India, May 6 -- On Tuesday, May 5, one of the most high-profile and ruthless criminal cases in Texas concluded with the suspect being sentenced to death.

Tanner Horner, the 37-year-old FedEx driver convicted of the kidnapping and killing of seven-year-old Athena Strand in 2022, admitted to the crime last month. On Tuesday, he was sentenced to death by lethal injection.

Following the sentencing, a key question that has come up is when Horner will be executed. That is yet to be decided as more appeals are pending.

Tuesday's sentencing came at a Fort Worth, Texas court after 19 days of testimony. Following his admission to the crime and the guilty plea on April 7, he was facing either life in prison without parole or the death penalty.

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