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Mom of killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner’s haunting reaction in jailhouse call after she asked about Athena Strand

Nypost · · 612 words · By Anthony Blair
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What to know about Mom of killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner’s haunting reaction in jailhouse call after she asked about Athena Strand

Mom of killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner’s haunting reaction in jailhouse call after she asked about Athena Strand The mother of killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner hauntingly told her son, “I know how you get,” after asking him whether he had sexually abused…

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What happened

Mom of killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner’s haunting reaction in jailhouse call after she asked about Athena Strand The mother of killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner hauntingly told her son, “I know how you get,” after asking him whether he had sexually abused…

Why it matters

On Monday, a jury in Fort Worth, Texas, was played chilling audio from phone calls Horner made to his loved ones as he confessed to his evil crimes.

Common ground

In one call made from the Wise County Jail, Horner’s mother asked him what had happened when he murdered Strand after accidentally bumping into her with his truck.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Horner’s mental state has been the central pillar of his defense’s case to avoid the death penalty.”
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No evidence was found regarding the defense's strategy related to Horner's mental state.
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Claim 2: “Strand had suffered injuries to her back, chest, face, head, and neck, with evidence of asphyxiation and blunt force trauma.”
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No sources provide details about the specific injuries or cause of death for Athena Strand.
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Claim 3: “Strand’s naked body was found in a creek several miles from home.”
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No credible sources were found confirming the location or condition of Athena Strand's body.
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Claim 4: “The mother of killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner hauntingly told her son, 'I know how you get,' after asking him whether he had sexually abused his 7-year-old murder victim, Athena Strand.”
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Multiple web sources independently report Tanner Horner's mother asking him about the abuse and stating 'I know how you get.' The claim is supported by at least two distinct news outlets.
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web search NEUTRAL — 47 minutes ago ·Themotherof killer FedEx driverTannerHornerhauntingly told her son, "I knowhow youget,"afteraskinghimwhether he hadsexuallyabused his 7-year-old murder victim,AthenaStrand.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/14/us-news/mom-of-killer-fedex-dr…
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web search NEUTRAL — TannerHorner, 34, gave a vile answer when hismotherasked if he did 'anything weird' to seven-year-oldAthenaStrandafterhe admitted to killing her in November 2022.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/tanner-horner-chill…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago ·Over three yearsafterAthenaStrandwas kidnapped and killed in Wise County, Texas, former FedEx driverTannerHornerhas pled guilty to capital murder and aggravated kidnapping. Here's ...
https://people.com/athena-strand-kidnapping-death-what-to-kn…
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Claim 5: “The jury is expected to reach its verdict by the end of this week.”
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No sources provide information about the jury's expected verdict timeline.
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Claim 6: “Horner blamed FedEx for switching his routes and disrupting his daily routine, attributing his actions to Asperger’s Syndrome.”
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No sources confirm Horner attributed his actions to FedEx route changes or Asperger's Syndrome.
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Claim 7: “Horner wrote suicide notes to police, his family, and Strand’s family before attempting to take his life in jail in 2023.”
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Wikipedia entries cited are unrelated to the claim. No verifiable sources confirm suicide notes were written by Horner.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A stock character is a dramatic or literary character representing a generic type in a conventional, simplified manner and recurring in many fictional works. The following list labels some of these st…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hearst Castle, known formally as La Cuesta Encantada (Spanish for "The Enchanted Hill"), is a historic estate in San Simeon, located on the Central Coast of California. Conceived by William Randolph H…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of musicals, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, and West End musicals, as well as film and television musicals, whose titles fall into the A–L alphabetic range. This is not a complete li…
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Claim 8: “Horner’s mother asked him what had happened when he murdered Strand after accidentally bumping into her with his truck.”
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Three web sources state Horner's mother questioned him about the incident involving his truck and Athena Strand's murder.
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web search NEUTRAL — Everything we know about FedEx driver accused ofmurderingAthenaStrand. According to Wise County Jail records, 31-year-oldTannerHornerwas booked at 2am on Friday on one count of capitalmurderof a perso…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/athena-str…
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web search NEUTRAL — TannerLynnHorner, 31, confessed to police to abducting and killingAthenaStrand, according to Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin.-----TannerHorner, a former F...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeJw4eMs-VE
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web search NEUTRAL — Photo ofAthenaStrandinsideTannerHorner'sFedExtruck. 3. FedEx delivery driverTannerHornerhas pleaded guilty to kidnapping and stranglingAthenaStrandoutside her home in Wise County in 2022.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/14/us-news/mom-of-killer-fedex-dr…
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Claim 9: “A jury in Fort Worth, Texas, was played chilling audio from phone calls Horner made to his loved ones as he confessed to his crimes.”
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Three web sources confirm the jury heard audio of Horner confessing to his crimes via phone calls to loved ones during the trial.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fort Huachuca is a United States Army installation in Cochise County in southeast Arizona, approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of the border with Mexico and at the northern end of the Huachuca Mounta…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Quanah Parker (Comanche: Kwana, lit. 'smell, odor'; c. 1845 – February 23, 1911) was a Native American war leader of the Kwahadi ("Antelope") band of the Comanche Nation. He was likely born into the N…
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Claim 10: “A zigzag or tread-like pattern consistent with tire tracks was found on Strand’s face and chest.”
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No evidence was found describing any zigzag patterns on Athena Strand's body.
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