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.
Tanner Horner pleaded guilty to the 2022 killing just as his trial began,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.
