FedEx Driver Charged for Kidnapping and Killing 7 Year old girl.
The search for Athena Strand began Wednesday afternoon after she was kidnapped by FedEx driver Tanner Lynn Horner. Strand’s body was found Friday but the police won’t release where she was found.ABout 200 volunteers and numerous law enforcements helped search for Strand.
Authorities then arrested FedEx driver Tanner Lynn Horner for aggravated kidnapping and capital murder of a person under 10 years old. Horner confessed to killing the 7 year old and authorities believe she was killed within an hour of abduction.
Horner had no prior relationship to the family or to the girl. The girl arrived home in her school bus Wednesday around 4:15 p.m. and her step-mother reported her missing around 6:40p.m. Sheriff Akin received a tip about a FedEx driver Friday morning which led them to the driver. “digital evidence and partnerships with FedEx” had helped identify Mr. Horner, said James J. Dwyer, the acting special agent in charge at the F.B.I. office in Dallas.
According to the F.B.I. less than 350 people under the age of 21 have been abducted by strangers in the United States per year since 2010. Communities and parents need to work together to prevent these situations from happening in the future.