District Attorney James Stainton filed court documents in federal court this past week informing the judge that he will seek the death penalty against Tanner Horner if he is found guilty of capital murder
The FedEx driver accused of abducting and killing Athena Strand told authorities that he strangled her because she was going to tell her father about being hit by the driver's vehicle.while he was working as a FedEx contract driver.
Horner, 31, confessed to abducting and killing Strand while he was delivering packages to her family's home.Horner is also facing two counts of sexual assault against a child in Tarrant County Court, according to jail records obtained by ABC News. He is being held on a $15,000 bond for each count. The charges are unrelated to Strand, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Horner, who was working as a contract FedEx driver, was not related and did not know the family, Akin said in December.The driver was delivering a package that contained what was Athena's Christmas present, her mother, Maitlyn Gandy, said at a press conference in December.
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