FedEx driver Tanner Horner kidnapped missing Paradise girl Athena Strand, 7, before killed her, Texas police said.
Investigators believe the 7-year-old girl who vanished from her Texas home on Wednesday was abducted and then killed about an hour later.
Without knowing her fate, authorities issued a statewide Amber Alert the following day for Athena Strand, whom the Wise County Sheriff's Office said was found dead early Friday evening.An Amber Alert was issued on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, for 7-year-old Athena Strand. Authorities later located her body.They revealed, though, that a tip led them to a FedEx contract driver who was making a delivery near the girl's home at about the same time she went missing.
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