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[Eva Walz] Modelling
was definitely a career
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that Christina was
really passionate about.
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For her to be in Playboy,
I mean, that's something
she'd always wanted to do.
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Thousands of women would
submit photos every month
to be a Cybergirl.
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You have to be gorgeous,
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and Hef could have
seen something
really special in Christina.
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ButPlayboy models
get a lot of unwanted
attention from men.
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It can be a real problem,
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especially if you find
yourself around
the wrong person.
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There had been prior
activity related to Christina.
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And she did allude to the fact
that she thought she may
have been drugged.
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She heard a man somewhat
forcefully telling Christina
don't call the police.
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This person had told him,
perhaps, the most chilling
detail in this whole case.
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I was in complete shock.
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Who becomes a victim like
this twice in a couple days?
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[Gavin Goschinski]
On August 22nd,
I was in the Detective Unit
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of Lower Merion Township
Police Station
talking to detectives,
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when a call came in
about a "check the well-being"
At Christina Kraft's residence
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at a high-end condo
complex in Ardmore.
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[Vinny Vella]
Ardmore is right
outside Philadelphia.
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It's in a part of the suburbs
generally known to be
a very wealthy, affluent area.
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It's a close-knit community.
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A lot of people
walk to places,
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a lot of stores, restaurants,
bars, things like that.
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I wouldn't say it's
a high crime area.
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[Goschinski] Very wealthy
and affluent people who
call 911, and call the police
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for every... Every matter
of issue in their life.
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Normally, I wouldn't go
on a "check the well-being,"
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but I decided to go
on this call right away
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because I was
advised by detectives
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that there had been
prior activity related
to Christina.
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A man, named Alex,
made the call.
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He was worried
about his girlfriend,
Christina,
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because she wasn't
answerin' her cell phone,
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and he couldn't get
into the apartment
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because the interior door
was locked.
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So, they had to force entry
into the apartment.
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When we got into her room...
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We saw blood splatter.
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And we saw what clearly
was a body on a bed,
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with a comforter
perfectly placed over top.
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We pulled
the comforter back...
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And it's a badly beaten girl.
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There's no question
that it was a homicide.
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I vividly remember
walking in thinking
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that it was probably one
of the most gruesome
scenes that I had seen.
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She had a broken nose,
there were fractures
of both eyes.
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She was strangled to death.
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The victim
of this brutal homicide
was Christina Carlin-Kraft.
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She was in her mid-30s,
she was aPlayboy model.
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The victim was found
strangled in her condo.
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Police made
that disturbing discovery
on Sibley Avenue in Ardmore.
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They were called there
to make a welfare check.
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You don't hear things
like this happening here.
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Never really heard of anything
more than parking tickets,
and jaywalkin', you know?
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Hearin' a murder
or a strangling like that
is just traumatizing.
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Christina Carlin-Kraft
was the PlayboyCybergirl
of the Week on May 4th, 2009.
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[Vella] Christina grew up
in South Jersey,
along the shore.
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From an early age,
she was very interested
in modelling,
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and the entertainment
industry.
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In 2000, Christina graduated
from high school
in Linwood, New Jersey.
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And for a couple
years after that,
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she worked as a waitress
in the South Jersey area,
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and in the Borgata
in Atlantic City.
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In 2003, Christina met Alex,
her longtime boyfriend,
and future fiance
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at the Jersey Shore
on Labor Day weekend,
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and the two
were incredibly close.
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He was very supportive
of her modelling career.
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The two were a couple
for 15 years,
until the time of her death.
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Christina's father had
said that she was
the light in his life.
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That, as his oldest,
uh, child, uh, they had
a very close relationship.
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He valued the time
that they spent together.
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This is the photo shoot that
I actually met Christina at,
that we did together.
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It was thisMaxim
andStuff Magazine
three day event.
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This event was a model search.
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There were girls flown in
from around the country,
and her and I were chosen
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as the Maxim
and Stuff Magazine
Model Search winners.
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We got along great.
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She's so sweet,
very charismatic,
she was a lot of fun,
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obviously, very
stunningly beautiful.
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I remember looking
at her, and just thinking,
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with her dark hair,
and her light blue eyes,
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like, she was just the epitome
of a... Of a model.
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They put her photos
in several of the Maxim
and Stuffmagazines,
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and having that exposure
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really helped both
of our modelling
careers take off.
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Modelling was definitely
a career that she was
really passionate about.
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For her to be in Playboy,
I mean, that's something
she'd always wanted to do.
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[Holly Madison] Christina
had done some modelling
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for Maximand some of those
other men's magazines.
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And even though those were
great, there was something
about the Playboybrand
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that had a little bit more
of a mystique to it,
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and seemed
a little more special.
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On the Playboy.com website,
you could join what
was called the Cyber Club.
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It was a subscription
membership, and each week
they would showcase
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a nude photoshoot
of a different woman,
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and she would be
the Cybergirl of the Week.
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APlayboy Cybergirl
had an online pictorial.
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It was very similar
to the Playmate pictorial.
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It was a very glamorous,
softly lit, nude pictorial,
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and there would be
a little blurb about the girl.
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You have to be gorgeous,
but you also have to have
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that really, like,
fresh-faced, kind of innocent,
but kind of sexy look.
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It was a big deal
to be a Cybergirl,
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and it could definitely
be a stepping stone
to even bigger things.
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When the Cybergirl shoot
went live in 2009,
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I think for Christina,
that was probably
really exhilarating.
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Christina would have been
invited out to stay
at the mansion,
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and do a Playmate test
for the magazine.
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And after she
was selected as Cybergirl,
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she would have been invited
to all the parties, and would
have had access to that world.
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To meet Hef personally,
that's kind of an extra step,
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kind of have
to catch his attention.
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Hef could have seen something
really special in Christina.
