{"id":31176,"date":"2022-12-09T02:31:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T02:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/fedex-driver-who-allegedly-abducted-murdered-little-girl-was-delivering-her-christmas-present\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T02:31:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T02:31:20","slug":"fedex-driver-who-allegedly-abducted-murdered-little-girl-was-delivering-her-christmas-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/fedex-driver-who-allegedly-abducted-murdered-little-girl-was-delivering-her-christmas-present\/","title":{"rendered":"FedEx Driver Who Allegedly Abducted &#038; Murdered Little Girl Was Delivering Her Christmas Present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A heartbreaking replace within the case of <strong>Athena Strand<\/strong>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/fedex-driver-arrested-kidnapping-murdering-7-year-old-girl-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tragic dying<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>As you already know, 7-year-old Athena (pictured above, left) left her college final Wednesday at round 4:15 p.m. to move to her residence in Paradise, Texas. The younger lady\u2019s stepmother quickly referred to as 911 at 6:40 p.m. to report her lacking after she observed she wasn\u2019t in her room and had looked for her for about an hour. <em>CBS News\u00a0<\/em>reported that she instructed investigators the 2 argued whereas Athena\u2019s father wasn\u2019t residence, and initially, investigators believed Athena had simply ran away. Sadly, Wise County Sheriff <strong>Lane Akin<\/strong> reported the little lady was later discovered lifeless almost 200 yards away from her home. So heartbreaking\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/university-of-idaho-murders-police-searching-for-white-hyundai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Related: Police Searching For White Hyundai In Connection To University Of Idaho Murders<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>FedEx<\/strong> driver <strong>Tanner Lynn Horner <\/strong>(pictured above, proper) was taken into custody after it was found he kidnapped the lady from her driveway. It\u2019s reported he confessed to the homicide and was arrested and charged with capital homicide and aggravated kidnapping. His bond has been set at $1.5 million. So far police haven\u2019t been in a position to establish a attainable motive and Horner had no connections to Athena or her household.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday throughout a press convention, Strand\u2019s mom <strong>Maitlyn Gandy<\/strong> (pictured above, middle) revealed the supply driver had delivered the lady\u2019s Christmas current earlier than the kidnapping \u2014 a set of You Can Be Anything <strong>Barbie<\/strong> dolls:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAthena was robbed the opportunity to be anything she wanted to be. I was robbed of watching her grow up by a man everyone was supposed to be able to trust to do one simple task: deliver a Christmas present and leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gandy continued on to say she hopes FedEx will replace their hiring insurance policies:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI want everyone to know Athena. She was an amazing little girl. A monster attempted to take Athena\u2019s voice, but we are her voice. Screening and hiring policies must be put into place so monsters wearing delivery uniforms do not show up at our doorsteps.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tearfully, the mom added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAthena will be cremated, and she will come home in an urn because I\u2019m not anywhere close to being ready to let my baby go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So, so unhappy. You can take heed to Maitlyn\u2019s full assertion (under):<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"qhttwugZBjI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Athena Strand&#039;s mother speaks about her daughters abduction and murder | LiveNOW from FOX\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qhttwugZBjI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the transport firm launched a press release on Twitter sending its condolences to the household:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts are with the family of Athena Strand during this most difficult time. Words cannot describe our shock and sorrow surrounding this tragic event. We continue to cooperate fully with the investigating authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Our hearts proceed to be with Athena\u2019s household and family members amid this horrific tragedy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image_cite\"><em>[Image via <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Texas Department Of Safety\/Wise County Sheriff\u2019s Office\/LiveNOW from FOX\/YouTube<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A heartbreaking replace within the case of Athena Strand\u2018s tragic dying\u2026 As you already know, 7-year-old Athena (pictured above, left) left her college final Wednesday at round 4:15 p.m. to move to her residence in Paradise, Texas. The younger lady\u2019s stepmother quickly referred to as 911 at 6:40 p.m. to report her lacking after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}