Houston man gets death sentence in 2008 triple killing | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Wednesday 20 October 2010
Houston man gets death sentence in 2008 triple killing | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "Harris County jury deliberated three hours before sentencing Garland Bernell Harper to death Monday for fatally stabbing his 38-year-old girlfriend and strangling her two daughters.
Harper, 40, was living with Triska Lashaun Rose in a southwest Houston condo for several months before beginning to stalk her and accuse her of cheating on him. He eventually tied her up, stabbed her and slit her throat on Oct. 24, 2008, prosecutors said.
Harper also was accused of binding, then strangling Briana Roberson, 15, and Mya Love, 7. Harper was not the children's father.
After being sentenced by state District Judge Jeannine Barr, Harper would not look at Rose's brother who said he was 'not a man' during a victim impact statement.
'You're weak. You prey on women,' said Terrence Rose. 'I want to say, 'May God have mercy on your soul' but I can't say that now.'
Defense lawyers described Harper as a mentally ill man with a drug problem, which made him delusional, believing Rose was having an affair with a man Harper could never catch."
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