Overview
- Maitlyn Gandy, who took the stand Wednesday, told jurors about her 7-year-old daughter’s life and said she has attended nearly every hearing to be her child’s voice.
- A state DNA supervisor testified Wednesday that Y-STR testing on the sexual-assault kit and scrapings from under Athena’s fingernails could not exclude Horner as the male contributor, noting analysts do not call any result a match.
- An FBI digital examiner said Tuesday that Horner’s phone activity included searches for “Paradise missing girl” and “do FedEx truck cameras constantly record,” which surfaced after the killing.
- Two women testified Tuesday that Horner sexually assaulted them when they were 16, accounts prosecutors offered to show a pattern as the defense questioned their credibility.
- The punishment phase continues in Fort Worth, and jurors are set to hear audio recorded inside the delivery truck during the abduction before deciding between death or life without parole.