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May 5, 2026 - Texas. A Tarrant County jury sentenced Tanner Horner to death

Horner pleaded guilty in the murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand.

Horner, 34, pleaded guilty last month to the kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand on Nov. 30, 2022. Horner, at the time a FedEx driver, admitted to abducting Athena after delivering a Christmas package to her rural Wise County home. He later strangled her in his truck before dumping her body in a nearby river.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/article/athena-strand-trial-closing-arguments-soon-22241561.php