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I don’t normally agree with the death penalty, but I make an exception for monsters who rape & murder children.
The new charges appear to challenge Horner's alleged explanation to investigators for his killing of Athena Strand... Horner had told investigators the little girl was not seriously injured when he accidentally backed his truck into her, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. The suspect told investigators that he “panicked” and feared “she was going to tell her father about being hit by the FedEx truck the Defendant was operating,” leading him to strangle her, the affidavit said.

When he claimed this many speculated that he was desperately trying to avoid a child rape charge on top of murder. The article does not say if the autopsy was completed, but maybe the prosecutors have seen initial results. >

I'm not sure why he thinks strangling a 7 year old girl ain't getting him life without parole? As for the rape charges, if he is worried about how inmates gonna treat him, they already gonna on his ass for strangling a 7 year old. They don't take kindly to crimes against children or rape. >

Nah, he’s going to death row for sure. Even without the sexual assault they had a confession that he murdered a child. >

Exactly. That's why I wasn't sure why he's trying to deny he raped the girl. >

In addition to being a piece of shit, he may also be fucking stupid. >

Ya, we knew this was coming. Poor girl. >

I've never wanted to be more wrong. But noooope. >

I immediately thought this is what happened. He didn’t hit her, he stole her and raped her from her home and killed her. He also has a history of sexual assault. >

A history of SA? Why would he get hired as a delivery driver if he has had a history? 
If I was the parent I would be looking into suing cause now I feel like this could of been prevented >

He was also an independent contractor for FedEx and apparently they don’t run background checks on those employees >

Correct, fedex has been contracting independent delivery drivers and delivery companies to deliver fedex packages. >

Just to clarify that it is FedEx Ground that uses a contractor model.  FedEx Express drivers are hired by FedEx directly who undergo background checks and drug screening. >

what will always stay with me about this story is how people around him warned others about him for literally years. One woman even told all her FB friends he raped her. And nothing was ever done about him. Just imagine how many of his friends thought "no way he's a good guy" and just looked the other way.
This girls life could have never been in danger to begin with if people had taken the warnings seriously. >

When this story broke there was someone on this sub saying it seemed fishy since he had no criminal record, suggesting a setup. And I get that that user didn’t know the guy, but the fact that people will jump to “It must be a setup!” before admitting that a lot of rapists are totally normal-seeming people and not spooky scary monsters shines a light on one of the big reasons for why people with no record can get away with this stuff. >

Its 1 in 4 women who are sexual assaulted, and average sexual assaulter assaults 4 women. So 1 in 16 men commit sexual assault in their lifetime. Think about that next time you’re in a restaurant, on transit, at the office, in a bar… >

No surprise there.  That poor child’s family… >

I really didn't want this to be the case. That poor child. >

Did he sexually assult the little girl "because he was scared"?
For those that werent following this that's initially why he said he killed the girl in the back of the truck >

I'm guessing the "I was scared so I killed her" excuse was to get a life sentence (or less if the jury bought it so much they chose to convict him of 2nd degree murder instead).  With the rape charge that adds an extenuating circumstance that will get him the death penalty. >

It's one of those stories where the initial report is heartbreaking but the truth is horrifying. >

Time to hug my girls. The fury I have towards people that would hurt a child is very real.
Figured this was what actually happened when his excuse came out. What a shitty human. >

Human... That's a weird way to spell shitstain. >

They need to check those woods for more bodies. >

This guy is going to fry >

The only reason I don't support capital punishment is because it's a system that can be abused - like needing a license to reproduce, there's at best a margin for error and at worst a potential for genocide. There's no one way to ensure that such power is used 100% correctly 100% of the time, there's no way to 'corruption proof' it - which means it's a bad idea overall.   
That being said, I genuinely believe there are people in this world that can and should be removed from it and doing so would only positively benefit our species - this man falls into that category. >

Very well said. I share the same thoughts >

He's getting the chair. >

They said they had camera footage of him talking to her in the back of the truck. Now I'm not so sure the footage was of him "talking" with her. >

Texas kills more perpetrators than any other State. He’ll be getting snuffed & given a one way ticket on the hot rails of Hell. TOAST 🍞 >

Death penalty is too good for this non-human. That poor baby. >

Death row for 60 years???? Nope. Tell his family they have one week to say goodbye, then lights out on this child killer. >

I'm not against the death penalty, just the execution of innocents, and our system allows convictions on pretty shady evidence sometimes, so as general policy I think it's abolishment would be best.  This guy is clearly guilty, so I'm good with his execution. >

If you believe the justice system is any less than 100% accurate the death penalty just means you are okay with killing some amount of innocents.
Even by the most conservative estimates roughly 5% of people on death row are ~~actually innocent~~  will be exonerated. source
I'm not gonna accept killing innocents just because i want this one guy dead. >

Let the parents decide his fate once convicted.