A former FedEx delivery driver, Tanner Horner, is sentenced to death in Texas after pleading guilty to the kidnapping and killing of a 7-year-old girl, Athena Strand. Multiple reports say Horner was delivering a Christmas gift to the girl’s home when she went missing. Prosecutors said he took Strand from her house during the delivery, after which she was killed. NBC News reports the sentencing occurs after Horner’s guilty plea, and that the court imposed the death penalty. Other outlets describe the case in similar terms, noting the sequence of events involving the Christmas delivery, the child’s disappearance, and Horner’s subsequent conviction. The reports also agree on Horner’s role as a former FedEx driver and the victim’s age, location, and name. Details about the motive and the timeline after the abduction are not described consistently across the provided summaries. Overall, all sources focus on the guilty plea and the death sentence in connection with the murder of Athena Strand following a delivery at her Texas home.
Former FedEx driver Tanner Horner sentenced to death for killing 7-year-old in Texas
A former FedEx delivery driver, Tanner Horner, is sentenced to death in Texas after pleading guilty to the kidnapping and killing of a 7-year-old girl, Athena Strand. Multiple reports say Horner was d...
- Tanner Horner, a former FedEx delivery driver, is sentenced to death in Texas.
- The case involves the kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand.
- Reports say Horner was delivering a Christmas gift to Strand’s home when she went missing.
- Horner pleads guilty to the killing before being sentenced.
- All accounts identify the victim as Athena Strand and place the crime in Texas.
A former FedEx driver has been sentenced to death after he pleaded guilty to killing a 7-year-old girl he took from her Texas home while delivering a Christmas gift
3 months agoA former delivery driver has been sentenced to death for murdering a seven-year-old girl in Texas.
3 months agoA FedEx driver who kidnapped and killed a seven-year-old girl after delivering a Christmas gift to her Texas home, has been sentenced to death.
3 months agoThe 34-year-old delivered a Christmas present to the girl’s house the day she went missing.
3 months agoA former FedEx delivery driver who pleaded guilty to killing a 7-year-old girl in Texas was sentenced to death Tuesday
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