A former FedEx driver who kidnapped and killed 7-year-old Athena Strand while delivering a package to her father's Texas home has pleaded guilty to capital murder, and the evidence that has since emerged during the trial's penalty phase has left courtroom observers shaken. Tanner Horner pleaded guilty to capital murder and aggravated kidnapping on April 7, 2026, just as his criminal trial was set to start. A jury is now tasked with determining whether Horner should be sentenced to death or life in prison. Here is everything to know about the case.