Small, tight-knit community comes together to keep Athena Strand's memory alive
Pink was Athena Strand's favorite color. Now the community is lit up in pink in memory of her.
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Pink was Athena Strand's favorite color. Now the community is lit up in pink in memory of her.
Athena's spirit lives on in this tight-knit community.
A rural Wise County community is mourning the loss of 7-year-old Athena Strand. On Wednesday evening, she was first reported missing by her stepmother. The Wise County Sheriff's office said Athena left the house by herself. After two days of searching, her body was found last night, several miles away from her house. https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/athena-strand-wise-county-community-comes-together-to-mourn-7-year-old-girl/
Tanner L. Horner, 31, of Fort Worth, is being charged with capital murder and aggravated kidnapping. He's currently being held in the Wise County Jail on $1.5 million bond. Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/athena-strand-missing-7-year-old-girl-found-in-wise-county/
Athena Strand, a 7-year-old girl who disappeared from her father's home in Wise County, law has been found dead, officials confirmed Friday evening. Police said that the contract driver of a FedEx truck abducted Athena and that she likely died within an hour based on digital evidence and on a confession.
Athena Strand, the missing 7-year-old girl from North Texas, has been found dead in rural Wise County.
On Friday evening, police searching for Strand taped off a car on CR 4599 at TX 114 in Boyd, about seven miles from her home, and ordered people nearby to move away.
Police taped off a car on CR 4599 at TX 114 in Boyd while searching for the 7-year-old.
Police searching for Strand taped off a car on CR 4599 at TX 114 in Boyd, about seven miles from her home.
A massive search is underway for Athena Presley Monroe Strand, 7, who left her home in Wise County the evening of Nov. 30 and has yet to be found.
Volunteers continued searching for Athena Strand while there was daylight Thursday. They said they will continue searching Friday morning.
Athena Strand has still not been found, but authorities plan to continue searching overnight, Wise County Sheriffs said Thursday evening. An Amber Alert was issued earlier in the day and police believe she might be in danger. Anyone with information is asked to contact police. https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/athena-strand-missing-wise-county/
Strand has been missing since Wednesday. An Amber Alert was issued Thursday.
Police said Strand's mother spent "about an hour" looking for her before contacting the sheriff's office.
A woman who disappeared over five decades ago was found in Fort Worth this week, her family announced Sunday.
The Denton Police Department found an 11-year-old whose family said got off her school bus but never made it home.
Family last heard from Thomas Toussaint on Oct. 5. He suffers from mental health conditions and police say he is without his medication.
Hailey Pruitt, 14, got on the bus after school and did not return after exiting the bus. Police posted on social media that she was located just after 11:30 p.m. Thursday.
The Dallas County Sheriff's Department announced on Friday that human remains found in a field in August have been identified.
James Price was last seen in the 4100 block of Gaston Avenue on Sept. 7 at about 5:20 p.m.
Helen Valdez was located hours after she was last seen.
James Ervin Coleman was last seen on Sept. 1 at about 8 p.m. at 1128 Glen Park Drive in Dallas.
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office is asking the public to be on the lookout for two teenage girls who are missing.
Crispen Donl Squalls was found and is home with his family.
Baylor NICU nursing intern Roxane Reza, 23, was found safe after she was reported missing when she went for a run and never came home.
