A North Texas community is mourning the loss of 7-year-old Athena Strand. A FedEx driver was charged with capital murder and aggravated kidnapping in connection with the girl's death. | via keranews
Athena Strand's body was found after a two-day search in Wise county, northwest of Fort Worth.
The community of Paradise, Texas, is mourning the loss of 7-year-old Athena Strand following a two-day search that ended in tragedy.The community will hold a candlelight vigil at First Baptist Church Cottondale in Paradise on Tuesday at 6 p.m.Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin said his office charged FedEx driver Tanner Lynn Horner with capital murder and aggravated kidnapping in connection with the girl's death.
Horner is being held in Wise County jail on a $1.5 million bond, Akin said. Horner is not believed to be related to the girl and did not know the family.
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