Authorities Arrest FedEx Driver in Connection to Athena Strand’s Kidnapping and Murder
An arrest has been made in the kidnapping and murder of seven-year-old Athena Strand. On Friday, Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin said that a tip was given that led officers to 31-year-old Tanner Lynn Horner, a contract…
An arrest has been made in the kidnapping and Murder of seven-year-old Athena Strand.
On Friday, Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin said that a tip was given that led officers to 31-year-old Tanner Lynn Horner, a contract driver for FedEx, according to Fox 4 News.
He is accused of abducting Strand from her home on Wednesday night and has been charged with aggravated kidnapping and capital Murder.
He is currently being held in the Wise County Jail on a $1.5 million bond.
Akin told reporters that Horner also confessed to the kidnapping and Murder.
On the day of her dissapearance, Strand got off of her school bus on Wednesday at 4:15 pm. Her stepmother called 911 and reported her missing at 6:40 pm.
Strand’s body was found