It’s been a week since an Amber Alert went out statewide in search of Athena Strand, but the outcome of the search left people all over heartbroken.
"The digital evidence that came to light and then it was just good police work," said Akin about finding the suspect.Tanner Horner, 31, was pulled over in the southern part of Wise County for a traffic stop according to Akin. He said the suspect was in a FedEx truck.
The sheriff said during the confession, the suspect led authorities to the child's body at the water bank of the Trinity River.sadness out of it, out of my mind," said Akin who has been in law enforcement for more than 40 years. "We've got to make sure that we're all on the same track, that we're trying to have some level of mental wellness for our entire team. I'm concerned more about the young ones, more so than those [older] like me, because we've been dealing with this for so long. With some of the younger officers, they might have not been in this situation before, so we want to make sure that they're cared for and that they know even more so, that we care," said Akin.
"We want to make sure that this is done properly so that the person who did this evil deed on a 7-year-old, receives the punishment he deserves," said Akin
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