Who was Athena Strand? Parents, Father, Mother, Step-mom, Age, FedEx Driver Arrested

Athena Strand was a 7-year-old child born in 2015 to a Viking father and Maitlyn Presley Gandy, who is also her biological mother. She previously resided with her mother, who had sole custody of her, but she also frequently visited his father and stepmother in Texas.

It was reported that the mother of the kidnapped girl drove from Oklahoma to Texas after learning of the incident. She also thanked people who had helped in the search for Athena and criticized the man accused of taking her in a spate of angry social media posts. She called the killing of her daughter a “monster” and added, “I do not want the bastard who took my baby from me and cruelly killed her to go to any city, town, district, state, or country without every single person seeing her face.”

Gandy published another Facebook article. She stated that the official agencies who helped with the probe “have all cried alongside me,” adding that “as a mother, I know no one is as broken as I am.”

Working crime scenes involving children is difficult, she said, and it requires a certain kind of person whether the child is yours or not. “I’m grateful you located my child. Everyone would have preferred a different outcome, I’m sure.