Click to Wise County, according to his arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram . He maintained that he abducted and strangled her to prevent her from telling her father about the collision. Strand’s naked body was discovered in the Trinity River within 10 miles from her father’s home on December 2, 2022 — two days after she was kidnapped. Horner was indicted in February 2023 on charges of aggravated kidnapping and capital murder in connection with Strand’s death. Wise County District Attorney James Stainton accused Horner of lying about striking Strand with his FedEx truck, arguing instead that he abducted her without her being harmed from a collision. “The only truthful thing that Tanner Horner told law enforcement was that he killed her,” Stainton said in his opening statement at Horner’s trial, according to the Washington Post . “The pattern and web of lies that he put together, it’s going to be hard for y’all to keep up with. It is lie upon lie upon lie upon lie,” Stainton added. Stainton also described the moment Horner took the child. “The first thing Tanner Horner says to Strand