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Christina didn't become
a Playmate, and that
was her ultimate goal.
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The Playmate selection process
is incredibly competitive.
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Thousands of women would send
in their photos every month
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to be considered to be
a PlayboyPlaymate,
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and from that, only one woman
would be chosen each month.
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Ultimately, the final decision
would be Hef's.
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And there's so many reasons
that Christina may not
have been chosen.
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Maybe they already had
too many brunettes
scheduled that year,
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or maybe they were
just looking for somebody
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with a little bit more
of a different story.
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She was 26, and unfortunately,
in the Playboyworld, that
was considered a little old.
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If you don't make it
to that next step
of being a Playmate,
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that could be
a huge disappointment.
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It could have
a big effect on your life,
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because it's not just
a goal you didn't reach,
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but it's something
that reflects back
on your self-image,
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and how supposedly attractive
you are perceived to be.
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And it can really be
a hit on your self-esteem.
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Christina took modelling jobs
here and there when she could,
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and, as part of that,
she moved to New York City
to further her career.
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Modelling can be difficult
once you've posed for Playboy.
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From the outside, it looks
like it might be a stepping
stone, but once you're there,
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you realize a lot of brands
don't wanna work with somebody
who's posed nude before.
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So, I imagine
she probably encountered
a lot of difficulties
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that she maybe
wasn't prepared for.
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[Walz] When you put
yourself out there like that,
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those pictures
are out there forever.
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You have to think long term
about your future,
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and, you know,
your career down the road.
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And not that it's
negative at all,
for some people,
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but in some light,
it can look negative.
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Christina's modelling career
didn't take off
after her Playboyappearance,
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and she was kinda left adrift.
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Playboy,as a brand,
really has no, you know,
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support for women
once they're not working
for them anymore.
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I think they just
look at it as,
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well, you know, we can't
babysit all these women
for the rest a their lives.
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[Goschinski] Upon realizing
that Ms. Kraft had
been murdered,
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we met with Alex,
her fiance, in the hallway.
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I told him, "I'm very sorry,
but Christina's dead."
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He was clearly
stricken with grief.
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[Michael Vice] When
something like this happens,
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it's sort of, like,
what we say
is an "All hands on deck."
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I need everybody
and anybody that can come in.
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Once we were finished
with the scene,
which took hours,
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the next step is we need
to talk to anybody.
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I had my investigators
knocking on every
resident's door.
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Did they hear anything?
Did they see anything?
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[Jim Melwert] Murder
definitely stands out
when it happens in Ardmore,
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because, uh, they just
don't happen that often,
and it's unexpected.
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[Vella] I think folks
who lived near Christina
were worried
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that, you know, maybe
a killer was going around
in the community.
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When something
like this happens,
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I think a lot of people
automatically assume
the worst and panic.
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After we received information
that Christina was the victim
of this murder,
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we tried to find out
as much as we could
about her and her past.
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Uh, just... Just given
the... The shocking nature
of the crime,
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Christina had
a very clear online footprint.
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And front and center
in a lot of the web traffic
about Christina
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was an article
from the New York Post
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about an incident that she had
had in 2016, in Manhattan.
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There was
some sort of dispute
over paying her tab,
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and she got into a physical
fight with a bar manager.
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She was charged
with misdemeanor assault,
but ultimately,
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the prosecutors
in New York dropped
the charges against her.
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In 2017, she had moved
to Ardmore at the suggestion
of Alex, her fiance.
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He felt it would be
a safer environment
for her in Ardmore,
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not to mention,
closer to his parents.
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He said he wanted to protect
her, and he just felt like she
was more safe there,
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which is kind of ironic.
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He traveled back and forth
for work from Ardmore
to New York City.
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[Vice] It seemed
like Alex lived
in New York for his job.
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He worked during the week,
and spent weekends here.
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I believe he had a really
good job, and it kept
him away a good bit.
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I think life was a little bit
difficult for Christina,
though she recently moved.
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She came from New York City,
and I think she missed Alex,
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and her friends,
and the excitement
of New York City.
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So, it was quite a change
to move to a sleepy,
Philadelphia suburb.
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When I first heard
about Christina's murder,
it was just an absolute shock,
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and I just immediately,
like, burst out...
Bursted into tears.
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How did this happen?
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You know, she was someone
that I wouldn't expect to be
in this type of situation.
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[Holly Madison] Playboy models
get a lot of unwanted
attention from men.
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It can be a real problem,
especially if you find
yourself around
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the wrong person who just
has all the wrong ideas.
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Police in the Main Line
are searching for a killer
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after a model
is found dead in her condo.
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[Vella] Christina's death
drew a lotta media attention,
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both from local news outlets
in the Philadelphia region,
and beyond.
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There were tabloid reporters
from Europe who wrote
about this.
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There were tabloid reporters
from New York City who came
down to write about it.
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[Goschinski] I think
Christina Kraft's status
as aPlayboy model,
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the fact that you've got
a beautiful woman,
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certainly drove press
interest in the story.
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[reporter] A model
was found strangled.
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When the victim has been
a part of Playboyin any way,
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that's the one thing that gets
pulled into the headlines.
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It automatically draws eyes.
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I think the Playboybrand,
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when you hear the name
you think sex,
you think beautiful women.
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It's a mainstream brand,
but it's also on the fringes,
it's a little salacious.
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Christina was a whole person,
she wasn't just Playboymodel,
that was one job she did.
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She was more than that.
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[Goschinski] Based
on my experience,
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I knew that I had
to treat Alex as a person
of interest in the matter.
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He called us to the place,
he has a long term
relationship with her,
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he's very concerned about her,
and now I've found her beaten
in the apartment.
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So, I asked him, I said,
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"Would you be willing
to go back to the police
station with our detectives?"
