NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Jurors in Tanner Horner’s murder trial viewed photos of his FedEx truck, the vehicle prosecutors claim was used to abduct 7-year-old Athena Strand from her driveway and ultimately take her life. On Friday, prosecutors presented the jury with a series of images from inside the truck, where Horner, 34, killed Athena in Texas on Nov. The year 2022, specifically the 30th. Horner pleaded guilty to the murder and awaits the jury’s decision on whether he will receive a life sentence or the death penalty. Jurors viewed images of bungee cords and straps discovered in the truck, plus photos of investigators checking the vehicle for biological evidence. Horner originally said he accidentally struck Athena with his delivery truck, but he later confessed to kidnapping her during a Christmas package delivery to her father’s home in Paradise, Texas, and strangling her. Alise Amey, a former crime scene investigator with the Wise County Sheriff’s Office, testified that they recommended removing the truck’s floor due to markings on Athena’s face matching the floor’s pattern. “There were markings on the victim’s face consistent with the floor,” Amey stated. After removal, the large floor pieces were bagged in brown paper, she added. FOX 4 Dallas reported that the court’s video feed was blurred as more crime scene photos were shown to the jury. GOT A TIP? Throughout the week, jurors reviewed hours of evidence as prosecutors, in their opening statements, depicted Horner as calculating, violent, and remorseless in Athena’s killing. “The first thing Tanner Horner says to Athena when he picks her up, puts her in that truck, leans down, and says, ‘Don’t scream or I’ll hurt you,'” prosecutor James Stainton told jurors on Tuesday. FOLLOW US ON X. “I’m going to tell you right now.” One thing you’ll hear that you can’t unhear is the incredible fight in a 7-year-old girl. When she’s staring down certain death. WATCH: Tanner Horner admits guilt in the murder of Texas 7-year-old.
