our investigation and enacted in arrest but were trying to advise the public of where were at so that we they are comfortable. again police say they have received nearly 3000 tips from the public to help solve thipar. they do not want this case to go cold. jon: any parent can see whether frustrated three weeks in. christina coleman live in moscow idaho. thank you. the man who confessed to kidnapping and killing 7-year-old athena strand is now in custody charged with capital murder. the suspect a fedex driver abducted the little girl from her driveway after delivering a package to her family s home in texas. now he s facing another accusation. charles watson is live with details on that. good evening as you can imagine the family of 7-year-old athena strand said there heartbroken after the young girl was found dead and boy texas on
friday. the 7-year-old mother paid tribute to her this morning writing in a facebook quote, her name is athena presley monro strand. she was perfect from her creation, she was born perfect and daddy and mommy were scared of how beautiful she s always been. we feel like we failed you. no one deserves what happened to you but especially you. i love you and love doesn t even cover it. mommy is broken without you. the county sheriff s office says strands killer 31-year-old tanner horner was arrested and charged with capital murder and kidnapping after confessing to abducting strand from her father s home in paradise texas last weekend in later killing the young girl. an hour or so after her departure from her home. it s one of the toughest investigations that i ve been involved in.
because it s a child. new disturbing details from a texas woman who says she has been sounding alarms about horner for years. in a post on facebook the 23-year-old woman whose name we are keeping private for now says horner assaulted her eight years ago when she was a minor she writes tanner lynn horner the man who rape me at 168 years ago murdered athena strand the 7-year-old girl. i hope the family gets justice that they deserve. i hope he rots in a hope everyone who didn t believe me when i talked about this for eight years does now. it s not clear whether there was a role being investigation into these claims but at this point horner has not been charged in connection with those assault allegations read as for fedex we are hearing from them they released a statement saying their hearts go out to the family of 7-year-old athena strand, they said they continue to cooperate with police. as far as a motive it is unclear