FedEx Driver's Chilling Abduction & Murder of 7-Year-Old

0:00On April 20th, a FedEx driver named Tanner Horner abducted and killed 7-year-old Athena Strand right from her Texas home in November 20th, 22, while dropping off a package. The 34-year-old pleaded guilty to murder just before his trial kicked off, and now the jury's deciding if he gets the death penalty or life. In prison, prosecutors played chilling truck footage in court, showing Horner grabbing Athena during the delivery, chatting with her casually before things turned. Dark. He tried small talk at first, but soon ordered her round as she begged to go home and cried for her mom. Athena's family had ordered Barbie dolls as a Christmas gift, which makes the whole thing even more heartbreaking. Her mom, Mateline Gandy, is pushing hard for execution, while Horner's defense points to his autism diagnosis and mental health struggles to argue for. Life without parole, testimony revealed Horner initially lied to cops, claiming he hit her with his van by accident and strangled her in a panic, even blaming an alter ego, named zero. But medical examiners found

1:04injuries from smothering in strangulation, plus male DNA on her, proving she was unharmed before the abduction. As the trial wraps up this week, jurors have all the grim evidence laid out, weighing if this monster deserves the ultimate punishment or a lifetime. Locked away.