A Texas jury sentenced former FedEx driver Tanner Horner to death for the 2022 kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand, capping an emotional, weeks-long trial in Tarrant County.
Horner, now 34, had already pleaded guilty to capital murder before the trial began. After hearing evidence and testimony, jurors determined he posed a continuing threat to society and that no mitigating factors justified a sentence of life without parole.
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