Former FedEx driver sentenced to death for killing seven-year-old Texas girl
He was dropping off a package at Athena Strand's home when he kidnapped her and then killed her in 2022.
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He was dropping off a package at Athena Strand's home when he kidnapped her and then killed her in 2022.
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