Overview
- The defense called Tanner Horner’s grandmother, who told Athena Strand’s parents she was sorry and said the crime has torn their family.
- The defense expects to finish its witnesses Monday, with closing arguments Tuesday before jurors begin deliberations.
- A forensic psychiatrist testified that Horner admitted sexually assaulting Athena during a jail evaluation.
- Jurors have seen video placing Athena inside the FedEx truck and heard medical findings of blunt-force injuries, smothering and strangulation, with DNA that did not exclude Horner.
- Under Texas law a capital sentence must be unanimous, so one holdout would mean life in prison without parole.