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“Public Execution Is NOT Enough” - Athena Strand Killer BLAMES Voices For Her Murder

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4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The panel reacts to a horrifying Texas case involving the murder of a 7-year-old girl by a delivery driver, breaking down the suspect’s claims, courtroom details, and the broader debate around punishment, deterrence, and justice in extreme crimes.

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0:00.0

This guy who in North Texas, Rob, if you want to play this clip, this guy I have zero tolerance for in North Texas who is delivering a Barbie doll.

0:14.7

He's an independent contractor for FedEx. He's a driver. While he's delivering this Barbie doll to the seven-year-old,

0:22.6

he asked the kid to come, and this is November of 22, if I'm not mistaken with the dates.

0:28.2

She comes in the truck, and then nobody knows what happens. The kid disappears.

0:34.5

Everyone's trying to find out what happens. He apparently covers the camera. Okay. So nobody will see what

0:41.0

he ends up doing to her. And now in court this week, while they had the court, during court,

0:47.4

they played the audio. It's not public. We don't have it. But they're showing voice how the kid was fighting him, fighting for her life.

0:59.6

And he ends up killing her. He ends up killing her, the seven-year-old kid that he was delivering a Barbie to. He ends up killing her.

1:07.9

Then while he's going through and he says, I cannot believe, what does he say?

1:11.5

I will not be able to see. He said, I'm not going to be able to see. I can't believe this. I'm going to miss Christmases with my children and all the, he's trying to make them feel bad for him because he's not going to be able to see his kids ever again. And then his claim is he heard what He heard a voice in his head named Zero that told him to do all these things and told him to kill her.

1:29.8

A voice named Zero now you if you guys haven't seen primal fear you guys know if you are your friends with me you're going to watch primal fear with me if you've seen primal fear with edward norton yeah what is the story of primal fear about with richard gear and edward north he kills his priest because you you know, all this abuse and all this stuff. And then he acts like he's like crazy and he has multiple personality syndrome. Or what was the time where you switch? Is it? At very at the end where he asked him, well, then how did you know and how did you remember? And he starts clapping. And he stops. He goes, yeah. That one was for you. Yeah. That was a work of art. He acted like he had like a snap and he played it beautifully. And we're supposed to believe that, you know, this person deserves dignity. This person deserves, you know, dignity for what he did. The FedEx driver who abducted a seven-year-old girl driving her to death, complains about how bad life is if he goes to prison. Tanner Horner abducted and killed Athena Strand while delivering a Barbie to her home in North Texas in newly released footage. Horner could be heard whining to police about how he won't be able to watch his sons grow up. Horner was heard accusing a voice and it's my name zero of making him kill her.

2:36.6

I'm going to miss out on all my son's Christmas's birthday's growing up and I'm going to miss out

2:40.2

on everything, all because I listen to the stupid voice that isn't probably even there.

2:45.7

Do you want to play this audio real quick on what he's saying to the cops?

2:48.5

Go for it.

2:50.1

I'm going to miss up on the first part of my child.

2:53.7

Okay, I can't.

2:59.6

Well, I don't know what I would say that.

3:04.5

I mean, this is one of those probation things.

3:08.3

This is one of those

3:09.7

I'm going away

3:12.3

for a long time of things.

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