Jurors are deciding whether to sentence Horner to life in prison without parole or to death for murdering Athena Strand

The judge presiding over the trial warned observers to "leave now" if they could not stomach watching or listening to the hour-long recording.

Jurors in the sentencing phase of Tanner Horner's trial heard audio prosecutors say captured Athena Strand's final moments.

"If you give me a month with my family so I can have Christmas with my son, I'll give you everything," Tanner Horner said in a recorded interview played for jurors

Athena Strand’s mother revealed the final heartbreaking words she told her 7-year-old daughter in emotional testimony while staring down the monster FedEx driver who kidnapped and murdered her. Maitlyn Gandy,

Jurors are set to return to court on Wednesday as testimony resumes in the capital murder trial over the death of 7-year-old Athena Strand.

A woman who lives near the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center called 311 last week about an injured great horned owl. The timing matches when Athena's mate appears to have stopped delivering food.

Archaeologists uncovered a nearly complete, six-foot-tall statue of Athena at the West Theater in