Texas man sentenced to death for murder of Athena Strand
May 6, 2026
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as posted by the channelTanner Horner has been sentenced to death after pleading guilty in the murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand. Horner will be executed by lethal injection for the killing of Strand in 2022 after he said he struck the girl with his FedEx van and strangled her. KXAS’s Allie Spillyards reports.
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