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A former FedEx driver was sentenced to death on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to killing a 7-year-old girl he took from her Texas home while delivering a Christmas gift.
Jurors in a Fort Worth courtroom decided on Tanner Horner’s punishment after hearing about a month of testimony and evidence that included audio of Athena Strand’s last moments from inside his delivery van.
A former Fedex driver from Texas has been sentenced to death for killing a seven year old old girl.
Tanner Horner pleaded guilty to the 2022 killing just as his trial began.
He was delivering a christmas gift to the home of Athena Strand when he kidnapped her and killed her.
Juror s listened to a month of evidence in the capital phase of the trial, including audio of Athena’s last moments inside hid delivery van .
They found there was a probability he would commit more violence and could be a contiuned threat to the sociaty.
When deciding to choose the death penalty.