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ABC13 reported Zachary Harper was charged Tuesday in the 2007 murder of Yosheka Jarmon.

Luke Jones's story is dated Friday, November 6, 2026, at 4:15 a.m. It spells her name Yosheka Jarmon and does not print her age. An ABC13 story dated Thursday, November 5, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., and a City of Houston release dated November 4, spell her Yoshea Jarmon, 29, and call him 47. Neither of those lines prints a time zone. The two young children are not named.

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Booking photo of Zachary Harper
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Yosheka, on Friday's ABC13 story, and Yoshea, on Thursday's ABC13 story and on the Houston release, are not the same spelling. Solved, in Friday's lede, and charged, in the next sentence, are not the same word. An electrical cord, on Friday, and appeared to have been strangled, on the police release, are not the same mechanism line. Tuesday, on Friday's story, and a release dated November 4, 2026, are not the same day. The children are not named.

ABC13, by Luke Jones, dated Friday, November 6, 2026, at 4:15 a.m., reported that on Tuesday Zachary Harper was charged in the 2007 murder of his then-girlfriend, Yosheka Jarmon, at their northeast Houston apartment. The line does not print a time zone. The subhead and the lede say police say they've solved a young mother's murder almost 20 years later. Solved, in that sentence, and charged, in the sentence that names Harper, are not the same word. The story says Harper had already been in jail since April when he was charged with the 2023 murder of Armin Mirazimi. It does not print Harper's age, Jarmon's age, a street, or the day in April. It says Terance Jarmon told Eyewitness News he discovered his sister's body in a closet after neighbors had called to report that her two young children were alone outside her apartment. The children are not named. The story does not print their ages. It says police say Yosheka Jarmon had been strangled with an electrical cord and one of her arms had been slashed. It says investigators say witnesses had reported seeing a man fitting Harper's description near the crime scene, and that Jarmon's car was later found close to where Harper had been staying in the days following the murder.

The same Friday story says Jarmon's brother said Harper's behavior also made him suspect, and it quotes him: "He ain't come back home, and then the next day he ain't call to check up on the kids or nothing." The children are not named in that quotation. It says Jarmon said police still didn't have enough evidence to charge him with murder, and it quotes him: "Her fingerprints and his were mixed together, so it made it inconclusive." That fingerprint sentence is the brother's. It is not printed as a laboratory finding. The story says it was Harper's arrest in April on the 2023 murder charge that he says prompted detectives to take another look at his sister's case and complete additional evidence testing. He, in that sentence, is Terance Jarmon. A brother's account of what prompted the new look is not the police release's account of the charging decision. The story says that in the years after the 2007 murder, records show Harper racked up at least five criminal charges, including unlawful weapon possession, drug possession, and a terroristic threat charge for threatening an ex-girlfriend. At least five is the count on that page. It does not print the other two. It says police say he had been violent towards Yosheka Jarmon leading up to the murder. It quotes Terance Jarmon: "I didn't find out this 'til after it was all over with. He used to beat on her and stuff like that, but she never did - he didn't do nothing to the face." Police say he had been violent, and the brother's later account of beatings he says did not include the face, are both on that page. They are not the same sentence. The story says Harper was denied bond and remains in the Harris County Jail, and that his listed attorney didn't return a message seeking comment. The attorney is not named.

ABC13's Thursday story, dated November 5, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., with no time zone on that line, reported the suspect, 47-year-old Zachary Harper, is charged with murder in connection with the death of 29-year-old Yoshea Jarmon, according to Houston police. Yoshea, age 29, and age 47, are that story. Yosheka, with no age, is Friday's story. They are not the same spelling. It reported Jarmon was found dead Sept. 15, 2007, inside her apartment in the 9500 block of Crofton Street, and that investigators determined she had been strangled. Her apartment, on Thursday, and their apartment, on Friday, are not the same word. Strangled, with no electrical cord and no slashed arm, is Thursday. An electrical cord, and one arm slashed, are Friday. It reported that according to HPD, witnesses reported seeing a man believed to be Harper near Jarmon's apartment around the time of her death, and that police said Jarmon's vehicle was taken from the scene and later recovered near a location where Harper was staying. A man believed to be Harper, on Thursday, and a man fitting Harper's description, on Friday, are not the same identification line. Taken from the scene and later recovered, on Thursday, and later found close to where he had been staying in the days following, on Friday, are not the same sentence. Thursday does not print a closet, and it does not mention the children. It reported detectives said their investigation found a history of family violence between Jarmon and Harper, and that following additional investigation and evidence testing, the Harris County District Attorney's Office was consulted and murder charges were filed. Found a history of family violence, on Thursday, and police say he had been violent, on Friday, are not the same sentence. It reported Harper is currently jailed on separate murder charges related to an unrelated case, and that according to HPD he was charged in the shooting death of 26-year-old Armin Mirazimi on Sept. 10, 2023, at 1809 Saint Elmo Street. A shooting death, an age, a date, and a street, on Thursday, and the 2023 murder of Armin Mirazimi, with none of those details, on Friday, are not the same account. Thursday does not print a bond, the Harris County Jail by name, or a lawyer.

The City of Houston newsroom, in a release dated November 4, 2026, by Shay Awosiyan, with no clock, reported charges have been filed against a suspect in the 2007 fatal strangulation of a woman found at 9555 Crofton Street on September 15, 2007. November 4, 2026, was a Wednesday. Tuesday, on Friday's ABC13 story, is not that date. It reported the suspect, Zachary Harper, 47, is charged with murder in the 338th Criminal District Court. It spells the victim Yoshea Jarmon, 29. 9555 Crofton Street, on the release, and the 9500 block of Crofton Street, on Thursday's ABC13 story, are not the same address line. Northeast Houston, with no street, is Friday. It reported HPD Homicide Division Detective J. Caten said Ms. Jarmon was found deceased inside her apartment and appeared to have been strangled. Appeared to have been strangled, on the release, determined she had been strangled, on Thursday's ABC13 story, and strangled with an electrical cord, on Friday, are not the same mechanism line. The release does not print a closet, a slashed arm, or the children. It reported witnesses claimed to have seen a male believed to be Zachary Harper in the area of the victim's apartment around the time she was located deceased, and that the victim's vehicle was taken and located a few days later near a location where the suspect was staying. Claimed to have seen, on the release, and reported seeing, on both ABC13 stories, are not the same verb. A few days later is the release. It is not on Friday's story. It reported HPD Homicide Cold Case Unit detectives believe there was a history of family violence between the victim and the suspect, and that after further investigation and evidence testing, the Harris County District Attorney's Office was consulted and the suspect was charged. Believe, on the release, and found, on Thursday's ABC13 story, are not the same verb. The release says Harper is currently in jail on murder charges for an unrelated incident. It does not print Armin Mirazimi's name. The charge is what those pages describe. It is not a finding that he killed her, and it is not a finding that he killed Armin Mirazimi. The children are not named. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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