FedEx Driver's Horrific Delivery: Death Penalty for Killer

0:00On April 17, Tanner Horner, a 34-year-old FedEx driver, pleaded guilty to murdering seven-year-old Athena Strand right before his trial. Kicked off on April 7, he snastered from her Texas home in Paradise back on November 30, 2022, while dropping off a package of Christmas Barbies her. Parents had ordered. Court footage showed Horner scrubbing down the back of his van for minutes with spray cleaner and a big roll of paper towels, right after the killing. He even lit a cigarette and smoked calmly out the window before driving away. Prosecutors dubbed that vehicle the abduction van. Folks in the courtroom heard gut-wrenching details from video where Athena asked Horner repeatedly if he was a kidnapper. He told her not to scream or he'd heard her, chatted about her school, and called her pretty. Then things turned violent with screams and banging. Sounds. Medical experts testified, Athena, died from blunt force trauma, smothering and strangulation, with face markings matching the van floor.

1:02No signs of sexual assault showed up, though she suffered before death. Hager's Horner first lied, claiming he hit her by accident and panicked. Now a jury weighs if Horner gets the death penalty, wrapping up this nightmare case that started with a simple delivery, gone horribly wrong.