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as posted by the channelJurors returned to a Tarrant County courtroom on Friday to weigh a death sentence for Tanner Horner.
Horner pleaded guilty to capital murder and kidnapping in the 2022 death of 7-year-old Athena Strand. He admitted to abducting the girl while delivering a package to her Wise County home on Nov. 30, 2022. The jury must now decide between the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Horner was charged with capital murder for the death of 7-year-oldĀ AthenaĀ StrandĀ outside her familyās Wise County home on Nov. 30, 2022.
A contract delivery driver working for FedEx at the time, Horner was delivering what was meant to be a Christmas present for the young girl.
Horner told investigators he accidentally hit Athena with his van while delivering a package to her home. She reportedly survived, but Horner told authorities he panicked and kidnapped her, later strangling her to death.
Athena was reported missing, and eventually an Amber Alert was issued, leading to 72 hours of searching. She was found dead in Boyd, Texas, not far from her family's home.
After Athena Strand's case, Texas Legislators passed a new bill that created a version of an Amber Alert known as the āAthena Alert.ā
The new law allows authorities to issue an Amber Alert for a missing child that doesnāt have to meet all of the initial criteria.
Under the Athena Alert law, an Amber Alert can still go out even though authorities havenāt confirmed a missing child was kidnapped.
The alert would be able to be sent out to a 100-mile area around the disappearance and adjacent counties.
DPS emphasizes that this is not a new type of alert. All alert messages will still be referenced as an Amber Alert.
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