RECAP: Tanner Horner Penalty Phase Day 2: Police Interviews, Alter Egos, and Liabetes
Pretty Lies And Alibis
GiGi McKelvey
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
There were 2 witnesses today - brothers with one being a game warden and the other a Texas Ranger. We go through Tanner's arrest, and a lot of body cam footage and interview room footage where Tanner lies non-stop about what happened to Athena, went to a bamboo forest where he says he left her body but didn't, and we learn of his alter-ego, Zero.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pretty Lies and Alibis. Let's seek the truth and travel the long road to justice together. |
| 0:08.0 | What you know, Alibiers, welcome to another episode of Pretty Lies and Alibis. I'm Gigi. Good to have you here is Wednesday, April 8th. |
| 0:16.0 | We are in day two of the penalty phase in the Tanner Horner case. He pleaded guilty to the murder of |
| 0:22.5 | seven-year-old Athena Strand. But since he's up for death, we essentially have a mini-trial |
| 0:27.9 | so that the jurors can hear the facts of the case so they can weigh all that when they are sent |
| 0:32.8 | back to decide whether he will get the death penalty or life without parole. The first witness on the stand |
| 0:39.1 | today, Joshua Espinoza, he is a Texas game warden. They have statewide jurisdiction, and they can |
| 0:46.5 | arrest people just like the police. He was contacted by his brother, who's a Texas Ranger, on December |
| 0:52.2 | 2nd to help search for Athena. He was told there was a |
| 0:55.6 | seven-year-old child who was missing and he reported to Athena's home. When he arrived, |
| 1:00.4 | there were multiple agencies searching the property. He was then told to find a FedEx truck and was |
| 1:06.7 | given an address where it would be and he was told to detain Tanner. He located Tanner at a |
| 1:12.6 | residence in Paradise, Texas. The witness drew his weapon and cuffed Tanner. He patted him down, |
| 1:18.7 | got his wallet to get his identification, and called dispatch to let them know that he had been |
| 1:23.4 | detained. He transferred custody of Tanner to Ranger Espinoza, his brother. He did wear a body cam when |
| 1:30.1 | Tanner was being detained, and they showed that on screen. He was sent to a bamboo forest with a |
| 1:35.7 | canine, but nothing was found. They were then sent to Bobo's crossing on the Trinity River, |
| 1:41.6 | but they decided not to send the dog out due to the fact it was getting |
| 1:45.2 | dark as well as the traffic conditions. The next witness is Job Esbenoza. He's a Texas Ranger |
| 1:51.2 | and the previous witness's brother. He goes through which agency was tasked with what, and he was |
| 1:57.0 | also getting information about who delivered the package to Athena's house. |
| 2:01.5 | What stuck out to him were the detailed statements Tanner was giving about the green van. |
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