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"It's really important
you cooperate,
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and help our detectives
in every way with this."
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And he was completely
forthcoming, and, uh,
agreed to that immediately.
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[Vice] We get a statement
from Alex, now we have
to start getting his story.
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Any and all information
that we can gather, 'cause
you can't rule anything out.
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You have to go down
every road you possibly can.
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Alex says on August 21st,
he had to return
to New York City for his job.
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He stayed there,
and he called Christina
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early morning on the 22nd,
around 2:30 A.M.
to say goodnight.
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Christina didn't
answer though, and Alex
called several more times,
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but there was
no answer from Christina.
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Just after 5 A.M.
Alex was growing concerned.
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And so, he checked
the security camera they had
at the Philadelphia residence,
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and he noticed
some unusual activity.
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And this is when Alex
decided that he should
return to Philadelphia.
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Alibis would be
checked very quickly,
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but I think the level
of cooperation,
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and the sincerity
of cooperation,
goes a long way.
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Detectives are very good
at signs of deception,
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and people that
are playin' a game.
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He was very cooperative.
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[Vice] The distance,
where his location was,
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that could he have physically
been responsible for this?
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I don't think
we ever really got there.
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Alex was never really
thought to be a suspect.
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As investigators try
to find out more
about Christina,
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and tracked her movements
in the time before her death.
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They pretty early on,
discovered that she had
filed a police report
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just a few days earlier,
complaining that she had
been robbed in her apartment.
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The murder happens
on August 22nd of 2018,
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and on August 18th of 2018,
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she woke up
and reported a burglary
to our police department.
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[Vella] She had called
Lower Merion Police,
and told them
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that she had been robbed
of some personal items
that were pretty valuable,
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some designer handbags,
and some jewelry, I believe
her credit card, as well.
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She told the police
that she remembered going
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to the Center City
Philadelphia, and drinking
at a hotel in Center City.
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When we got there
and spoke to Christina
about the burglary,
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she said that
she woke up in a daze,
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that she doesn't remember
anything, that she just
wasn't feeling right,
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and she did allude to the fact
that she thought she may
have been drugged.
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[Madison] There's a lot
of people who want
to take advantage.
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I've heard a lotta stories
about people, you know,
having their drinks drugged,
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and not being able
to remember, you know,
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what happened
after a night out.
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And it's terrifying,
and it can happen to anyone.
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[Walz] Christina
had just moved
to this new city,
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she had previously lived
in New York City, where
all of her friends were.
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So, here she is
in this new city probably
not knowing very many people.
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You know, someone took
advantage of her vulnerability
at that moment.
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We got a statement from her,
and I remember that she was
very, very upset.
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This seemed
to really impact her.
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She felt violated,
she, like, made references
of not feeling safe.
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We told her we were gonna
do everything we can.
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And my detectives
were able to get ahold
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of the surveillance video
from the condo complex.
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Between Christina's statement
to them, and the surveillance
footage from the building,
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investigators were able
to deduce that, at some point,
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a gentlemen gave Christina
a ride back to her building
from Philadelphia.
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[Melwert] And he ends up
fitting her description
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of the rideshare driver
that she had used that night.
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I think it was
three something
in the morning,
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when Christina and the driver
arrived back at her apartment,
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and she was passed out
in the back seat of the car.
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So, he took the liberty
to take her keys,
go into her condo.
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It was just before four
in the morning...
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and he spent over an hour
and a half inside,
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presumably, burglarizing
Christina Kraft's condo.
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He came down holding
a box full of Christina's
personal belongings
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that she had
later reported stolen.
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[Melwert] And then he's seen
in the video coming back
in with Christina Kraft.
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Helping her into the lobby,
and he kind of puts
her down on the ground,
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he steps out again,
but then he comes back in,
helps her into the elevator.
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[Vice] We ended up
putting out some pictures,
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because there were video,
and pictures of the suspect
in the lobby.
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The man in the video
seen going
into Christina's apartment
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was an African American,
um, just wearing, sort of,
non-descript clothing.
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Police are looking for a man
accused of stealing items
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from the victim's apartment,
just days before her death.
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[Vice] Christina did come over
to the police station
to try to talk to us again.
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So, clearly, she was
just still really
upset, worried.
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Kinda lookin' for guidance,
"What's gonna happen?
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Will I ever get my stuff?
Am I safe?"
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[Melwert] Investigators look
into her credit cards,
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and they find that some
of her credit cards were used
at a nearby convenience store.
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They get images,
and... And videos
from those convenience stores,
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and they're able
to match them up
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with the surveillance video
from the apartment.
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The investigators
were able to recognize
the person who used it
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as Andre Melton
from prior arrests of his.
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Andre Melton was considered
dangerous by detectives.
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Uh, they were concerned
about him returnin'
to the apartment.
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[Goschinski] And they were,
uh, there were some urgency
to apprehending him.
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[Vice] There was a decision
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that we were gonna attempt
to get a search warrant signed
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for who we believed to be
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the suspect's residence
in Philadelphia.
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On the morning of August 22nd,
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the day that
Christina's body is found,
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they get a warrant
for Andre Melton's arrest.
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They go to his
last known address,
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and they find the things that
were missing from her home,
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again, expensive stuff,
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you know, jewelry,
bags, things like that,
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but they can't find him.
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He's on the run.
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[Goschinski] The detectives
are alarmed about
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what they've discovered
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'cause he had
a violent history.
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[Vice] We knew he knew
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the layout
of Christina's apartment,
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so it was logical
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to think that Andre Melton
could be the killer.
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He was looked at
as a murder suspect
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'cause what are the chances.
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Who becomes a victim like this
twice in, in a couple of days?
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Police had no clue
where Andre Melton
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who was wanted for robbery is.
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[Goschinski] There was
a community concern
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in general about.
"Are we still in danger?"
