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The body of a seven-year-old girl has been found in Texas two days after she was allegedly abducted by a FedEx driver who had been dropping off a package.
Athena Strand was found dead on Friday night, police in Wise County, northwest of Dallas, confirmed.
Investigators revealed she likely died 'within an hour' of her being kidnapped from where she lived in Paradise.
The suspect, 31-year-old Tanner Horner, of Lake Worth, confessed to Athena's kidnap and killing.
Police revealed how digital evidence together with interviews suggest the little girl did not live more than an hour after being snatched.
The body of 7-year-old Athena Strand has been found some 10 miles from where she was taken
Tanner Lynn Horner, 31, confessed to police to abducting and killing Athena on Wednesday afternoon
The FedEx van Homer was said to have been driving was found several 10 miles away from where Athena was abducted
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Homer has now been charged with capital murder and aggravated kidnapping. He is now being held on $1.5 million bond.
'We're just sad it didn't end the way that we hoped that it would end,' Sheriff Lane Akin said during a Friday night press conference.
Horner is the only suspect authorities believe is responsible in the case, Akin said. He did not have any relation or connection to the family.
According to the Wise County Sheriff's Office, the child was dropped off at home from school at her home in Paradise at 4.30pm on Wednesday.
At some point afterwards, the youngster was outside her home after an argument with her step-mother. At the same time, Horner was delivering a FedEx package to her house.
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