Defense focuses on Tanner Horner's background, mental health in sentencing phase of trial
In this punishment phase of the trial, the defense is trying to humanize Horner for the jury.
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In this punishment phase of the trial, the defense is trying to humanize Horner for the jury.
Mrs. Horner said Tanner had a hard time making friends and was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome and ADHD.
On Monday, the court moved into what's known as the voir dire phase for expert witnesses.
The video shows Horner driving by Athena Strand's home the day after her murder, getting frustrated that the road was blocked.
Athena Strand's mother, Maitlyn Gandy, took the stand Wednesday afternoon, facing her daughter's killer in one of the most emotional moments of the trial so far.
Jurors hear new testimony, past allegations and search history, including "Do FedEx truck cameras constantly record?" in Tanner Horner's trial.
Horner's letter to the Strand family was apologetic and placed blame for the girl's death on him, but a letter to detectives blamed someone else.
Testimony and interview footage on Day 3 of Tanner Horner's capital murder trial pulled back the curtain on evidence.
A call for prayer in Paradise, where Athena Strand was kidnapped and murdered in November 2022.
Jurors delivered their verdict Monday in the trial of Kouri Richins, a Utah mother accused of murdering her husband and later publishing a children's book about grief.
The trial for a Kaufman County man accused of capital murder is underway Monday.
The trial for a Kaufman County man who allegedly murdered his neighbor, then fled before his first trial date, begins on Monday with jury selection.
The incident occurred around 3 a.m. on July 31, 2023, at a home in the 4500 block of Merida Avenue.
Richard Allen is accused in the killings of 14-year-old Liberty "Libby" German and 13-year-old Abigail "Abby" Williams in 2017.
Jerry Elders faces the death penalty for the April 14, 2021, murder of Robin Waddell in Johnson County.
An 84-year-old murder suspect who police said confessed to shooting his 78-year-old former girlfriend, is not expected to answer to the charge in a courtroom now after an expert determined he is not competent to stand trial.
Unless Gov. Abbott or the U.S. Supreme Court intervene, Cantu will be put to death Wednesday.
The girl has pleaded true to the capital murder charge, the juvenile equivalent of pleading guilty in adult court.
Dykes was found guilty of murder and tampering with evidence.
Dykes is expected to take the stand in her own defense today.
Dykes is one of three people accused of killing Marisela Botello in 2020 after a night in Deep Ellum.
Nestor Hernandez is accused of fatally shooting two women on October 22, 2022.
The man set to go to trial next week for the 2019 murder of a 9-year-old Dallas girl is on the run, a source familiar with the trial told CBS News Texas.
On day five of the Aaron Dean murder trial, both sides rested and closed the case.
Dean took the stand on Monday, giving his side of the story for the first time.