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[Vella] Andre Melton
lead police
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on a little bit
of a cat and mouse
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as they tried to find him.
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[female reporter]
Police are dealing with
two investigations here.
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One, the burglary
involving the model,
the second, her death.
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[Vice] There was
so much going on.
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We were looking at
who committed the homicide,
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where are we gonna
find Andre Melton.
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The two seemed like
they may have been connected.
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They started thinking,
"Well, okay, they came back
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or, or something happened."
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[Vice] I remember
being up for days.
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The detectives,
none of us had slept.
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We had been up because we knew
that we had to resolve this,
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and then things
started to develop.
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We started to be
able to get some
video surveillance
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from the condo
building itself.
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On the night
of Christina's murder,
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there's clear footage
of her exiting her building
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and heading towards
to Philadelphia.
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Hours later,
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there is additional footage
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of her returning
to her building
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being escorted by
an unidentified man.
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The come in,
it's shortly after
three in the morning,
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and they walk in together,
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and they get in the elevator,
and they go up.
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Any time her door opens
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the security system alerts
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and records the time.
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- [device chimes]
- [Vice] So at, like,
3.08, door opens,
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so they both go inside,
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and then there is no other
door movements
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until almost 10 minutes
after five in the morning.
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There's about
a two hour window.
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[Vella] That man
who entered the building
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is not seen leaving
the building,
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which lead investigators
to believe
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that he somehow
exited another way.
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[Melwert]
She's on the second floor,
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she has a balcony,
she has a slider
to the balcony,
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and around 5.00 a.m.
the, this slider opens.
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[device chimes]
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[Melwert] The rear balcony
isn't that high of the ground,
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you could easily,
you know, go out and,
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and jump off and, you know,
get away that way.
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[Vice] We know they didn't
leave the front door
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because we never got a chime,
we never got a time stamp.
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The balcony door chimed once,
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then presumably
someone went out.
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We had detective
on the ground searching,
looking for evidence.
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And then, some of our
detectives found
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what looked like it might be
a foot stomp in the ground,
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which would be easily
explain that
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somebody jumping off
of the balcony.
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We knew that
Andre Melton
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knew the intricacies
of her condo.
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00:24:24,180 --> 00:24:25,530
He had a criminal history,
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00:24:25,730 --> 00:24:28,670
but I wouldn't say
there was anything that
would lead us to say,
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"It looks like this guy
would be a prime candidate
to commit a murder"
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00:24:33,340 --> 00:24:36,770
So from August 22nd
through the 25th,
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all of our detectives
were retracing
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every step of Christina's
that we could.
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They went to Center City
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00:24:50,150 --> 00:24:52,500
and pulled surveillance
camera images
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00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:55,130
to see if they could
figure out where she was.
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00:24:56,100 --> 00:24:57,290
And from those images
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they were able
to chart her movements
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from her destination
when she first came
to Philadelphia
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all throughout Center City
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as she walked down
different streets
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and around different
bars and nightclubs.
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At this point, it was a matter
of gaining all this footage
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and then putting it together
to come up with a timeline.
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It was very tedious.
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When we looked at the video,
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I could see Christina
with the murder suspect
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walking with their arms
around one another,
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I remember at Broad and 13th
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was where they got
into ride share,
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and that's when the car
took them back
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to Christina's, to her condo.
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[Vella] That unidentified man
was not Andre Melton.
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So police now had
another suspect that
they had to locate.
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Police will put out
a, an alert
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basically saying that
they were looking
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for information
about this murder,
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00:25:50,660 --> 00:25:52,950
and they were asking press
to distribute that information
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00:25:53,150 --> 00:25:55,100
and, and try to drum up
tips for them.
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00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,820
If anyone has any information,
please contact police.
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00:26:01,550 --> 00:26:04,020
They'll put out two sets
of surveillance image,
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00:26:04,220 --> 00:26:08,190
one from the night that
Andre Melton came back
to her apartment,
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and the other depicting
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the man she was seen
entering her apartment with
on the night she died.
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00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,120
Investigators didn't know
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whether they were related
at the time,
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so they put both out
to the public and said,
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00:26:20,180 --> 00:26:22,950
"We're looking for information
on both of these men,
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00:26:23,150 --> 00:26:24,370
please contact us."
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[Vice] On August 23rd,
I get a phone call.
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This person identifies himself
as Andre Melton.
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I was a little surprised that
I'm talking to the guy that
we were looking for.
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And he wanted
to make it clear,
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00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,500
he said, "I stole her stuff,
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00:26:44,700 --> 00:26:46,270
but I'm not going
down for murder."
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00:26:54,270 --> 00:26:55,220
[reporter 1] Hey, Mr. Hef,
right here, please.
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[reporter 2] Hold that
right there, right there.
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When Playboy
was training Playmates
452
00:26:58,320 --> 00:26:59,950
on how to handle the media,
453
00:27:00,150 --> 00:27:03,640
that was great,
but I think there
could've also been
454
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,220
some additional training
in how to keep yourself safe,
455
00:27:07,420 --> 00:27:09,950
how to handle, maybe,
judgement you might face,
456
00:27:10,150 --> 00:27:11,790
you know, going forward
in life.
457
00:27:13,340 --> 00:27:15,670
There should've been a seminar
for Playboymodels
458
00:27:15,870 --> 00:27:17,580
on how to handle
this kinda thing.
459
00:27:25,130 --> 00:27:27,810
Detective Vice
was not convinced at all
460
00:27:28,010 --> 00:27:30,190
by his conversation
with Melton.
461
00:27:30,390 --> 00:27:32,220
He thought, "Okay, even if
462
00:27:32,420 --> 00:27:34,980
he is not the person
who committed the murder,
463
00:27:35,180 --> 00:27:37,190
he was likely involved
in some ways."
