Killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner snorted line of cocaine when attempt to strangle Athena Strand failed — then he beat her to death
A psychiatrist testified in the murder trial of FedEx driver Tanner Horner that he snorted cocaine after failing to strangle 7-year-old Athena Strand, then beat her to death. Horner, who confessed to kidnapping and killing the girl in 2022, is facing a sentencing decision on whether he will receive the death penalty or life in prison. The defense has argued that Horner's abusive upbringing and mental health struggles contributed to the crime.
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US News Killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner snorted line of cocaine when attempt to strangle Athena Strand failed — then he beat her to death By Anthony Blair Published April 29, 2026, 12:56 p.m. ET Killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner snorted a line of cocaine when his attempt to strangle 7-year-old Athena Strand failed, before he beat her to death, a psychiatrist testified at his murder trial Wednesday. “He tried to kill her by breaking her neck. Then he choked her,” Dr. Eileen Ryan, a psychiatrist who heard Horner’s own description of his gruesome crimes, told the jury. Killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner snorted a line of cocaine when his attempt to strangle 7-year-old Athena Strand failed, before he beat her to death. FOX 4 DFW “She was still alive after he choked her.
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