GUILTY TX - Athena Strand, 8, Abducted & Murdered by FedEx Contract Driver, Tanner Horner, Paradise, 30 November 2022 #2

[BUF]

I can only assume that Athena’s parents have fought depression since the day she was murdered and will fight this the rest of their lives.

 

[Considering]

I’m ready for the cross already.

 

[tlcya]

I've had her on mute. I am following via you folks. Still not at cross yet. This lady will be on teh stand the rest of the day at this rate. I get that this mitigation phase must happen. But man I just don't want to hear any of it.

 

[browneyes]

I've had her on mute. I am following via you folks. Still not at cross yet. This lady will be on teh stand the rest of the day at this rate. I get that this mitigation phase must happen. But man I just don't want to hear any of it.

I haven’t heard any real mitigation, IMO. I hope the death penalty verdict is swift. Poor Athena’s family.
Anyone think the prosecution will have any rebuttal witnesses?

 

[Megnut]

She believes Athena saw TH snort cocaine and the rest it was catastrophizing.

WTAH

 

[Megnut]

Credibility out the window.

TH was catastrophizing.

He was inflicting catastrophic injures on his prey.

JMO

 

[Megnut]

He tried to kill her as painlessly as possible?

I just can't with this witness.

 

[Megnut]

Was he struggling with his disregulation when depositing his DNA where it didn't belong?

She said he wasn't deriving sexual gratification.

Excuse me?

 

[Amster]

Where did the snorting cocaine excuse come from?
How would Athena know what he was doing?

 

[Megnut]

Poor TH. Under just so much stress.

I actually wish the State hadn't accepted his guilty plea and given him LWOP full waiving any right to appeal.

Get him gone to prison and forgotten.

This desperate defense is a pity party TH does not deserve.

JMO

 

[Megnut]

Where did the snorting cocaine excuse come from?
How would Athena know what he was doing?

It was his most recent lie.

 

[BUF]

I thought she was one of the better witnesses the defense has put on, but I am really having trouble with what she is testifying to about Athena’s abduction, torture and murder now. She has lost her credibility to me and is now turning into the typical paid defense expert…..and she is paid a lot!

 

[mickey2942]

"TH had to live in the shed."

Just like where Athena was living when she was kidnapped and killed.

 

[tlcya]

It was his most recent lie.

yep just the latest excuse in a long line of excuses that are in no way based in reality. Wasn't that what he told Dr. Fisk? I've lost rack of who he told that particular lie to.

 

[Megnut]

Why do these experts accept any version from him? Hitting her with his truck, being seen doing cocaine...

Before the Defense cut her off fast, this witness said TH said he had to get something from the truck or show....

There you have it. IMO that's how he got Athena near the truck.

He exited the truck IMO without any package, probably asked Athena if there was an adult nearby...

...which is not how deliveries are made...

...then lured her to the back of his truck with the promise of a package.

Fed Ex deliverers who aren't TH retrieve the packages before exiting their trucks and leave the packages at the door.

TH used his job to gain access to a young girl. Plain and simple. Plain, simple and sick.

JMO

 

[Amster]

Just like where Athena was living when she was kidnapped and killed.

What??

 

[Megnut]

I'm all done with these paid experts offering opinions on TH's behavior in his false narratives. Applying remorse where there is none.

TH was not catastrophizing.

There was no precipitating event. No hitting with his truck. No cocaine snorting. He was preying.... for a young girl to violently, sexually assault.

Why are they even talking about stressors that didn't happen?????

 

[mickey2942]

What??

https://people.com/athena-strand-kidnapping-death-what-to-know-11945465#:~:text=Strand%20was%20killed%20in%20November%202022&text=A%20few%20days%20after%20being,the%20home%20was%20undergoing%20construction.

Athena and her stepsister were sleeping in a converted shed while their bedroom was being remodeled.

 

[BUF]

Look how the defense stopped that line of questioning when returning from break. They knew it wasn’t going well….. I’m sure the defense will pick up with it on cross tomorrow.

Sounds like the judge wants trial to end by 3:00 due to bad weather coming.

 

[Considering]

Dr. Ryan was also hired by Kohlberger’s defense team as to an ASD diagnosis.

https://coi.isc.idaho.gov/docs/CR01-24-31665/2025/042425+Order+on+Defendants+Motion+to+Strike+Death+Penalty+RE+Autism+Spectrum+Disorder.pdf