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Paradise, Texas
Coverage of Paradise, Texas in the Nexus archive.
- Photos show Athena Strand kidnapping truck as jurors weigh death penalty for killer FedEx driver
Tanner Horner, a FedEx driver, is facing a death penalty trial for kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Athena Strand in Texas. Jurors reviewed crime scene evidence, including photos of his truck and forensic findings, as prosecutors argued his premeditated violence.
- Athena Strand’s killer FedEx driver told police he ‘kind of tossed’ 7-year-old’s body into woods, video shows
Tanner Horner, a former FedEx driver, pleaded guilty to murdering 7-year-old Athena Strand, admitting to strangling her during a delivery. Prosecutors argue he covered a camera, threatened the child, and sexually assaulted her before dumping her body in Texas woods. The trial focuses on his guilty plea and potential death penalty.