Dallas (AP) â A former FedEx driver was sentenced to death on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to killing a 7-year-old girl he took from her Texas home while delivering a Christmas gift. Jurors in a Fort Worth courtroom decided on Tanner Hornerâs punishment after hearing about a month of testimony and evidence that included audio of Athena Strandâs last moments from inside his delivery van. Horner, 34, pleaded guilty to capital murder last month in the 2022 killing just as his trial began. Athenaâs body was found two days after she was reported missing from her home in the rural town of Paradise, near Fort Worth. Horner didnât visibly react when the judge read the sentence, according to a livestream of the court proceedings. Jurors found there was a probability Horner would commit criminal violence and be a continuing threat to society. They said there was nothing in the commission of the crime or in Hornerâs background to warrant life without parole instead of death. Prosecutor James Stainton told jurors in opening statements that Horner had told, âlie upon lie upon lie upon lieâ in the case, including telling authorities that he accidentally struck Athena with his
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In his two decades as a truck driver, Luis Sanchez has lugged everything from restaurant food to gravel across the country. Itâs an isolating job with long hours; he passes the time listening to the radio. At truck stops and warehouses,…
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In his two decades as a truck driver, Luis Sanchez has lugged everything from restaurant food to gravel across the country. Itâs an isolating job with long hours; he passes the time listening to the radio. At truck…
Read original at CNN →Dallas (AP) â A former FedEx driver was sentenced to death on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to killing a 7-year-old girl he took from her Texas home while delivering a Christmas gift. Jurors in a Fort Worth…
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In his two decades as a truck driver, Luis Sanchez has lugged everything from restaurant food to gravel across the country. Itâs an isolating job with long hours; he passes the time listening to the radio. At truck stops and warehouses,…
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