Ex-FedEx driver gets death sentence for Athena Strand murder
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A former FedEx driver, Tanner Horner, was sentenced to death for the 2022 capital murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand after abducting her from her Paradise, Texas home while delivering a Christmas gift; jurors found he posed a continuing threat to society, and evidence included audio from inside his delivery van showing Athena’s desperate pleas and his threats before her death from blunt force trauma and suffocation.
- Athena Strand murder: Former FedEx driver Tanner Horner sentenced to death for killing girl after delivery at Texas home 6abc Philadelphia
- What happened to Athena Strand? Why Tanner Horner was sentenced to death USA Today
- Ex-FedEx driver sentenced to death in Texas. What did Tanner Horner do? The Commercial Appeal
- FedEx driver sentenced to death for murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand in Texas NBC News
- Ex-FedEx Driver Who Killed 7-Year-Old Athena Strand Is Sentenced to Death The New York Times
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