Anna Schecter is the senior coordinating producer for CBS News and Stations' Crime and Public Safety Unit, based in New York. Senior producer, CBS News Investigative Unit Pat Milton, an award-winning ...

After a two-week hearing, a jury chose to execute Horner by lethal injection rather than sentence him to life without parole.

Tanner Horner kidnapped and strangled the girl, Athena Strand, after delivering a package to her home in Texas. The package was her Christmas gift, a set of Barbies. By Rylee Kirk A former FedEx ...

A North Texas jury on Tuesday sentenced a former delivery driver to death for the abduction and killing of 7-year-old Athena Strand. Tanner Lynn Horner, who pleaded guilty last month to capital murder ...

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Horner pleaded guilty to capital murder and aggravated kidnapping after abducting Strand from her driveway in late 2022 Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via Getty; Wise County Sheriff's ...

Disturbing recordings of a 7-year-old child's final moments left jurors visibly distraught on Thursday, April 16, during the sentencing trial of an ex-FedEx driver accused of kidnapping and strangling ...

Athena Strand's father, Jacob Strand, took the stand Thursday morning, facing his daughter's killer and making an emotional plea to the court to make the right decision in punishing Tanner Horner.

The trial of Tanner Horner resumed Wednesday, April 15, with the jury hearing about DNA and video evidence in the killing of 7-year-old Athena Strand and the day concluded with emotional testimony ...

In court Wednesday, Athena Strand’s mother described cherished memories, the shock of her daughter’s disappearance and the pain of seeing her again after she was found. A Fort Worth courtroom fell ...

Athena Strand was a strong, independent child who loved life, her mother testified Wednesday during the seventh day of Tanner Horner’s capital murder trial in Tarrant County. Maitlyn Gandy, wearing a ...

Previous Trial Coverage: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9-11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 14 | Day 15 | Day 16 | Day 17 | Day 18 | Day 19 | Day 20 Tanner Horner, the ...