The FedEx driver accused of kidnapping and murdering Athena Strand told authorities he killed the girl after accidentally hitting her with his delivery truck.
Tanner Horner, 31, confessed to abducting and killing the 7-year-old girl in North Texas, according to the arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Wise County Messenger. (pdf) The suspect told authorities he killed Athena because she was going to tell her dad that he had hit her with his truck.
