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Killer Is Sentenced To Lethal Injection In Texas For Killing First-Grader

Killer Is Sentenced To Lethal Injection In Texas For Killing First-Grader

The Trial: USA vor 4 Monaten

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Justice for a joyful little girl who was abducted outside her
rural Texas home and murdered by a stranger driving a delivery
truck.

MaryAnn Martinez, the Daily Mail’s Texas bureau chief, was in the
courtroom as a jury sealed the fate of 7-year-old Athena Strand’s
killer, Tanner Horner.

Athena, a first-grader with an affinity for the outdoors and the
color pink, was abused and tortured by Horner, a FedEx driver,
before he killed her and callously discarded her tiny frame in a
nearby creek on Nov. 30, 2022.

A frantic, multi-day search for Athena ensued. The child’s death
traumatized her rural community.

Horner pleaded guilty to murder and kidnapping in April but a
jury still had to determine his fate, which in Texas included the
possibility of the death penalty. After a five-week trial,

Athena’s family watched as the panel found that Horner should be
executed by lethal injection.

On this episode, Martinez discusses the case with host Kayla
Brantley and takes us inside the courtroom for the dramatic last
moments of the proceeding.

We also learn what is expected to happen next as Horner waits on
death row.

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Presenter: Kayla Brantley

Producers: Shayna Jacobs and Lucy Robson

Editor: Chelsey Ranore

Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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Presenter: Kayla Brantley

Producer: Shayna Jacobs

Editor: Sam Morris

Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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