Accused ‘Craigslist Killer’ Philip Markoff Commits Suicide
Philip Markoff 24, was found dead in his jail cell at 10:15 a.m. Sunday in Boston’s Nashua Street Jail where he was being held awaiting trial. Markoff was accused of being the Craigslist Killer famously named that because the killer met the women on the popular website Craigslist in the erotic section. He was suspected in three robberies that took place in Massachusetts and Rhode Island of three women one of which wound up dead. Markoff had plead not guilty to charges that in April he lured masseuse Julissa Brisman, 25, to a Boston hotel, then bound her, beat her and fatally shot her. At the time of his arrest he was a second year medical student at Boston University School of Medicine. A former English teacher described Markoff as “a good student and just a really nice kid. Smart, wanting to succeed, nothing strange, nothing out of the ordinary.” At the time of his arrest he was also engaged to be married to Megan McAllister and their wedding was planned for August 14, 2009. At the time of his arrest McAllister believed in his innocence and described him as “beautiful inside and out” and stated that he “couldn’t hurt a fly.” However though on April 29 she visited him in jail to tell him the wedding plans were “dismantled” and then when she visited him again on June 11, 2009 she told him it would be “a long period of time, if ever, before she would see him again.” He died exactly one year and one day after his planned wedding date.
