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

[CHEL]

Of course Zero smokes

 

[steeltowngirl]

Spoiler: Photo in Truck

https://twitter.com/x/status/2041942094441251184

I wish I could unsee the photo of Athena in the back of his truck.

 

[joe jones]

wow as soon as the ranger says "Zero" where is she defendant immediately gives up her location, this is some of the most extraordinary LE evidence and trial testimony I have ever seen, flooring the car to get to river to finally find her body, defendant was waiting for the ranger to finally have to go there and use the so called "zero" personae to ask him where she was, and he pounced immediately,

 

[LittleSeaTree]

I wish I could unsee the photo of Athena in the back of his truck.

Was thinking the same, absolutely. Her poor loved ones, that has got to be beyond excruciating.

 

[joe jones]

wow Tanner not the actor he thinks he is, this is so incredibly bizarre,

 

[shotgun09]

Was thinking the same, absolutely. Her poor loved ones, that has got to be beyond excruciating.

The photo of Athena in the truck is gut wrenching, I agree. However, I really am considering not watching the trial when and if they play her voice ( which they have on recording ) pleading with Horner.

I still to this day am haunted by little AJ Freund's crying and pleading voice while his murderer/mother taunted him. Don't think I could tolerate another.

 

[joe jones]

DID is formed in childhood, doesn't usually happen in adulthood, this cop is very good at showing Tanners dreadful acting skills, and his lack of knowledge of DID and how its formed, a persona doesn't enter ones body and take over, even the cop can't keep the Tanner "zero" person straight,

 

[joe jones]

now "Zero" was part of Tanner when he was 12/13, must have gone away until he was 30/31 then popped back up again, I think Tanner needed to do more research on DID, and how it manifests,

I will be interested in knowing how many of the attempted suicide stories Tanner has told are true

 

[joe jones]

DID can present in adulthood, but it is rare, as it is often tied to childhood trauma, but Tanner has now revealed that "zero" arrived when he was 12/13 the first time, Tanner has done some research on DID, but his slipping in and out of the two identities just sounds like he is a bad actor in a bad movie, I am sure LE went over all the things Tanner said, then all the things Tanner said when he was "Zero", and could easily see that Tanner could not keep the two distinct identities separate,

plus neither "Zero" or Tanner told LE they had kidnapped Athena and put her in his Fed Ex van whilst she was alive and well, both identities it seems forgot this detail, they both lied to LE the exact same lie, but this new "Zero" personality we saw Tanner performing on the journey too and from showing LE where he had actually left her is the bad persona and in Tanners performance "Zero" came out to do the bad stuff, and was boastful in discussing how Tanner was a and Zero was the one who came out to take drugs and do all the things so called good Tanner wouldn't do

one would think "Zero" would have boasted about kidnapping and murdering Athena, but Tanner didn't know LE had the video of Tanner putting Athena in the van, nor that LE had the audio even though he covered the camera, Tanner performing as Zero would have blamed it on "Zero" if he knew LE had this evidence, as "Zero" took accountability for everything else,

will be very interesting to see how much the defense runs with DID or possession, as the way Tanner/Zero talk about the personalities seems more like an entity entered Tanners body first when he was 12/13 and then when he was 30/31, and this entity was the bad Tanner, how very convenient, and the fact "Zero" returned to Tanner about 6 months before murders (I may have also heard 8 months) again how convenient, wonder if "Zero" did the SA on the other victims,

I am still trying to process all the video and interviews I watched today

the word that is covered is the female dog word, and "Zero" called Tanner this a few times today

 

[mickey2942]

I am impressed with the technology in UPS trucks. Video, recording, GPS. If you are going to commit crime, a UPS truck is NOT the place to do it.

At least LEO was on this guy as soon as possible.

 

[Dotta]

I am impressed with the technology in UPS trucks. Video, recording, GPS. If you are going to commit crime, a UPS truck is NOT the place to do it.

At least LEO was on this guy as soon as possible.

