Mother's Heartbreak: Tanner Horner's Sentencing

0:00It's April 23rd. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News, today. Your AI-powered source for all things entertainment. In the Sensesing Trial for Tanner Horner, the former FedEx driver facing life or death for murdering seven-year-old Athena Strand, his mother took. The stand and shared he was different from other kids early on. She described his childhood meltdowns as more than tantrums, especially after school bullying led him to bang his own head and rage, though he never hurt others. Medications always seem to alter his personality, turning him into someone unrecognizable. Her own story painted a rough picture, too. She dropped out around ninth grade, battled addiction for years, endured abuse from her stepfather's starting at age four, and even worked as a stripper to survive. She met Horner's late father at 17, a 30-year-old who assaulted her on their first night together. The mom broke down expressing fury at her son, saying she wanted to tear him apart for what he did to that baby girl, though she still loves him.

1:01Not the monster who committed the crime. Prosecutors recapped how Horner snatched Athena during a Christmas delivery, killed her with trauma to her head, neck, chest, and back, then dumped. Her naked body and a creek with plastic bags over her hands. Forensics linked Mark's honor face to his truck floor, but found no sexual assault, as the trial pushes toward a final verdict.