464
00:27:37,390 --> 00:27:40,810
So this interview
did very little
465
00:27:41,010 --> 00:27:43,270
to convince him
of Melton's innocence.
466
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,880
[Vella] Early on,
there was speculation
467
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,750
that these two gentlemen
were connected in some way,
468
00:27:51,580 --> 00:27:52,600
but ultimately,
469
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,190
as investigators learned
more about each individual,
470
00:27:56,390 --> 00:27:57,790
they found that
that was not the case.
471
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,290
Investigators continued
to solicit tips,
472
00:28:03,490 --> 00:28:05,570
one of which came
from a gentleman
473
00:28:05,770 --> 00:28:07,510
who was a driver.
474
00:28:09,410 --> 00:28:11,430
Who said that he recognized
475
00:28:11,630 --> 00:28:14,530
the man and the woman
in the photo
476
00:28:14,730 --> 00:28:17,460
as somebody that he had
actually given a ride to
477
00:28:17,660 --> 00:28:20,550
from Philadelphia to Ardmore
on the night of the murder.
478
00:28:25,750 --> 00:28:28,080
[Vice] My detectives
interviewed the driver
479
00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,170
that had picked up Christina
and the suspect that night.
480
00:28:32,820 --> 00:28:34,170
There was nothing
that seemed like
481
00:28:34,790 --> 00:28:36,770
anything was forced.
482
00:28:36,970 --> 00:28:38,810
He said that Christina
had approached him,
483
00:28:39,010 --> 00:28:42,080
actually flagged him down
instead of using the app.
484
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:43,460
And said that
she needed a ride
485
00:28:43,660 --> 00:28:45,890
because there were some people
on the street harassing her.
486
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,950
So after some convincing,
The driver agreed.
487
00:28:52,150 --> 00:28:54,050
Took Christina
and this other man
488
00:28:54,250 --> 00:28:56,030
to their destination
in Ardmore.
489
00:28:56,790 --> 00:28:58,880
He said during the ride
490
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:00,710
they appeared
to be very friendly,
491
00:29:00,910 --> 00:29:02,200
very affectionate
with each other.
492
00:29:06,270 --> 00:29:08,330
When they arrived in Ardmore
493
00:29:08,530 --> 00:29:09,600
it became apparent that
494
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,710
Christina did not have
any money
495
00:29:11,910 --> 00:29:14,670
to give him despite
promising him earlier,
496
00:29:14,870 --> 00:29:16,950
"I will pay you in cash
for the ride."
497
00:29:17,150 --> 00:29:19,020
She offered him
an American Express
credit card,
498
00:29:19,220 --> 00:29:20,550
which he had no way of taking.
499
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,190
The man that
Christina was with
500
00:29:24,390 --> 00:29:26,880
offer him a $100 cash
if you he were to stay
501
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,600
parked outside his building
for 10 to 15 minutes
502
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:31,790
while they went inside.
503
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,810
He exchanged phone numbers
with this person,
504
00:29:36,010 --> 00:29:38,750
and the person promised
to call him when he was ready.
505
00:29:41,130 --> 00:29:42,530
Twenty minutes went by,
506
00:29:42,730 --> 00:29:44,980
he didn't hear anything
from the passenger,
507
00:29:45,180 --> 00:29:48,410
so he simply decided
to leave and return
toward Philadelphia.
508
00:29:55,370 --> 00:29:57,260
[Sacks] Around 4.00 a.m.,
509
00:29:57,460 --> 00:30:00,910
Christina somehow,
in a very charged situation,
510
00:30:01,110 --> 00:30:03,880
was able to contact
her cousin.
511
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:07,530
And although Christina didn't
leave a message or speak,
512
00:30:07,730 --> 00:30:09,670
her cousin could hear
the background,
513
00:30:09,870 --> 00:30:11,880
and what she heard was a man
514
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,960
forcefully telling Christina,
"Don't call the police."
515
00:30:19,860 --> 00:30:21,080
On August 26th,
516
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,500
police got a call from a man
517
00:30:23,700 --> 00:30:25,500
who said that
he knew the identity
518
00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:27,460
of the person
seen with Christina
519
00:30:27,660 --> 00:30:28,530
in the surveillance footage
520
00:30:28,730 --> 00:30:30,020
that was released
in the media.
521
00:30:30,220 --> 00:30:31,840
This was somebody he had been
522
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,750
roommates with
in a psychiatric facility
in Philadelphia.
523
00:30:37,550 --> 00:30:39,120
[Melwert] So they check out
that tip,
524
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:40,640
and they were able
to trace him back
525
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:44,100
to an incident in Love Park
in Center City, Philadelphia.
526
00:30:45,270 --> 00:30:47,360
At one point
he followed a woman
527
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:49,790
into the family court
building...
528
00:30:50,930 --> 00:30:52,330
...and started harassing her.
529
00:30:52,530 --> 00:30:54,600
He began causing
a scene in the building,
530
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:56,750
kicking windows,
screaming, and yelling.
531
00:30:58,130 --> 00:30:59,980
[Melwert] So he was taken
into custody,
532
00:31:00,180 --> 00:31:03,310
and he was put
on a 72-hour hold,
a psychiatric hold.
533
00:31:05,030 --> 00:31:06,400
[Vella] This person
had told him
534
00:31:06,590 --> 00:31:08,860
perhaps the most chilling
detail in this whole case.
535
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,150
He said that he had recently
strangled a woman
536
00:31:13,350 --> 00:31:15,190
and had bragged
about the event
537
00:31:15,390 --> 00:31:17,950
and said that there's no other
feeling quite like
538
00:31:18,150 --> 00:31:21,410
feeling somebody's
life escape them
as you choke them.
