Tanner Horner, a contract driver for FedEx, has been arrested and accursed of kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Athena Strand in Wise County, Texas.
A FedEx contract driver in Texas was arrested Friday and accused of kidnapping and murder in the death of a 7-year-old girl who went missing two days earlier, officials said.
The disappearance of Athena Strand, who vanished Wednesday from her home in Paradise in Wise County, prompted a large search with around 200 volunteers from the community.
On Friday, authorities found her body southeast of the city of Boyd, a city around 11 miles away, Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin told reporters.
“We do have a confession,” Akin said at a news conference Friday night.
The driver, Tanner Lynn Horner, 31, has been arrested on charges of capital murder and aggravated kidnapping, Akin said.
He was being held in jail in lieu of $1.5 million bond Friday night.
