Jacinta Harmer

**Jacinta Harmer** was the killer of her mother, Erica Harmer in There Ain't No Cure For Murder (Case #9 of Zorro Island). She later made a suspect appearance in the murder investigation of corrupt therapist Dr. Alan Gilbert in A Shocking Development (Case #21 of Zorro Island).

### Affiliation

Unnamed School  (Student; Formerly)
 Wellgrove Asylum  (Patient)

## Info

Jacinta is a 15-year-old girl from the woodlands. She has black dreadlocks and brown eyes, as well as dark skin. She wears red lipstick and nail varnish, and wears a baggy sweater saying 'Bee Kind' with a bee on it. She also has notable scratches on her neck and left forearm, as her left sleeve is pulled up to her elbow.

In her first suspect appearance, it is known that she knows martial arts, uses moisturiser and listens to the *Murdertales* podcast.

In her second suspect appearance, she wears grey sweatpants and a matching grey sweater, and scratches on her right arm. It is known that she reads *Hobby* magazine.

## Events of Zorro Island

### There Ain't No Cure For Murder

Jacinta was flagged as a suspect when Javier and the player found a text message from Jacinta to her mother asking where she was. Jacinta would awkwardly scratch her neck and say that she couldn't exactly remember the time or place that her mother had gone, and she was devastated when she found out her mother had died, bursting out crying and screaming, concerning Javier and the player, and leading them to get Alita in the loop.

Jacinta was spoken to again, this time about her mother's constant yelling that her neighbours had recently reported, as found on a file by Juan. Jacinta said that ever since she had come out as lesbian, her life had been a nightmare. She was an only child, and her mother wanted grandchildren, and so she found any excuse to abuse her or use her for her own personal gain, and when she couldn't, she just made Jacinta leave the house.

In the end, Jacinta was found to be the killer. Upon apprehension, Jacinta completely denied killing her mother, saying that she had stayed at home all morning and watched *The Fresh Princess*, while earlier her alibi had been different, leading Alita to step in and send Javier and the player outside for a moment. Later on, Alita would inform the player and Javier that Jacinta had a psychotic break that led her to kill her mother, and cannot remember much of the events that happened. Alita then stated that she had already arranged for Jacinta to be sent to a mental institution so she can recover with the proper help.

### A Shocking Development

Jacinta was flagged as a suspect once again when Axelle and the player found the initials J.H. on Dr. Gilbert's agenda, learning from Madeleine Vorrhmann that Jacinta was the only patient with those initials. Upon learning of Dr. Gilbert's murder, Jacinta was shocked, as she began to panic slightly before she began using breathing techniques. Upon calming down, she informed Axelle and the player that Dr. Gilbert saw her every day due to her extremely fragile state, as he was helping her deal with the fact that she killed her mother, something she now admitted that she did do. She then excused herself, saying that she needed to go see the nurse for her scratches, as Axelle and the player were impressed by her recovery.

Jacinta was spoken to again after Alita identified an anonymous diary entry as Jacinta's, in which she said that she hated Dr. Gilbert's methods. Jacinta explained to the detectives that Dr. Gilbert *had* been helping her deal with her killing her mother, but had also been progressively forcing her to believe that it was the right thing to do, despite Jacinta deeply loving her mother despite her homophobic remarks. Jacinta then tearfully said that she loved her mother, and deeply hated that Dr. Gilbert was attempting to tarnish her memory of her when she had dealt with enough, as Axelle informed her that loss was difficult, and nobody would be able to change her relationship with her mother.

Jacinta was found to be innocent when Pedro Garcia was found guilty of the murder.