"Horner was seen lifting Athena into the van and driving away, telling her not to scream or he'd hurt her. The audio continued recording after he covered the camera."
"Horner asked Athena questions about her age and school, then told her they were going to 'hang out.' He instructed her to take off her shirt, prompting her to cry and question if he was a kidnapper."
Tanner Horner, a former FedEx driver, received a death sentence for the murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand, whom he abducted while delivering a Christmas gift. The jury's decision followed a month of testimony, including audio recordings from his delivery van. Horner's guilty plea to capital murder came just as his trial began. Jurors determined he posed a continuing threat to society, and there were no mitigating factors to justify a life sentence without parole.
Read at ABC7 Los Angeles
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