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Killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner made the outrageous request to spend a month with his son during Christmas after strangling 7-year-old Athena Strand, police interview footage reveals.

The deranged 34-year-old driver is shown trying to make the baffling bargain with Texas cops in exchange for handing over information about the murder, according to a video shown to a jury Thursday.

 “I imagine that you have, basically, a list and bullet points that you want to know from me,” he tells investigators in the footage, shot in an interrogation room in November 2022.

“There’s only one thing in this world that I want,” Horner said, according to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth. “I want a month.”


  Tanner Horner made the request to spend a month with his son during Christmas after killing Athena Strand, 7. FOX 4 DFW Tanner Horner made the request to spend a month with his son during Christmas after killing Athena Strand, 7. FOX 4 DFW

  He told investigators the request was his “price.” FOX 4 DFW He told investigators the request was his “price.” FOX 4 DFW

“Even if y’all have to put an ankle monitor on me, GPS monitor, check-ups with you,” he adds. “If you give me a month with my family, so I can have Christmas with my son, I’ll tell you everything.”

Cops, however, told him his request was likely impossible because he was under arrest for murdering a child.

“Either way, that’s basically my price,” Horner fired back defiantly. 


  Horner abducted 7-year-old Athena Strand from her house in  Lake Worth, Texas, on Nov. 30, 2022. Family Handout Horner abducted 7-year-old Athena Strand from her house in  Lake Worth, Texas, on Nov. 30, 2022. Family Handout

  Horner strangled Athena in his truck. FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth Horner strangled Athena in his truck. FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth

  Horner strangled Athena Strand, 7, in November 2022. Facebook/Maitlyn Presley Gandy Horner strangled Athena Strand, 7, in November 2022. Facebook/Maitlyn Presley Gandy

Before jurors at his murder trial were shown the footage, they were told by prosecutors that Horner had requested the interview with police.

His entitled request was ultimately not granted.

Horner abducted Athena from her house in Lake Worth, Texas, on Nov. 30, 2022, as he delivered a box of Barbies that were meant to be a Christmas gift for her.

He strangled her in his truck before heartlessly tossing her body into a nearby wooded area.

Horner first lied to police, claiming he accidentally ran into the girl with his truck before “accidentally” killing her in a panic. 


  Horner’s bizarre request wasn’t granted. AP Horner’s bizarre request wasn’t granted. AP

Horner pleaded guilty to murder earlier this week. The jury is now tasked with sentencing him.

He faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole.

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