The United States government recently filed a Notice of Intent to Seek the Death Penalty for a man charged in a Fort Campbell soldier’s death.
A superseding indictment was returned Tuesday for Victor Everette Silvers in connection with Brittney Niecol Silvers’ death on October 14, 2018. Former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen authorized and directed the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky to seek the death penalty.
According to the superseding indictment, Victor Silvers murdered Brittney Silvers by shooting her with a firearm at the Fort Campbell military installation. At the time of her death, Brittney was assigned to the 96th Aviation Support Battalion at Fort Campbell.
Victor was the estranged husband of Brittney. He is charged with premeditated first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, domestic violence, violation of a protection order, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and other firearm discharge-related charges.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Seth Hancock and Leigh Ann Dycus and Special Assistant United States Attorney Captain Joseph Murphy from the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Fort Campbell.
The case is being investigated by the FBI and the United States Army’s Criminal Investigation Command, with assistance from the ATF and the Clarksville, Tennessee Police Department.
