A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a former playboy model in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Christina Carlin-Kraft, 36, was strangled to death in her home on the 100 block of Sibley Avenue on Wednesday, Aug. 22. Police arrested 30-year-old Jonathan Harris on Wednesday in the slaying. Harris is charged with first-, second- and third-degree murder, robbery and theft in the Aug. 22 slaying of 36-year-old Christina Carlin-Kraft. Officials said Kraft took a ride-hailing service to Philadelphia, met Harris and the two later returned to her Ardmore apartment. A tipster provided his name after surveillance images were released. Court documents don't list an attorney for Harris and a listed number for him couldn't be found. Advertisement Kraft's modeling profile lists photo shoots for Vanity Fair, Victoria's Secret, Playboy and Maxim.<doc-sep>EMBED >More News Videos Police make arrest in murder of model in Ardmore: Sarah Bloomquist reports on Action News at 6 p.m., August 29, 2018. EMBED >More News Videos News conference on murder of model in Ardmore held August 29, 2018. EMBED >More News Videos Police have charged Jonathan Wesley Harris with the murder of model Christina Kraft as reported by Dann Cuellar during Action News at 11 on August 29, 2018. EMBED >More News Videos Former Playboy model found strangled in her Ardmore apartment bedroom: As seen on Action News at 10:30 p.m., August 23, 2018 Andre Melton EMBED >More News Videos Woman found strangled in Ardmore: Trish Hartman reports on Action News at 6 p.m., August 23, 2018 ARDMORE, Pa. -- A man who was recently released from prison was arrested Wednesday in the strangulation slaying of a model in one of Philadelphia's affluent Main Line suburbs, authorities said.Jonathan Wesley Harris, 30, of Johnstown, was arrested as he got off a bus in Pittsburgh, according to the Lower Merion Township police and the Montgomery County district attorney.Harris, who reportedly has family in Philadelphia, was charged with first-, second- and third-degree murder along with robbery, theft and related offenses in the Aug. 22 slaying of Christina Kraft, 36, in Ardmore.Court records show Harris, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, had just been released from state prison on July 15. He was serving time on a list of charges including assault. Officials said he was staying with a sister in Southwest Philadelphia.Authorities say he was the person of interest seen in the surveillance images released earlier this week.An anonymous source called police after seeing the video on news reports, authorities say.According to authorities, this person said Harris texted him or her around the time the former Playboy model was murdered and said he was at her apartment in Ardmore.In a news conference held Wednesday afternoon, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said Kraft died a violent death. "Christina was beaten, and the beating was substantial. Her nose was broken, she had black eyes, there was a lot of blood," he said. "Then she died of strangulation. Something was put around her neck. "According to investigators, Kraft left her apartment on Sibley Avenue in the early morning hours of Wednesday, August 22 and used Lyft to go to the 1400 block of Chestnut Street in Center City Philadelphia.Surveillance video showed Kraft meeting with Harris near South Broad and 13th streets, the D.A. said. A short time later, the two enter a vehicle.According to investigators, records indicate the front door of the apartment opened at 3:08 a.m. and the back door leading to a terrace was closed at 5:19 a.m.Kraft was killed during a violent struggle within that two-hour timespan, Steele said.Kraft's body was discovered on the evening of August 22 during a wellness check by police.Steele said he has not seen anything to indicate there was a previous relationship between Harris and Kraft, but he added the investigation is still ongoing. "Whether it was a chance meeting or something else, I can't say," said Steele.Meanwhile, police are also looking for 31-year-old Andre Melton in connection with a burglary at Kraft's apartment the previous weekend.Investigators say designer bags and jewelry Kraft reported stolen were found at his Theodore Street home in Southwest Philadelphia. Steele said investigator do not yet know if this burglary and Kraft's murder are connected.Kraft was a model who according to a booking page credits herself with a "tasteful photo shoot for Playboy that was beyond Hollywood glamour. "Her profile also lists photo shoots for Vanity Fair, Victoria's Secret, and Maxim.