In May 2023, the 88th Texas Legislature passed a bill that allows local police to quickly issue a regional alert about a missing child, without having to wait for investigators to confirm an abduction ...

Defense attorneys for Tanner Horner have already filed an appeal with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals following his death ...

Less than a week after a Tarrant County jury sentenced him to death for the 2022 killing of 7-year-old Athena Strand, Tanner ...

A Wise County jury took just three hours on Tuesday to decide that 34-year-old Tanner Horner will face the death penalty for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The grieving community of Wise County has paid several tributes to Athena Strand, a seven-year-old girl abducted and killed last ...

Legal experts say the death penalty appeals process could take years, prolonging the trauma for the family of 7‑year‑old ...

The mother of Athena Strand – a 7-year-old Texas girl who was found dead last week after being missing for several days – has spoken in public for the first time since her daughter’s passing, saying ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The grieving community of Wise County, Texas, gathered to pay tribute to slain seven-year-old Athena Strand at a candlelight vigil ...

A former FedEx delivery driver who pleaded guilty to killing a 7-year-old girl in Texas was sentenced to death Tuesday ...

Tanner Horner has filed an appeal after a Tarrant County Jury sentenced him to death for the murder of 7-year-old Athena ...