539
00:31:23,820 --> 00:31:26,360
[Sacks] Unfortunately,
he was admitted as a John Doe,
540
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,530
and so the police weren't able
to learn much at all
541
00:31:29,730 --> 00:31:31,400
because he was able
to check out
542
00:31:31,590 --> 00:31:33,680
before they were ever able
to interview him.
543
00:31:35,510 --> 00:31:36,500
As all this was playing out,
544
00:31:36,700 --> 00:31:38,020
they get a call
from a family member
545
00:31:38,220 --> 00:31:39,600
who lives in Philadelphia
546
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,950
and saw the video
that police released,
547
00:31:43,150 --> 00:31:46,880
they identified that suspect
was Jonathan Harris.
548
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,000
He'd recently been
released from prison.
549
00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:52,150
Jonathan Harris
550
00:31:52,350 --> 00:31:55,840
had served a sentence
for robbery.
551
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:59,360
He had just been
released on July 15th,
552
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,290
five weeks before
Christina's murder.
553
00:32:02,490 --> 00:32:04,910
[Melwert] By the time
they identified him
as a suspect,
554
00:32:05,110 --> 00:32:06,170
he was already in the wind.
555
00:32:12,860 --> 00:32:14,430
[Vice] On August 28th,
556
00:32:14,630 --> 00:32:16,740
we issued an arrest warrant
for Jonathan Harris
557
00:32:16,940 --> 00:32:18,710
or homicide related charges
558
00:32:18,910 --> 00:32:20,060
in the death
of Christina Kraft.
559
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:22,880
[Sacks] The police
were concerned,
560
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:24,530
Harris was considered to be
561
00:32:24,730 --> 00:32:27,190
dangerous and unpredictable.
562
00:32:27,390 --> 00:32:31,460
They were worried that
it was only a matter of time
before he hurt someone else.
563
00:32:31,660 --> 00:32:33,410
They needed to apprehend him
right away.
564
00:32:36,030 --> 00:32:38,500
[Vice] Once we positively
identified
565
00:32:38,700 --> 00:32:40,600
Jonathan Harris
as the subject,
566
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:41,670
we had to find him,
567
00:32:41,870 --> 00:32:43,910
so we started doing
some searching,
568
00:32:44,110 --> 00:32:45,810
find family members,
find friends,
569
00:32:46,010 --> 00:32:47,910
find anybody that we can
that can talk to us about
570
00:32:48,110 --> 00:32:49,720
where he may or may not be.
571
00:32:51,170 --> 00:32:54,330
Then at one point detectives
spoke to his sister,
572
00:32:54,530 --> 00:32:57,050
and we ultimately learned
573
00:32:57,250 --> 00:32:59,880
that there was a bus ticket
that was purchased,
574
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,130
and that Jonathan
was on that bus...
575
00:33:03,890 --> 00:33:05,620
...and that he was headed
to Pittsburgh.
576
00:33:06,930 --> 00:33:08,840
[Matthew Roth]
The Philadelphia investigators
577
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,570
contacted the Pittsburgh
Fugitive Task Force,
578
00:33:11,770 --> 00:33:14,330
to let us know that
their suspect Jonathan Harris
579
00:33:14,530 --> 00:33:15,890
was on his way to Pittsburgh.
580
00:33:17,060 --> 00:33:18,600
We did all our backgrounds
581
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,570
as far as his
criminal history,
582
00:33:20,770 --> 00:33:23,400
as far as photographs,
so everyone would know
what he looked like.
583
00:33:23,590 --> 00:33:26,460
[female reporter]
Police say that
30-year-old Jonathan Harris
584
00:33:26,660 --> 00:33:29,330
had just been released
from prison in July.
585
00:33:29,530 --> 00:33:32,330
Harris definitely had
significant criminal history,
586
00:33:32,530 --> 00:33:34,360
nothing like homicide
in his past,
587
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,220
but forcible felonies
as far as robbery,
588
00:33:37,420 --> 00:33:39,150
drug dealing, burglary.
589
00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:41,330
We printed out pictures,
made copies,
590
00:33:41,530 --> 00:33:43,050
so everyone was actually
carrying a photograph
591
00:33:43,250 --> 00:33:44,750
of the last arrest photo.
592
00:33:49,170 --> 00:33:52,360
Philadelphia told us exactly
when the bus would be arriving
593
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,530
from Philadelphia
to Pittsburgh,
594
00:33:54,730 --> 00:33:56,400
so we had the team in place,
595
00:33:56,590 --> 00:33:59,650
so that we cut of his avenues
of escape.
596
00:34:02,310 --> 00:34:05,080
And we were lying
in wait in a trap
597
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:07,440
for Jonathan Harris
to arrive in Pittsburgh.
598
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:22,530
We had a car out that
saw the bus coming
into the area,
599
00:34:22,730 --> 00:34:24,330
so we knew the bus
was going to arrive,
600
00:34:24,530 --> 00:34:26,360
we were all on communication
on radio.
601
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,910
We were ready and waiting
602
00:34:29,110 --> 00:34:32,170
as the bus started
to offload passengers.
603
00:34:33,750 --> 00:34:37,020
I was very close
to the doors that
604
00:34:37,220 --> 00:34:39,410
the people disembarked
the bus from.
605
00:34:40,720 --> 00:34:43,430
He was probably
30 feet away from me
when the bus pulled up
606
00:34:43,630 --> 00:34:45,550
and about the third person
off the bus.
607
00:34:47,060 --> 00:34:48,950
We let him walk off the bus,
608
00:34:49,150 --> 00:34:51,770
and I'm looking at height
and weight and build,
609
00:34:51,970 --> 00:34:54,790
and I'm very certain
that this is our guy
610
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:56,810
as I approached him.
611
00:34:57,010 --> 00:35:00,810
I cornered the suspect
Jonathan Harris
against the wall,
612
00:35:01,010 --> 00:35:04,860
at the time he realized that
I was probably a cop.
