https://freerepublic.com/tag/tannerhorner/ en-us Wed, 6 May 2026 02:03:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4377877/posts FedEx driver Tanner Horner has been sentenced to death for the murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand by a Texas Jury following a gut-wrenching trial that detailed his psychotic behavior during the killing. The confessed killer learned his sentence at a court in Fort Worth, Texas, some 40 miles southeast of where Strand’s naked body was dumped in a creek on Nov. 30, 2022. Jurors deliberated for about three hours after arguments rested Tuesday. Horner appeared utterly unmoved by the verdict – with not a flicker of emotion on his face as the judge said he’d die by lethal injection “before... nypost.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4377877/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2026 02:03:28 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4377844/posts ALLAS (AP) — 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. Horner, 34, pleaded guilty to capital murder last month in the 2022 killing just as his trial began. Athena’s body was found two days after she was reported missing from her home in the rural... AP https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4377844/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2026 21:22:36 GMT