Harrison Graham: The Corpse Collector
Articulate, Talented, Religious
During breaks, Graham would sketch the faces of women.� The detectives were surprised to find that Graham was articulate, was a talented artist, and was not, as they'd assumed, illiterate.� He apparently read the Bible avidly.
In the end, the detectives had Graham's 10-page statement, which included details about each murder, and his feelings about what he'd done.� He insisted many times that he hadn't meant to kill anyone, and to him, the deaths were accidental.� They were due to his sexual technique: He'd held them around the neck and had probably pressed too hard.
Graham was arraigned, dressed in pajamas and slippers, and held without bail while a preliminary hearing was set.� At issue was his background of mental illness, which also raised questions about his competency to have waived his right to a lawyer and to have confessed.� He received a public defender, Joel S. Moldovsky, and went into solitary confinement at the city detention center.� The two sides squared off in preparation for battle in court.� Moldovksy, who insisted that Graham should have been given a public defender right away, learned that he'd been handcuffed to a chair for hours as he was interrogated, and that a public defender had been available in the building.� Apparently Graham hadn't realized he could have asked for that person's assistance.� When this procedure was criticized in the press by the city's chief public defender, Benjamin J. Lerner, Detective Hansen responded that Graham's mother had been present throughout the questioning.
![Joel S. Moldovsky](http://i.cdn.turner.com/trutv/trutv.com/graphics/photos/serial_killers/predators/harrison_graham/Joel-Moldovsky(2)200.jpg)
Around this time, the police teams finished their investigation and placed tin sheets over the open doorways and broken windows of the empty building.� They also sealed Graham's former apartment, now clear of trash.
There would be no more gruesome discoveries, but the legal battle was now heating up.� The DA needed witnesses, and they soon arrived.
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