{"id":7538,"date":"2026-04-30T11:21:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7538"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:21:28","slug":"sicko-fedex-driver-tanner-horner-had-sex-with-his-fiancee-hours-after-murdering-little-athena-strand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7538","title":{"rendered":"Sicko FedEx driver Tanner Horner had sex with his fianc\u00e9e hours after murdering little Athena Strand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner went home and had sex with his fianc\u00e9e just hours after he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and then murdered 7-year-old Athena Strand, a jury has heard. <\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0confessed murderer made the sickening revelation in a twisted attempt to deny being a pedophile, according to forensic psychiatrist Dr Eileen Ryan, who interviewed him in jail several times after his arrest over the little girl\u2019s 2022 slaying in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had sex with his fianc\u00e9e,\u201d Ryan, a defense witness, said under cross-examination Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Delivery driver Tanner Horner has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and strangling 7-year-old Athena Strand outside her home in Wise County in 2022. <span class=\"credit\">FOX 4 DFW<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The twisted 34-year-old had allegedly told the psychiatrist he slept with his partner soon after the killing in an attempt to prove he wasn\u2019t a pedophile \u2014 even though he admitted sexually assaulting the helpless 7-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt says here\u2026 that that night, he had sex with his girlfriend \u2014 I won\u2019t use her name \u2014 just to prove that he wasn\u2019t into kids. That\u2019s what he told you,\u201d the prosecutor said while reading from Ryan\u2019s notes. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Ryan, who interviewed Horner multiple times in prison, testified that she didn\u2019t consider him to be a pedophile because such sickos needed to show consistent arousal in children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was pressing him to find out more about any prior interest in kids [and] that was something that he told me,\u201d Ryan said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had sex with his fianc\u00e9e, according to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Athena Strand, 7, was strangled in the back of Tanner Horner\u2019s FedEx truck in 2022. <span class=\"credit\">Family Handout<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elsewhere in her testimony, which solicited eye rolls from some members of the jury, Ryan went on to note that Horner \u2014 who will find out this week if he will\u00a0face the death penalty \u2014 appeared to have a normal sex life with his future spouse.  \u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Here\u2019s the latest on killer FedEx driver who murdered 7-year-old Athena Strand:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>In his prison interviews, Horner had also disclosed to the psychiatrist that he only forced the 7-year-old girl\u00a0into his van after she apparently saw him \u201csnorting cocaine\u201d as he was delivering a Christmas to her family\u2019s home in Paradise on Nov. 30, 2022, the doctor testified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce she saw him doing cocaine, that was when he decided he had to do something to stop her from telling anyone,\u201d Ryan said, adding that Horner was afraid of losing his job and losing contact with his son when he made the \u201ccompletely unreasonable\u201d jump from \u201cPoint A to Point Z.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A jury will determine whether Horner will be sentenced to death. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The killer also admitted to\u00a0assaulting Athena\u00a0\u2014 despite initially denying it \u2014 after being probed by the psychiatrist, according to the doctor\u2019s testimony.  <\/p>\n<p>Initially, Horner had told authorities he\u2019d accidentally struck the 67-pound child with his van and then strangled her in a fit of panic after delivering the package gift.<\/p>\n<p>He also previously\u00a0blamed his alternate persona, whom he called \u201cZero,\u201d for the strangling.<\/p>\n<p>But prosecutors have repeatedly branded Horner a liar, especially after surveillance video captured the child sitting inside the delivery truck \u2014 largely unharmed \u2014 shortly after her abduction.<\/p>\n<p>Athena\u2019s naked body was found two days after she was kidnapped in a rural creek.<\/p>\n<p>A medical examiner determined she had died from blunt force trauma, smothering, and\u00a0strangulation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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