FedEx Driver's Horrific Crime: Death Penalty Trial

0:00On April 8th, a FedEx driver named Tanner Horner, 34 years old, pleaded guilty this week to capital murder and kidnapping a seven-year-old. Girl named Athena Strand back in November 2022. He's now in a sentencing trial in Wise County, Texas, where jurors will decide if he gets the death penalty. Bodycam footage from his arrest shows him confessing right away, admitting he killed her and dumped her body in the woods. Earlier this week, prosecutors played that footage in court, capturing Horner telling cops she wasn't alive when he put her in his truck. He even led officers to the wooded spot, but said he kind of tossed her there so they couldn't find her at first. Police had searched his home hoping she was still alive, but he quickly gave up the location. The case hit hard because Horner grabbed Strand right outside her home while dropping off a Christmas package of Barbie dolls. Folks involved in the search, like Texas Ranger Job Espinoza, spend days scouring the area, holding out hope from truck videos showing her alive after. The abduction. Families and first responders were gutted, knowing a kid that small face such

1:05horror. New evidence in court includes gruesome video and audio from Inside Horner's truck, proving he strangled the 67-pound girl despite his. Initial story of accidentally hitting her. Prosecutors pointed out his DNA under her nails and in wrong places, calling his excuses a web of lies, he even warned her not to scream or he'd hurt. Her. jurors still have more details coming in this punishment phase, weighing if a 250-pound man deserves death for what he did to that. Innocent child. The whole story underscores how fast trust can turn deadly, leaving everyone rethinking everyday deliveries.