Horner's Mental Health Defense in Tanner Trial

0:00The Tanner Horner Capitol murder trial picks up tomorrow at 9 a.m. in Fort Worth, Texas, as his defense team starts calling expert witnesses to. Fight for life in prison over the death penalty. Horner already pleaded guilty to killing and kidnapping seven-year-old Athena Strand back on November 30, 2022, while dropping off a package at her wise county home. Now the jury's job is simple, death sentence, or life without parole. After a two-day break, the defense plans to dive into Horner's mental health history, highlighting his autism spectrum disorder diagnosis along with. Other conditions, though also bring up his exposure to fetal alcohol and childhood lead as reasons to show mercy and spare his life. Athena's mom, Mateline Gandy, has channeled her grief into action, launching a non-profit called Athena Strand's Army by Mommy. It's pushing for tougher, nationwide, amber alert rules to protect kids like her daughter from predators on routine deliveries. Prosecutors wrapped their case Thursday with tough evidence, including video of Horner

1:05cleaning his FedEx truck after the crime, hitting a gas station. First in, heading back to the facility, he even called dispatch complaining about a barf smell inside, blaming something he ate. As this phase heats up, keep an eye on those live updates, could sway the jury big time and bring some closure to Athena's family after all this pain. That wraps Dallas News Today. Brought to you with AI.