Suspect in Model’s Death Told Cop They Fought Over Cocaine

Jonathan Wesley Harris, of Johnstown, Pa. Harris is accused of strangling Christina Carlin-Kraft in one of Philadelphia's affluent suburbs. He arrived for a preliminary hearing on murder charges in Ardmore, Pa., on Oct. 5, 2018. Montgomery County District Attorney's Office via AP

ARDMORE, Pa.—A man accused in the strangulation death of a model said that he went to her apartment in an affluent Philadelphia suburb to sell her cocaine but that she refused to pay, and that a violent fight ensued, according to a statement read in court on Oct. 5.

“I panicked and was scared. I didn’t know what to do,” Jonathan Harris, 30, said in the statement. “I knew I was going to be in trouble.” The statement was read in court by Montgomery County Detective Todd Richard, who interviewed Harris while he was in custody, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported .