{"id":521469,"date":"2022-12-05T16:06:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T13:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/athena-strands-grandfather-forgives-murder-suspect-tanner-horner\/"},"modified":"2022-12-05T16:06:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T13:06:51","slug":"athena-strands-grandfather-forgives-murder-suspect-tanner-horner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/athena-strands-grandfather-forgives-murder-suspect-tanner-horner\/","title":{"rendered":"#Athena Strand&#8217;s grandfather forgives murder suspect Tanner Horner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e005a0310a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e005a0310a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/athena-strands-grandfather-forgives-murder-suspect-tanner-horner\/#%E2%80%9CAthena_Strands_grandfather_forgives_murder_suspect_Tanner_Horner%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Athena Strand&#8217;s grandfather forgives murder suspect Tanner Horner&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAthena_Strands_grandfather_forgives_murder_suspect_Tanner_Horner%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Athena Strand&#8217;s grandfather forgives murder suspect Tanner Horner&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The grandfather of a 7-year-old Texas girl who was allegedly kidn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed and killed by a FedEx driver said that although he wants \u201cfive minutes alone in a cell with the psycho,\u201d he forgives the heartless suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Grandfather Mark Strand, whose granddaughter Athena Strand was found dead in Boyd, shared his anguish after her alleged killer, Tanner Lynn Horner, 31, was charged with capital murder and aggravated kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis flesh, this man that I am, is angry and I want 5 minutes alone in a cell with the psycho that took our Athena away from us, but there\u2019s a soft gentle voice in the back of my head telling me I need to forgive him,\u201d the grief-stricken grandfather wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis flesh man, wants that psycho to burn in hell for all eternity, yet that gentle voice continues to tell me, I need to forgive him,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis flesh man hopes he remains blind and deaf to the message of salvation and never sets foot in the same heaven that I know in my heart my darling Athena resides in now and yet, that gentle voice persists,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-02.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"Slain Texas girl Athena Strand's grandfather Mark Strand\" class=\"wp-image-24895771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-02.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-02.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-02.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Athena Strand\u2019s grandfather Mark Strand wrote that he forgives her alleged killer, FedEx driver Tanner Lynn Horner.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook \/ Mark Strand<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1022\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-08.jpeg?w=1022\" alt=\"Slain Texas girl Athena Strand\" class=\"wp-image-24895774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-08.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1533 1533w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-08.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1022 1022w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-08.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=511 511w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-08.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\"\/><figcaption>Athena Strand went missing from her Paradise, Texas home Wednesday evening; her body was found Friday night.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Family Handout<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Strand explained that he chose to forgive the monster because \u201cHate is a powerful force that will take root in your soul,\u201d adding that \u201cGod wants to protect us all from that Hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged that \u201cif you stood that man before me right now, because of the hate that\u2019s trying to root itself in my mind, I would probably kill him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen that hate would root itself in my heart and I would be destroyed,\u201d Strand wrote, as he described hate as \u201cthe gateway for the Evil we see growing in the world today.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-11.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"Murder suspect Tanner Lynn Horner. \" class=\"wp-image-24895775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1638 1638w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1228 1228w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=819 819w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=409 409w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\"\/><figcaption>FedEx driver Tanner Lynn Horner, 31, has been charged with capital murder and aggravated kidnapping.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Strand went on to write that \u201cthere\u2019s not one ounce of my flesh that wants to do this or say this, but my spirit has heard God\u2019s voice and right now, while tears flood my eyes, I declare publicly that I forgive this man! Hate will not win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he hoped his family would understand his forgiveness, writing that \u201cI do this to honor our precious Athena who knew no hate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis man won\u2019t be allowed any real estate to live in my brain, he belongs to God and God\u2019s justice will done,\u201d Stand added.<\/p>\n<p>The devastated man issued his powerful message after Athena\u2019s mother, Maitlyn Gandy, 26, condmened Horner as an \u201cabsolute monster.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-04.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"Athena Strand's grandfather Mark Strand\" class=\"wp-image-24895778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-04.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-04.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-04.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cThere\u2019s a soft gentle voice in the back of my head telling me I need to forgive him,\u201d Mark Strand wrote, referring to the alleged killer.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook \/ Mark Strand<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAthena is innocent, beautiful, kind, intelligent, and just the brightest, happiest soul you could ever meet,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want her to be the girl known as the one murdered and discarded by a monster. I want everyone to know, every single person in this world, that this is my baby and my baby was taken from me,\u201d Gandy continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAthena\u2019s case and the trial against the absolute monster that took her from me, May very well get moved to another county or district in Texas due to the large community involvement (which I am so grateful for),\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"567\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-05.jpeg?w=567\" alt=\"Slain Texas girl Athena Strand\" class=\"wp-image-24895782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-05.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1134 1134w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-05.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=850 850w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-05.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=567 567w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-05.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=283 283w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/texas-girl-abducted-killed-fedex-driver-05.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\"\/><figcaption>Athena had argued with her stepmother shortly before she disappeared.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Family Handout<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI do not want the bastard that took my baby from me and brutally murdered her to go to any city, town, county, state, or country without every single person knowing her face,\u201d Gandy added.<\/p>\n<p>Athena was in the care of her stepmother when she was abducted by the FedEx driver, who was delivering a package to her home, authorities have said.<\/p>\n<p>Police found her body Friday night and said they believe she was killed within an hour of being abducted Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin said Horner has confessed to the shocking crime.<\/p>\n<p>The Post has reached out to FedEx for comment.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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