No one expected it to go that far. During the trial of Tanner Horner, a recording was played in court — and within seconds, the entire room shifted. Jurors sat frozen as the voice came through the speakers… calm, unsettling… and then came the words investigators say no one could forget. Reporters who’ve covered countless cases looked visibly shaken. And in a rare move, some news stations cut their live feed mid-broadcast as the audio continued. Now the focus isn’t just on the trial… it’s on what was heard in that moment — and why it was too much even for live TV.
FedEx killer Tanner Horner jurors hear audio so gruesome that local news cuts away from feed
Horrifying audio played to jurors during FedEx killer Tanner Horner’s trial in Texas Friday was so gruesome, a local station was forced to cut away from its live feed as it played.
NBC Dallas Fort Worth’s broadcast briefly went dark as 7-year-old Athena Strand’s final moments were played during the murder trial’s fourth day.
It wasn’t immediately clear what was said on the audio tape — but the station has warned viewers it will pause the feed when parts of the trial become too “graphic.”
Jurors on Friday were also shown disturbing photos of a bungee-like cord and a rope found inside the truck Horner used to abduct the girl in Paradise, Texas, in November 2022
Other disturbing evidence presented during the trial has included hour-long video footage that reportedly showed Horner, 34, strangling the young girl to death.
