Editing James Harris (section)

==Background==
As a child Harris suffered violent beatings at the hands of his father, [[James Washington]], who also abused his mother.<ref name=philly2>[http://www.philly.com/philly/news/crime/Convicted-killer-of-Drexel-grad-student-hangs-self-in-Graterford-cell.html Convicted killer of recent Drexel grad hangs self in Graterford cell] - The Inquirer</ref> He suffered multiple head wounds, being shot twice in the head and receiving an arrow in the eye.<ref name=philly1>[http://www.philly.com/philly/news/crime/Maintaining-innocence-W-Phila-handyman-gets-life-for-rape-murder-of-Drexel-graduate-student.html Maintaining innocence, handyman gets life for rape-murder of Drexel grad student] - The Inquirer</ref> He dropped out of high school.<ref name=philly2/> From age 13 to 18 he was detained at reform school St. Gabriel's Hall, where his parents sent him.<ref name=nbcp>[https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Brother-of-Handyman-Accused-of-Drexel-Grads-Murder-Thats-the-Billion-Dollar-Question-Why-318705381.html 'We Were Just Bad Kids': Brother of Handyman Accused of Raping, Murdering Drexel Grad Opens Up] - NBC Philadelphia</ref> In 1982, shortly after returning from St. Gabriel's Hall,<ref name=nbcp/> he killed Washington and spent around five years imprisoned for voluntary manslaughter,<ref name=philly2/> out of a sentence of three to seven years.<ref name=cnn/> After his release he picked up convictions for drugs crimes and trespass.<ref name=trian>[https://thetriangle.org/news/former-drexel-handyman-held-on-trial-for-murder-and-rape-of-grad-student/ Former Drexel handyman held on trial for murder and rape of grad student] - The Triangle</ref> Police called him a career criminal; he had faced allegations of sexual assaults, robberies, and burglaries.<ref name=cnn>[http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/24/us/philadelphia-handyman-charged-in-murder/index.html Apartment building's former handyman accused of raping, murdering tenant] - CNN</ref>

By 2015, at the age of 56, he was going by the name James Camp and employed as a handyman at an apartment at 50th and Locust, near West Philadelphia.<ref name=trian/> His mother died 43 days prior to the murder,<ref name=philly2/> and shortly before the act he was fired.<ref name=trian/> Harris received a ban from the premises and an eviction from his home three doors from Wright.<ref name=cnn/>
===Victim===
Jasmine Wright, 27, lived alone at the apartment building on the 200 block.<ref name=wpl>[http://www.westphillylocal.com/2015/07/16/young-woman-found-beaten-strangled-in-her-apartment-near-50th-and-locust/ Young woman found beaten, strangled in her apartment near 50th and Locust (updated)] - West Philadelphia Local</ref> A New York City native, she had lived in Virginia.<ref name=philly0>[http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150717_College_student_found_dead_in_W__Phila__apartment.html Recent Drexel grad found dead in W. Phila. apartment] - The Inquirer</ref> She had recently graduated from Drexel University with a public health degree and was planning a further degree in law.<ref name=philly2/> She was interested in African medical care and hoped to work in public health in her home nation.<ref name=philly2/> Her apartment was on the third floor.<ref name=trian/> She graduated the university's School of Public Health in June 2015.<ref name=wpl/> As well as that master's degree she also had a bachelor's degree in behavioral health from Pennsylvania State University where she had graduated in 2011.<ref name=philly0/> She was described as quiet.<ref name=wpl/>