US EditionFormer FedEx driver pleads guilty to killing 7-year-old girl after making delivery at her Texas home
Prosecutors say Horner confessed and led investigators to the girl’s body as a 12-person jury considers death or life without parole.
- On Tuesday in a Fort Worth courtroom, former FedEx driver Tanner Horner pleaded guilty to killing 7-year-old Athena Strand during a December 2022 delivery. Her body was found two days after she was reported missing in Paradise, Texas.
- Horner told authorities he accidentally struck Athena with his van while backing up and strangled her in panic, but Wise County District Attorney James Stainton called the scenario an 'absolute lie,' saying she was uninjured when placed in the vehicle.
- Audio from inside the delivery truck captured Horner telling Athena, 'Don't scream or I'll hurt you,' twice, while DNA evidence showed his genetic material under her fingernails and 'in places where you shouldn't find DNA on a 7-year-old girl.'
- Jurors began hearing testimony immediately after the guilty plea and must now decide Horner's punishment, choosing between the death penalty or life in prison for the 2022 killing.
- Defense attorney Steven Goble acknowledged the evidence against Horner was 'overwhelming' and 'terrible' while urging jurors to sentence him to life in prison, citing his autism, mental illnesses, and childhood lead exposure.
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FedEx Driver Who Admitted Killing 7-Yr-Old Girl 'Tossed' Her Body
The former FedEx driver who admitted murdering a 7-year-old girl in Paradise, Texas, told investigators he "tossed" her body into the woods. The post WATCH: FedEx Driver Who Admitted Killing Seven-Year-Old Texas Girl Says He ‘Tossed’ Her Body in a Bush appeared first on Breitbart.
During Wednesday's court hearing, footage from police body cameras was shown, in which the perpetrator is recorded coldly admitting to his actions.
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vosgesmatin.frIn Texas, a former 31-year-old FedEx deliverer admitted to having abducted and strangled 7-year-old Athena Strand in the small town of Paradise. He appeared this week in court and was facing the death penalty.
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