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Tanner Horner Sentenced to Death After Jury Rejects Defense Mitigation Case
Jurors deliberated for about two and a half hours before sentencing Tanner Horner to death. Athena’s uncle, Elijah Strand, addressed Horner after the verdict, saying he had destroyed a family and was only “a footnote in Athena’s story.”
Updated 5/5/26
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