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Jury Hears Chilling Audio of Athena Strand's Final Moments Inside Tanner Horner's FedEx Truck
Jurors are hearing victim-impact and autopsy evidence as they decide whether Tanner Horner should receive death or life without parole.
- On Thursday, jurors in Tarrant County heard graphic audio and viewed video evidence documenting the final moments of 7-year-old Athena Strand in the sentencing trial of convicted murderer Tanner Horner.
- Horner pleaded guilty to kidnapping and capital murder after abducting Athena from her Paradise, Texas home on November 30, 2022, while working as a FedEx driver; her body was discovered two days later near Boyd, Texas.
- Athena's parents testified on Wednesday about their loss, while the court heard harrowing audio of the child asking, "Where are we going?" before her death, prompting Judge George Gallagher to warn attendees to leave.
- Separately, two women testified that Horner sexually assaulted them when they were 16, years before the murder, evidence prosecutors are presenting as jurors weigh the death penalty.
- Defense attorneys argue Horner, 34, suffers from autism and fetal alcohol exposure, asking jurors to impose a life sentence as the trial continues with defense arguments expected on Friday.
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Jurors Sob Uncontrollably After Hearing Athena Strand Ask Killer 'Are You a Kidnapper?'
Jurors in a Texas courtroom were left sobbing after hearing chilling audio of 7-year-old Athena Strand asking her abductor, 'Are you a kidnapper?' during the sentencing phase of her killer's trial. The emotional testimony, played in court on Thursday, offered a devastating account of the child's final moments and marked one of the most harrowing days in the ongoing proceedings against Tanner Lynn Horner. Audio From Inside Delivery Truck Shakes C…
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Jurors wail, family leave courtroom as audio of Athena Strand’s last moments and murder is played: ‘Are you a kidnapper?’
Jurors were left sobbing and family members fled a Texas courtroom as footage from the last moments of young Athena Strands life were played at her murder trial.
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