WBTV says Noah Harris was charged Friday with first-degree murder. Statesville police say murder and first-degree kidnapping.

Murder and first-degree kidnapping, and first-degree murder and kidnapping, and first-degree kidnapping and first-degree murder, are not the same charge line. Charged Friday, Nov. 6, and charged on Saturday, and subsequently arrested, are not the same clock. Without bond is on WBTV and Iredell Free News. It is not in the police update. A charge is not a conviction.

The Statesville Police Department's update is dated November 7, 2026, and the page says it was last updated 11/7/2026. It says the department has made an arrest in a death investigation that began Friday, November 6, 2026, in the 800 block of Museum Road near the Gregory Creek Trailhead. The original release is still on that page. It says that on Friday, November 6, 2026, at approximately 7:49 p.m., the department received a call reporting suspicious activity in the area of Museum Road and Millsaps Road. Officers located an individual suffering from traumatic injuries. Iredell County EMS and the Statesville Fire Department gave lifesaving measures at the scene. The individual was transported to an area hospital and pronounced deceased. That original release says investigators were speaking with a person of interest and were not actively searching for a suspect. It does not print a name. The update names the victim as Jason Thomas Stanley of Brunswick County, North Carolina. WBTV, by Alianna Kendall-Brooks, was published Nov. 8, 2026, at 2:54 p.m. EST. The update line on that page did not print an absolute clock. The dateline is IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. The opening says a Statesville man was charged with murder and kidnapping after a man died Friday of traumatic injuries. Died Friday, in that sentence, and pronounced deceased at a hospital, on the original release, are not the same line. WBTV says that at about 7:49 p.m. Friday, officers responded to reports of suspicious activity at Museum Road and Millsaps Road near the Gregory Creek Trailhead. About, and approximately, are not the same word. At Museum Road and Millsaps Road near the trailhead, and in the area of Museum Road and Millsaps Road, and in the 800 block of Museum Road near the trailhead, are not the same place line. WBTV does not print the 800 block. The update does not reprint Millsaps Road or 7:49 p.m. WBTV says officers found a person with traumatic injuries and did not disclose a cause. The person, later identified as Stanley, was taken to a hospital, where he died. WBTV does not print the ambulance service, the fire department, or the word pronounced. It says it was not immediately clear how old Stanley was. The police update and Iredell Free News do not print an age.

The police update says investigators identified Noah Taylor Harris, 27, of Statesville, as the suspect, and that Stanley and Harris knew one another and that the incident was not a random act of violence. Harris was taken in for questioning on November 6 and subsequently arrested and charged with murder and first-degree kidnapping. He was transferred to the custody of the Iredell County Detention Center following an interview with investigators. Murder, on that charge line, is not first-degree murder. First-degree kidnapping is the kidnapping count the update prints. The update does not print a bond, a court date, or Stanley's age. Iredell Free News, posted November 8, 2026, by Mike Fuhrman, also prints IFN Staff. It says a Statesville man has been charged with murder and first-degree kidnapping in the death of a Brunswick County man. It names Noah Taylor Harris, 27, and says he is charged with killing Jason Thomas Stanley. Charged with killing, and charged with murder, are not the same verb, and they are on the same page. It says Stanley was pronounced dead at a local hospital on Friday evening after he was found suffering from traumatic injuries near the Gregory Creek trailhead off Museum Road. Friday evening, and approximately 7:49 p.m., and died Friday, are not the same clock. Near the trailhead off Museum Road, and Museum Road and Millsaps Road, and the 800 block, are not the same place. Iredell Free News does not print Millsaps Road, the 800 block, or 7:49 p.m. It says that after identifying the victim, investigators determined Stanley and Harris knew one another and that the incident was not a random act of violence, according to the news release. Knew one another, and knew Stanley, are not the same sentence. WBTV says police said Harris knew Stanley and that his death was not a random act of violence. WBTV prints Noah Harris and Jason Stanley. It does not print Taylor or Thomas. It does not print Brunswick County. It says Harris, 27, was charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping Friday, Nov. 6, in connection with the death of Jason Stanley. First-degree murder and kidnapping, on that sentence, and murder and first-degree kidnapping, on the police update and on Iredell Free News, are not the same charge line. WBTV also says arrest records show Harris was charged with first-degree kidnapping and first-degree murder. That arrest-records sentence puts first-degree on both counts. The police update puts first-degree on the kidnapping count and does not put it on murder.

The day of the arrest is not one day. WBTV says he was charged Friday, Nov. 6, and, in a later paragraph, that investigators took him in for questioning Friday night and later charged him. Friday, and Friday night and later, are not the same clock, and they are on the same page. The photo caption on WBTV says Noah Harris, 27, of Statesville, was arrested Friday, Nov. 6, and credits Statesville Police. Of Statesville is on that caption. The police update also says of Statesville. WBTV's body says a Statesville man and does not repeat of Statesville on the name. Iredell Free News says he was taken in for questioning on Friday and charged on Saturday. Saturday is Iredell Free News. It is not the day WBTV prints for the charge, and it is not a day the police update prints. The police update says questioned on November 6 and subsequently arrested. Subsequently does not print Saturday or Friday night. Custody is not one sentence. The police update says he was transferred to the Iredell County Detention Center following an interview. It does not print a bond. WBTV says he was being held there without bond and was expected to appear in court this week. This week does not print a weekday or a courtroom. Iredell Free News says that following his arrest he was transported there, and that he was being held without bond on Sunday morning. Sunday morning is Iredell Free News. It is not on WBTV, and it is not on the police update. Transported, and transferred, and being held, are not the same verb. WBTV says it reached out to Statesville police about the circumstances leading up to Stanley's death and had not heard back as of that writing. The police update says the investigation remains ongoing. Iredell Free News says the same. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Statesville Police Department at 704-878-3406. That is the number on WBTV, on Iredell Free News, and on the original release. The update page prints a space after the 7. A charge is not a conviction. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.