s mom says her daughter “has not been diagnosed with a mental illness”**

**Gardner, charged with four counts of first degree murder, aggravated child neglect and aggravated child abuse.**

**County sheriff says** **‘This is an egregious act of evil’**

Shanynthia Gardner, Memphis mom stabbed her infant and three other kids to death

Shanynthia Gardner, 29, admitted to the fatal stabbing while talking to her husband, Martin Gardner, on the phone just minutes after committing the crimes, according to an affidavit obtained by FOX13.
Gardner, according to the affidavit, stabbed four of her children – all under the age of 5 – in the throat area, leaving them to die before deputies arrived on the scene. It could habe been a higher death toll but the eldest child , seven-year-old, was able to escape in hopes of getting help for his siblings before it was too late. Shanynthia Gardner family2

Shanynthia Gardner slaughtered all her kids except the oldest, seeing here holding the baby

Shanynthia Gardner family

Shanynthia Gardner and her husband. She killed the two younger kids in the couple’s arms.The oldest boy (standing) escaped the death sentence

The seven-year-old ran outside and told a witness his mother had stabbed his sister, and then the witness told police he saw Gardner come out of the home with a large knife in her hand and then re-entered the apartment.
Deputies reponded to a 911 call around 12:30 p.m., Friday at the Greens of Irene apartment complex in southeast Shelby County after someone saw Gardner’s 7-year-old son screaming for help and yelling that his sister had been hurt. At the gruesome scene they found two of the children in the living room area and the other two bodies were found lying motionless on the bedroom floor. The victims were a 6-month-old infant, two girls aged 2 and 3, as well as, a 4-year old boy.
Gardner herself had slashes to her neck and wrists. Sheriff’s deputies found a large butchers knife with what appeared to be blood on it at the apartment were the killings took place.

shanynthia gardner 3 and 2 year old

Sisters aged 3 and 2, stabbed to death by their mom on Friday

First responders were not involved because the kids had been “dead for a long time,” cops said. the suspect’s husband was not at the scene of the crime and has not been charged.

Shelby County Sheriff Bill Oldham in his statement lamented the event “This is an egregious act of evil that has shocked us to our core,” he said.
“One of the most difficult questions in any investigation is always, ‘Why did this happen?’” the sheriff said.

Gardner is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, four counts of child abuse and four counts of aggravated child abuse and neglect, while investigators are trying to determine what drove her to kill the children.

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Shanynthia Gardner children. The victims, ages 3, 6 months, 4 and 2 years old

Shanynthia Gardner, 29, of Memphis, charged with murdering her infant and three other children ages 2, 3 and 4 on Friday in suburban Memphis, TN golf course community

Gardner fatally stabbed children and slashed her own neck and wristsd, 7-year-old son escaped and called for help, cops found all four children dead, blood-soaked butchers knife discovered at her home

Husband hints she might have suffered work related meltdown, suspect’s mom says her daughter “has not been diagnosed with a mental illness”

Gardner, charged with four counts of first degree murder, aggravated child neglect and aggravated child abuse.

County sheriff says ‘This is an egregious act of evil’

County sheriff’s officials arrive at the quiet gated golf course community, shattered by the strange event, Friday

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Shanynthia Gardner children. The victims, ages 3, 6 months, 4 and 2 years old

Shanynthia Gardner, 29, of Memphis, charged with murdering her infant and three other children ages 2, 3 and 4 on Friday in suburban Memphis, TN golf course community

Gardner fatally stabbed children and slashed her own neck and wristsd, 7-year-old son escaped and called for help, cops found all four children dead, blood-soaked butchers knife discovered at her home

Husband hints she might have suffered work related meltdown, suspect’s mom says her daughter “has not been diagnosed with a mental illness”

Gardner, charged with four counts of first degree murder, aggravated child neglect and aggravated child abuse.

County sheriff says ‘This is an egregious act of evil’

County sheriff’s officials arrive at the quiet gated golf course community, shattered by the strange event, Friday

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Married Texas auto dealership heir, Erik Charles Maund, GUILTY of paying pair of ex-US Marines and former IDF fighter $750k to kill Nashville sex worker Holly Williams and boyfriend over $25k blackmail

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