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On April 13, Harris was arrested after attempting to rob and stab a French seaman, whereupon he was immediately lodged in the county jail. During interviews with detectives, he revealed that he had a so-called "revulsion" towards homosexuals, and subsequently confessed to four of the murders that had
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or jazz parlors. Most of the victims shared many similarities: a majority of them were middle-aged, gay men who frequented the homosexual establishments in the French
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in the city. From an early age, Harris started committing small-time crimes like purse snatching and thefts, and was incarcerated in 1974 for auto theft. Despite his criminal record, he was not considered a violent individual, and after dropping out of the eight grade, he moved in with a
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counts of murder, and a motion to throw out his confessions was dismissed after it was determined that he had lied about interrogators threatening to kill him if he did not sign the typewritten confession. In an attempt to delay the trial and argue against a likely
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shortly after having sex. Due to the fact that most of the victims were known to be gay, this caused a panic within the New
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