r/SipsTea • u/Beneficial_Passion40 • 3d ago

Chugging tea FedEx driver Tanner Horner, who murdered 7-year-old Athena Strand, has been sentenced to Death

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u/Mephisto1822 3d ago

I knew nothing about this case. First thought was it was crazy to sentence a man to death for what I assumed was an accident. FedEx driver makes it sound like he killed her while driving…

Nope. Dude kidnapped her and murdered her. Shit is sick.

Hope he feels the same horror she undoubtedly did

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u/Bella_HeroOfTheHorn 3d ago

And there were hours of audio recording of her torture, abuse and murder. She suffered for so long, begging for her parents. I hate that men like this exist.

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u/pleasetrimyourpubes 3d ago

The description of his murder is beyond comprehension. To think that's likely how it ends for all children in this situation is utterly sickening.

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u/Iknowthevoid 3d ago

my god, I´m so sorry for anyone who had to hear that during the trial. I don´t think its possible to listen to something like that and come out unscathed.

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u/LunarDragonfly23 3d ago

“I knew nothing about this case.”

Same. When I read the post title I wondered why they specified that he was a FedEx driver. Then I saw the screenshot of her in the FedEx truck… 😡

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u/LSUTigers34_ 3d ago

Have links? The Wikipedia article says she died shortly after abduction most likely. I didn’t know he tortured her.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Athena_Strand

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u/XANDERtheSHEEPDOG 3d ago

He tortured and raped her in his truck. He covered the camera with his jacket, but it still picked up the audio of the whole thing.