FedEx Driver Says He Strangled 7-Year-Old Texas Girl In Van: Warrant
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING The FedEx driver accused of abducting and killing a 7-year-old girl last week in Texas told authorities that he strangled her after accidentally hitting her with his van while making a delivery at her home, according to an arrest warrant. The mother of a 7-year-old girl who authorities say was abducted and killed by a FedEx driver said she wanted everyone to know about the “amazing little girl” who would have received the Christmas present that driver dropped off the day she disappeared. Tanner Lynn Horner, a 31-year-old FedEx delivery driver, confessed to killing Athena and told authorities where to find her body, Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin has said. “Now, instead, Athena will be cremated and she will come home in an urn because I’m not even, I’m not anywhere close to being ready to let my baby go,” she said. Gandy said her daughter, who loved school and her friends in the first grade, also “loved dancing, singing and all animals: dogs, cats, horses, lizards and chinchillas.” She said Athena loved flowers, and also wasn’t afraid to get “down in the mud with the boys.” “She was her father’s daughter,” Gandy said.
History of this topic
Athena Strand Case Inspires Texas Bill On Missing Child Alerts
Huff Post
Athena Strand update: Mother vows to keep 7-year-old’s story alive after suspect Tanner Horner murder arrest
The IndependentDiscover Related
