Horrifying new photo shows Athena Strand, 7, being driven to her death by FedEx driver who abducted and strangled her while delivering her Barbie Christmas present

Daily Mail ^ | 4-7-26 | Natasha Anderson

[MarlonRando]

He snatched the youngster while delivering a Barbie to her home that was to be one of her main festive gifts. Horner told investigators that he accidentally hit the girl with his truck, 'panicked,' grabbed her, and put her in his vehicle.

Fearing what would happen if he told Strand's parents, he said strangled her inside the truck and dumped her body seven miles from her home, beside a country road. Her body was found two days later.

[MarlonRando]

Imagine what would happen if the races were reversed and a White guy killed a little black girl.

I say imagine it because that’s all you can do because the American media hides this crap that happens every, single day.

Every day.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

I understand your point but if you scroll down the killer is white. The first photo is tinted.

[Dave911]

Uh, isn’t Horner white????

[MarlonRando]

Is he? Hard to tell.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

[DownInFlames]

Hang him right after the trial. They have him on video.

[FatherofFive]

This is the fruit of the abortion industry - life is disposable if “inconvenient”

[Williams]

After the photo from inside the truck, the Daily Mail story has repeated photos of a white defendant in court.

They also keep repeating that he hit her with the truck and panicked, as if it were true.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

^ That’s the victim Athena. Very sad. Prayers for her family.

[MarlonRando]

the two photos look like 2 different people Weird

[Leaning Right]

Texas has the death penalty.

Killers of children do not do well in prison. If this guy is “accidentally” put in the general population, an inmate might carry out the death penalty before the state does.

[Midwesterner53]

Death, quickly.

[DesertRhino]

In that photo, she doesn’t look like she was hit by a truck. No sign of distress at all. Just another of his lies. He’s headed to the death penalty I presume...

[FlingWingFlyer]

Hang the SOB.

[Salamander]

Tie the rope so his toes *just barely* touch the ground.

Might as well savor it.

[A_perfect_lady]

That's weird; the picture of him in the truck looks very different from the mug shot.

On top of the murder charge, Horner was charged with sexually assaulting a child almost a decade ago and faces three additional counts of sexually abusing a child in 2013 in Fort Worth.

There's our real motive.

[Jonty30]

I hope they choose death, although I have heard that Texas has some pretty bad state prisons that I would not wish on anybody.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Horner told investigators that he accidentally hit the girl with his truck, 'panicked,' grabbed her, and put her in his vehicle.

...and there she is in his vehicle, scared out of her wits. Poor kid. Dude's a killer pedo. He deserves death.

[Frank Drebin]

He deserved death four times ago.

[Wayne07]

Stupid racist strike again... It was a white guy.. Dumbass POS..