613
00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:09,500
I could see his eyes
dart left and right,
614
00:35:09,700 --> 00:35:12,330
looking at, possibly trying
to get away,
615
00:35:12,530 --> 00:35:14,400
and it was too late
at that point.
616
00:35:14,590 --> 00:35:16,360
When I confronted him,
617
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,080
he did give me a fake name,
618
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,530
trying to say that
he wasn't Jonathan Harris.
619
00:35:20,730 --> 00:35:22,840
We were pretty sure
that he was,
620
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:24,930
and we did take him
into physical custody there.
621
00:35:25,930 --> 00:35:27,880
We contacted Philadelphia's
task force
622
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:29,880
and let them know that
we had him in custody.
623
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:31,910
They immediately
sent detectives out
624
00:35:32,110 --> 00:35:33,930
from Philadelphia
to Pittsburgh.
625
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,530
[Vella] The detectives
from Montgomery County
sat in a room with him
626
00:35:40,730 --> 00:35:42,430
and tried to get
a statement from him about
627
00:35:42,630 --> 00:35:44,580
what had happened on the night
of Christina's murder.
628
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:52,530
Initially, he told them that
he had seen Christina around,
629
00:35:52,730 --> 00:35:55,750
that he recognized her
from being in Philadelphia.
630
00:35:58,510 --> 00:36:00,740
Christina was by herself
631
00:36:00,940 --> 00:36:02,980
in Philadelphia
in the suburbs.
632
00:36:03,180 --> 00:36:07,020
She missed her friends
and the exciting lifestyle
of New York City,
633
00:36:07,220 --> 00:36:09,860
so I think she was going out
to recapture some of that.
634
00:36:12,620 --> 00:36:14,400
[Walz] I think the reason
why she was going out
635
00:36:14,590 --> 00:36:16,150
and grabbing
a drink by herself
636
00:36:16,350 --> 00:36:17,550
was she was probably lonely.
637
00:36:18,620 --> 00:36:21,150
She was by herself,
when you're by yourself
638
00:36:21,350 --> 00:36:22,410
you're going
to get approached.
639
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:29,050
[Sacks] It started out
very friendly by all accounts,
640
00:36:29,250 --> 00:36:30,810
but just hours later,
641
00:36:31,010 --> 00:36:32,820
the evening took
a terrible turn.
642
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,570
[Vella] He mentioned that
he was pretty high
643
00:36:37,770 --> 00:36:39,050
on the day of the murder.
644
00:36:39,250 --> 00:36:40,810
He had smoked some marijuana,
645
00:36:41,010 --> 00:36:42,080
he had used cocaine,
646
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:43,500
he had been drinking,
647
00:36:43,700 --> 00:36:45,740
and he also mentioned
to using K2,
648
00:36:45,940 --> 00:36:49,890
which is a street name
for what is essentially
synthetic marijuana.
649
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,600
He says that they met
in Center City,
650
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:56,120
uh, that they were going back
to her apartment,
651
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,550
and he had an ounce of cocaine
that he was gonna sell her.
652
00:37:00,410 --> 00:37:03,330
She says that she's not gonna
pay him for the cocaine,
653
00:37:03,530 --> 00:37:04,980
and he gets angry,
654
00:37:05,180 --> 00:37:07,290
he's scared because
he needs this money,
655
00:37:07,490 --> 00:37:10,050
and so he says there
was a physical altercation,
656
00:37:10,250 --> 00:37:12,150
at one point she hit him
with a wine bottle,
657
00:37:12,350 --> 00:37:13,480
and things got out of hand.
658
00:37:16,860 --> 00:37:19,330
Harris is adamant that
he had nothing to do
with Christina's death,
659
00:37:19,530 --> 00:37:23,190
that when he left
Christina's apartment
she was perfectly fine.
660
00:37:23,390 --> 00:37:24,670
But the detectives could see
661
00:37:24,870 --> 00:37:28,360
that there were some
inconsistencies with,
uh, Harris's story.
662
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:30,840
They knew that a coroner's
examination found that
663
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,240
Christina had no cocaine
in her system whatsoever.
664
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,400
They took a little bit
of a break,
665
00:37:37,590 --> 00:37:38,980
they gave him
some time to think,
666
00:37:39,180 --> 00:37:41,220
and they came back and said,
667
00:37:41,420 --> 00:37:42,720
"Did you tell us
the whole truth?"
668
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,600
Police are able
to kinda pull some
strings on his story,
669
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:54,260
and it starts to fall apart,
670
00:37:54,460 --> 00:37:57,720
and it doesn't take
very long for him
to just spill his guts.
671
00:37:59,930 --> 00:38:01,130
He admitted that he'd lied.
672
00:38:02,510 --> 00:38:06,020
He lied about the two
of them doing cocaine,
673
00:38:06,220 --> 00:38:08,880
and crucially, he lied
when he'd said that
674
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:10,370
he had nothing to do
with her death.
675
00:38:11,310 --> 00:38:12,910
He admitted
on the second statement
676
00:38:13,110 --> 00:38:14,650
that he did indeed
kill Christina.
677
00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:23,190
Her last breath was,
was at his hands.
678
00:38:23,390 --> 00:38:26,120
He even made a comment
after he was in custody that,
679
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,170
"Well, she was still breathing
when I left."
680
00:38:28,860 --> 00:38:29,890
I don't believe that.
681
00:38:30,890 --> 00:38:32,360
I don't think there's
any possibility
682
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,100
that Christina Kraft
was breathing when he left.
683
00:38:36,890 --> 00:38:38,710
[Vella] He admitted that
after he killed her,
684
00:38:38,910 --> 00:38:40,910
he covered her body with
685
00:38:41,110 --> 00:38:44,640
clothing, with a, an area rug
that was in her apartment.
