Warrant Texas FedEx driver says he strangled girl in van

(AP) —The FedEx driver accused of abducting and killing a 7-year-old girl last week in Texas told authorities that he strangled her after accidentally hitting her with his van while making a delivery at her home, according to an arrest warrant obtained Thursday. Tanner Lynn Homer, 31, told investigators that Athena Strand wasn't seriously hurt after he hit her while backing up, but he panicked and put her in his van. He said she was talking to him and told him her name, according to the warrant. But Homer said he didn't want her to tell her father what happened, so he first tried to break the girl's neck and when that didn't work, he strangled her with his hands in the back of the van, the warrant said. The warrant said Homer took investigators to where he'd left Athena's body.