FedEx killer Tanner Horner claimed he had made ‘deal with the devil’ by murdering 7-year-old Athena Strand

Killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner claimed he had made a “deal with the devil” by slaying 7-year-old Athena Strand, the jury at his murder trial was told.

The confessed child murderer compared his crimes to the 2017 movie “American Satan,” in which a rock band commits human sacrifices as part of a pact with a demonic entity to achieve fame and success, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Eileen Ryan told the jury in a Fort Worth, Texas, courtroom on Wednesday.

“He [Horner] spoke quite specifically about the movie ‘American Satan.’ He described a belief that he had entered into a ‘deal with the devil’ — not necessarily in a supernatural sense, but as a catastrophic moral trade,” Ryan said.

“In his mind, he believed that by taking Athena’s life, he was ‘saving’ his own life and career,” she added.

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Killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner claimed he had made a “deal with the devil” by slaying 7-year-old Athena Strand.FOX 4 DFW
“He felt that if he didn’t do this, his world would end, his job would be gone, and he would be ruined,” Ryan said.