A FedEx driver who admitted last month to the 2022 kidnapping and murder of seven-year-old Athena Strand has been sentenced to death.

Tanner Lynn Horner faced a punishment of either life in prison without parole or the death penalty.

A Texas jury reached its decision Tuesday after 19 days of testimony.

Tanner Lynn Horner was sentenced to death for the murder of Athena Strand
Tanner Lynn Horner was sentenced to death for the murder of Athena Strand (AP)

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