Education
Harris attended Garfield High School in Seattle and played for Washington State University.
Harris attended Garfield High School in Seattle and played for Washington State University.
In 2007 Harris was reportedly found dead in Brazil, after disappearing two weeks earlier. While at Garfield, his team made the state finals, and while at WSU the team reached the east regionals of the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament. After working as a counselor in Seattle, he returned to Brazil in 2007 to play for Universo BRB, a basketball team in the capital of Brazil, Brasília.
Brazilian media reported that teammates said he was acting strangely and he was said to have been sighted in Bezerra, a city near Brasília, on foot and asking for money.
Brazilian wire service EFE reported that he took a taxi to Goiânia, then another taxi to the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Somewhere in Bahia, though, he jumped from the moving vehicle and ran official
Another account had him disappearing while the driver refueled, leaving his luggage in the vehicle. According to the wire service, he had shown "mental imbalances", and claimed that other teammates were harassing him.
She also said that his cr card issuer had reported several unsuccessful attempts to use his card.
On November 18, 2007, officials from the United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation reported that his body had been found in an "outdoor location" some 50 miles east of Brasília. Later reports specified Formosa in the state of Goiáson He was said to have been found with a shoelace wrapped around his neck, and one report said he was hanging from a tree.
Other reports indicated he was in a vacant lot in the city.
Harris"s wife"s stepfather and a friend had traveled to Brazil before the body was foundation