That is WHY I'm shocked he decided to commit this terrible crime while on the job.
Was he oblivious of technology?
Or is it some kind of impulse control disorder?
Well,
something is not exactly right obviously.
I'm interested what Defence will state.

JMO

 

[arielilane]

I REALLY hope the pool camera in the Tanner Horner case doesn't broadcast the audio of Athena Strand's last moments on earth. Nobody needs to hear that and it doesn't need to be floating around online forever.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2042022805248634937

 

[tlcya]

I don’t think that the audio should be live streamed I do believe that the jury needs to hear it, though God help them

 

[mickey2942]

That is WHY I'm shocked he decided to commit this terrible crime while on the job.
Was he oblivious of technology?
Or is it some kind of impulse control disorder?
Well,
something is not exactly right obviously.
I'm interested what Defence will state.

JMO

Impulse control, or lack thereof. Saw Althea alone, and just grabbed her. Zero thought of consequences.

I wouldn't be surprised if his computer was full of CSAM. I wish that they would release that information if it is true.

 

[Niner]

Thursday, April 9th:
*Trial continues/Sentencing Phase (Day 3)(@ 9am CT) - TX - Athena Presley Monroe Strand (7) – (last seen near the 200 block of County 3573 on Nov. 30, 2022 in Paradise. Reported missing by mom @ 6:40pm on 11/30/22; found deceased along the water’s edge of the Trinity River southeast of Boyd on the evening of Dec. 2, 2022 about 9 miles from her home). *Tanner Lynn Horner (31/now 34) arrested (12/3/22), indicted (2/16/23), charged & arraigned (3/6/23) with capital murder (under the age of 10) & 1st degree felon aggravated kidnapping. Bond $1M (murder) $500K (kidnapping). Surety Bond total $1,545,000. Plead not guilty (3/6/23). DA will seek DP (2/18/23). Wise County/Now in 297th District Court-Tarrant County
TX - *Tanner Lynn Horner (31/now 34) charged (12/21/22) with 3 counts of sexual assault (from 2013) in Fort Worth. Bond @ $45K. Surety Bond Total $135K. Tarrant County
Admitted kidnapping & killing Athena.
Jury selection began on 1/30/26 & ended on 2/11/26. Final jury selection began on 4/1/26 & ended. 12 jurors & 2 alternates.
Trial began on 4/7/26. Horner plead GUILTY. Punishment phase (sentencing) started on 4/7/26.
Trial was moved from Wise County to Tarrant County [3/16/24].
Judge George Gallagher presiding. West County DA James Stainton. DA Allenna Banks. Defense: Public defenders Susan Anderson & Steven Goble. For Aggravated kidnapping defense attorney Pamela Fernandez.
Case & court info from 11/30/22 thru 12/21/22 [Tarrant County] & thru 1/21/26 [murder] & Jury Selection Day 1-5 (1/29-1/30, 2/11 & 4/1/26) & Trial/Sentencing Phase Day 1 (4/7/26 reference post #683 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...actor-tanner-horner-paradise-2.649712/page-35
4/8/26 Wednesday, Trial Day 2/Sentencing Phase: State witnesses: Game Warden Josh Espinoza. [body camera footage, which was displayed to the jury when Josh Espinoza took the stand prior to his brother. Texas Ranger Sgt. Job Espinoza [the lead investigator]. Jail interview shown was interviewing Horner. Trial continues on Thursday, 4/9/26.

 

[su5ie]

What time does the broadcast start , different country here so trying to do the maths

 

[shotgun09]

What time does the broadcast start , different country here so trying to do the maths

Trial starts at 9 am Central, about 50 minutes from now

 

[tlcya]

here is the Court TV link for today's livestream (day 3 of trial)

 

[su5ie]

Trial starts at 9 am Central, about 50 minutes from now

Thank you

 

[su5ie]

here is the Court TV link for today's livestream (day 3 of trial)

Thank you tlcya