<doc-sep>Police now have a person of interest they are trying to identify in connection to the strangulation of a former Playboy model near Philadelphia last week. The Lower Merion Police Department released surveillance video of someone who spent time with Christina Kraft, 36, in the early morning hours the day she was killed at her apartment in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. They have not referred to him as a suspect. Police say the man "had contact with the victim during the early morning hours" of Aug. 22 in Philadelphia, and was seen on surveillance footage near a SEPTA subway entrance at 15th and Market streets in the city and "may have also utilized a ridesharing service" to get to Ardmore. Ardmore, Pennsylvania, is a suburb just nine miles northwest of Philadelphia. In the surveillance video released by police a woman has her arm around the man, though she has been blurred out. The man in the images can be seen entering Kraft's apartment building, and riding the elevator, but he never is seen leaving, a source told Philadelphia ABC station WPVI, leading authorities to believe he might have jumped from her second-floor balcony to escape. Kraft's body was found Wednesday night after police conducted a wellness check. The model appeared in Playboy, Vanity Fair and Maxim, according to WPVI. Authorities said last week they were searching for Andre Melton, 31, in connection to a robbery that took place at Kraft's apartment the weekend before her murder. Designer handbags and jewelry belonging to Kraft were found in Melton's apartment, but he has not been located. He was not named as a suspect in her death. Police asked anyone with information to contact the Lower Merion Police Department at 610-649-1000 or the Montgomery County Detective Bureau at 610-278-3368.<doc-sep>
EMBED >More News Videos Police seek to ID person of interest in model's murder . Watch raw surveillance video released August 27, 2018. EMBED >More News Videos Man being sought for a burglary that occurred at the apartment of a former model who was found murdered as reported by Dann Cuellar during Action News at 11 on August 24, 2018. EMBED >More News Videos Former Playboy model found strangled in her Ardmore apartment bedroom: As seen on Action News at 10:30 p.m., August 23, 2018 Andre Melton EMBED >More News Videos Woman found strangled in Ardmore: Trish Hartman reports on Action News at 6 p.m., August 23, 2018 EMBED >More News Videos Police seek person of interest after model murdered in Ardmore, Pa. Sarah Bloomquist reports during Action News at 4pm on August 27, 2018. ARDMORE, Pa. (WPVI) -- Police are looking to identify a person of interest in the killing of a model inside an apartment in Ardmore, Pa.The Montgomery County district attorney's office released video and surveillance photos of the man on Monday.Investigators say the man was in contact with the victim, Christina Kraft, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, August 22 in the area of South Broad and Locust streets in Philadelphia.The man was also captured on video at the entrance to the SEPTA subway at 15th and Market.Investigators also say the man may have used a ride-sharing service from the area of 13th and Locust streets to Kraft's home on Sibley Avenue in Ardmore.A source tells Action News the man in those images can be seen entering Kraft's apartment building, riding the elevator, but he never is seen leaving, leading them to believe that he may have jumped from her second-floor balcony to escape.Kraft was found dead inside her home Wednesday night.Police said last week they were also looking for 31-year-old Andre Melton in connection with a burglary at Kraft's apartment the previous weekend.They said designer bags and jewelry Kraft reported stolen were found at his Theodore Street home in Southwest Philadelphia. He was last known to be driving a rented Burgundy Kia Sorrento with Virginia plates.Melton is not being called a suspect in the murder at this time, and no suspects have been named for the killing.It's not known if the burglary and the murder are connected.Kraft was a model who according to a booking page credits herself with a "tasteful photo shoot for Playboy that was beyond Hollywood glamour. "Her profile also lists photo shoots for Vanity Fair, Victoria's Secret, and Maxim.An Obituary printed in the Atlantic City Press says Kraft's stately beauty and tender heart left an indelible imprint on the countless lives of many, whether spending time with loved ones, caring for animals or lending her talents to design Christine carried herself with warmth and grace.Anyone with information is asked to call the Lower Merion Police Department or the Montgomery County Detective Bureau.------