DELIVERER KIDNAPPED ATHENA (7) WHILE BRINGING HER BARBIE, THEN BRUTALLY KILLED HER! FILMED HER FINAL MOMENTS BEFORE TERRIFYING DEATH: NEW EVIDENCE CHILLS THE BLOOD! (PHOTO)
Delivery man Taner Horner (34) kidnapped a 7-year-old girl, Athena Stran, while delivering a Barbie doll in Texas, then strangled her in a delivery van and left her body by the roadside.
TL;DR
- Taner Horner, a 34-year-old delivery driver, kidnapped 7-year-old Athena Stran while delivering a Barbie doll in Texas.
- Horner strangled the girl in his delivery van and left her body by the roadside.
- New photographic evidence shows Athena alive in Horner's truck on the day she was killed, contradicting his claim of an accident.
- Horner has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder of a child under 10 and kidnapping.
- The jury will decide whether Horner receives the death penalty or life in prison without parole.
- The defense cited Horner's diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome and potential lead exposure during his upbringing.
- Horner also faces charges related to sexual assault of a child from nearly 10 years ago and three other charges of child sexual abuse from 2013.