FORT WAYNE, Texas (Court TV) — A man faces a potential death sentence in Texas if he’s convicted of kidnapping and murdering a 7-year-old girl.
Tanner Horner is charged with murder in the death of Athena Strand. (Tarrant County Jail)
Tanner Lynn Horner, 35, is charged with aggravated kidnapping and capital murder of a person under 10 years old in the death of Athena Strand, who disappeared from her home on Nov. 30, 2022.
Athena, 7, lived at home with her father and stepmother and had been sorting laundry in a converted storage shed that served as her and her sister’s bedroom when she disappeared. Athena’s mother, Elizabeth Strand, called 911 at 6:41 pm after she was unable to find the little girl…