Tanner Lynn Horner: Social media clip shows Athena Strand's killer reacting to disturbing bug-killing video

Tanner Lynn Horner: Social media clip shows Athena Strand's killer reacting to disturbing bug-killing video
Athena Strand (R) was abducted and murdered by Tanner Lynn Horner (L) (Screenshot from tandlaw777/TikTok; Mark Strand/Facebook)

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WISE COUNTY, TEXAS: A disturbing video posted to Athena Strand's alleged killer's social media account has surfaced days after the seven-year-old girl's murder. Strand was reported missing from her Texas home on November 30 after her stepmother was unable to find her. The next day, police identified 31-year-old FedEx driver Tanner Lynn Horner as a suspect after an AMBER alert was issued. However, Strand's body was discovered on December 2 by Wise County police and the FBI about six miles from her house.

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Horner confessed to kidnapping and killing Athena, The US Sun reported. He was reportedly charged with capital murder and kidnapping. Chilling videos from his TikTok account, under the username tandlaw777, have now surfaced, one of which is a sick bug-killing video. There are only four posts on Horner's page.