686
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,740
Uh, he admitted to changing
into her clothing
687
00:38:47,940 --> 00:38:49,570
because his was covered
in blood.
688
00:38:49,770 --> 00:38:52,020
And he admitted to jumping
689
00:38:52,220 --> 00:38:53,770
from her balcony
to ground level
690
00:38:53,970 --> 00:38:56,620
to hide himself
from the cameras
out front of her building.
691
00:38:58,370 --> 00:39:00,960
Harris was charged with
first and third degree murder.
692
00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:10,260
[Vella] Andre Melton
was arrested
in December 2018,
693
00:39:10,460 --> 00:39:12,190
which was several months after
694
00:39:12,390 --> 00:39:13,980
Harris had been
taken into custody.
695
00:39:14,180 --> 00:39:16,530
Police had been looking
for him for quite some time
696
00:39:16,730 --> 00:39:18,710
and ultimately
caught up with him
697
00:39:18,910 --> 00:39:20,640
when he was arrested
in Philadelphia
698
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:22,290
on a minor drug possession.
699
00:39:22,490 --> 00:39:24,360
And they noticed that
he had this open warrant
700
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,840
for a robbery
in Montgomery County.
701
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:28,810
Melton was later found guilty
702
00:39:29,010 --> 00:39:31,550
for robbing Christina
and was sentenced
to state prison.
703
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,460
[Melwert] The murder case
went to trial,
704
00:39:39,660 --> 00:39:43,460
and Jonathan Harris
pleaded not guilty.
705
00:39:43,660 --> 00:39:45,460
[Vella] There was a lot
of evidence in this case.
706
00:39:45,660 --> 00:39:49,670
This was a really air tight
investigation by detectives.
707
00:39:49,870 --> 00:39:52,880
It would've been
extremely difficult
for Harris and his attorney
708
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,770
to insert any doubt
into the minds of jurors about
709
00:39:55,970 --> 00:39:58,770
who had killed Christina,
how she had been killed.
710
00:39:58,970 --> 00:40:02,150
[Melwert] What Harris
was trying to avoid
was first degree murder,
711
00:40:02,350 --> 00:40:04,640
which in Pennsylvania carries
a mandatory life sentence,
712
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,670
and was trying to argue that
this was third degree murder,
713
00:40:07,870 --> 00:40:11,020
which is 20 to 40 years
in prison.
714
00:40:11,220 --> 00:40:14,500
[Vella] But the jury
found Harris guilty
of first degree murder,
715
00:40:14,700 --> 00:40:17,460
and he was sentenced
to life in prison.
716
00:40:17,660 --> 00:40:21,190
A Philadelphia man
accused of murdering
a one-time Playboymodel
717
00:40:21,390 --> 00:40:23,930
has been found guilt
on all charges.
718
00:40:24,550 --> 00:40:25,640
[Melwert] At sentencing,
719
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:27,500
Alexander Ciccotelli,
her fiance,
720
00:40:27,700 --> 00:40:29,810
got to address
Jonathan Harris,
721
00:40:30,010 --> 00:40:32,190
and, you know,
he called him a coward,
722
00:40:32,390 --> 00:40:34,290
that, that he, you know,
strangled and choked
723
00:40:34,490 --> 00:40:38,120
a, a, you know, a woman
much smaller than him,
724
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:42,840
and he also said
how hurtful and painful
this had been for the family.
725
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:46,770
Alex said,
"It wasn't bad enough
that you killed my fiancee,
726
00:40:46,970 --> 00:40:48,910
but then you also had
to come out with this lie and,
727
00:40:49,110 --> 00:40:50,640
and just slander her,
728
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:52,020
and, and drag her
through the mud
729
00:40:52,220 --> 00:40:54,460
with this line
about the cocaine."
730
00:40:54,660 --> 00:40:55,810
She didn't have any cocaine
in her system,
731
00:40:56,010 --> 00:40:57,120
they never found any cocaine
732
00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:58,910
or traces of cocaine
in her apartment,
733
00:40:59,110 --> 00:41:01,810
and her fiance says
as long as he has known her,
734
00:41:02,010 --> 00:41:03,060
she has never used cocaine.
735
00:41:07,930 --> 00:41:09,530
[Vice] She loved modeling,
736
00:41:09,730 --> 00:41:12,130
I think she liked
being in front of the,
you know, the camera.
737
00:41:12,930 --> 00:41:14,880
Her aunt had mentioned to me
738
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:16,710
that one of Christina's
best moments
739
00:41:16,910 --> 00:41:19,170
was how she was able
to work with Playboy.
740
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:25,360
[Walz] I think Christina had
modeled for so many years,
741
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:28,910
and modeling
is a career that
742
00:41:29,110 --> 00:41:31,080
isn't always going
to be lifelong,
743
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:32,710
you have to have
744
00:41:32,910 --> 00:41:34,840
other careers kind of in place
745
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,860
to kind of take over that
fulfillment in your life.
746
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:41,810
I hope moving forward that
747
00:41:42,010 --> 00:41:43,740
Christina is remembered
748
00:41:43,940 --> 00:41:47,410
for the amazing,
beautiful girl that she was.
749
00:41:51,130 --> 00:41:52,710
[Madison] She might have
thought she was prepared
750
00:41:52,910 --> 00:41:55,530
to handle any situations
she was in,
751
00:41:55,730 --> 00:41:57,790
and unfortunately,
that went horribly wrong.
752
00:42:01,340 --> 00:42:02,860
I think about Christina a lot.
753
00:42:04,030 --> 00:42:05,640
Her and I were the same age,
754
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:08,170
had same careers,
755
00:42:09,270 --> 00:42:10,930
and now she's gone.
756
00:42:12,750 --> 00:42:14,310
It's absolutely
heart breaking.
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