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A former FedEx driver who admitted to killing 7-year-old Athena Strand<\/a>, was sentenced to death Tuesday by a Texas jury.<\/p>\n

Tanner Horner, 34, a former delivery driver accused of kidnapping and strangling the 7-year-old<\/a> after hitting her with his delivery van in 2022, was sentenced to death by a Tarrant County jury.<\/p>\n

After 19 days of testimony, both sides rested their cases on Monday and delivered closing remarks on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

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In 2023, Horner admitted to abducting Strand while delivering a package to her father\u2019s home in Paradise, a town of fewer than 500 people about 60 miles northwest of Dallas<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her body was found on Dec. 2, two days after she was reported missing less than 10 miles away from the property.<\/p>\n

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Horner, authorities said, was delivering a package of Barbie dolls intended to be Strand\u2019s Christmas present. Athena was set to return to Oklahoma with her mother<\/a> with her mother after the holidays and had been staying with her father, Jacob Strand, and stepmother, Ashley Strand, in Wise County.<\/p>\n

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According to the arrest warrant<\/u><\/a>, Horner told investigators that he strangled the 7-year-old<\/u><\/a> after accidentally hitting her with his van while making a delivery at her father\u2019s home. He said Strand wasn’t seriously hurt after he hit her while backing up, but he panicked and put her in his van.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/true-crime\/tanner-horner-sentenced-death-kidnapping-killing-7-year-old-girl-fedex-delivery <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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