FedEx Driver's Zero Alter Ego in Murder Trial

0:00Tanner Horner, a 34-year-old former FedEx driver, pleaded guilty to Capitol murder in the death of seven-year-old Athena Strandback on. November 30, 2022. Now in his trial in Taren County, the jury is deciding between death or life without parole. Witnesses drop bombshells on day two, saying Horner blamed an alter ego named Zero for the kidnapping and killing. Early on, Horner fed investigators wild stories, like spotting a green van fleeing the scene, which sent them chasing shadows. But truck video nailed him clear footage of Athena alive, loaded into his FedEx rig by Horner himself. Lead investigator Texas Ranger Joe Espinoza broke it down for the jury, calling out Horner's lies, Point Blank. He claimed he accidentally backed into her, said she was dead when he loaded her up and pointed them to a bamboo patch for the body. Nothing there, even after dogs and choppers searched. The kept pressing, and Horner switched into the Zero character, rolling his eyes back,

1:01then spilled as she was in the creek at Bobo Crossing on. The Trinity River. Divers found her face down in three feet of water. Espinoza thanked him straight up for finally getting her home. Trial picks back up Thursday at 9 a.m. with more Espinoza testimony and fresh interview videos coming. This case stays heavy, laying bare the twists in a little girl's final hours. I'm Cory with the story. That's her Dallas News Today update, AI-powered and always on.