Fort Hood soldier stabbed

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - An FBI official said a Fort Hood soldier was stabbed to death and her civilian ex-husband is being charged with murder.

Army officials said Fort Hood police found the soldier wounded in her home on the Central Texas post after receiving a 911 call early Monday morning. Emergency responders could not revive her. She was pronounced dead at a nearby Army hospital.

An FBI spokesman said Sgt. Shaneka Jones, 26, apparently had been arguing with Donovan Lair, 36, before she was stabbed once in the chest.

The spokesman said Lair was detained at the house by military police. Because Lair is not a soldier, he was taken into custody by FBI agents and transported from Killeen to Waco, where he appeared before a federal magistrate Monday morning.

The FBI spokesman said Lair was ordered to be detained until his Thursday preliminary hearing, where bail will be discussed for his murder charge. It was unclear if Lair had an attorney.