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Philip Markoff’s fiancee calls off wedding
Boston Herald ^ | 04/30/09 | Edward Mason, Ira Kantor and Jessica Fargen

Posted on 04/30/2009 10:24:22 AM PDT by raccoonradio

Megan McAllister’s fairytale wedding on the New Jersey seashore has been cancelled, less than 12 hours after her first jailhouse visit with her fiance, who has been dubbed the Craigslist killer.

Plans for the Aug. 14 nuptials and dance on the Jersey Shore are being dismantled, McAllister’s attorney, Robert Honecker Jr., told WBZ-TV this morning.

“That wedding will not occur,” Honecker also told ABC’s “Good Morning America” this morning.

McAllister visited fiance Phillip Markoff yesterday at the Nashua Street Jail in Boston for the first time since his arrest April 20 on robbery and murder charges. And though she had vowed to stand by him, she wasn’t wearing an engagement ring and is apparently moving on with her life.

McAllister spent 25 minutes with Markoff at the jail, arriving 12 minutes after visiting hours, Honecker told WBZ-TV.

They had a “candid, frank discussion about what has transpired and the events which will transpire in the future,” Honecker said.

Honecker said McAllister appeared “emotional,” but “she’s also a very bright, articulate, strong young woman and she is beginning to understand that she has to find strength from those around her.”

“I think this was a big step for her to realize the seriousness of that, the charges her fiance faces and also that she has to get on and take care of herself and the rest of her life,” Honecker said.

It was her first visit with Markoff since he was charged with the April 14 murder of masseuse Julissa Brisman. Sources say he collected women’s panties that they are now trying to link to the victims, and led a life of sordid contacts online.

Markoff, 23, also has been charged with robbing a stripper at gunpoint at the Westin Hotel and has been linked to a robbery in a Warwick, R.I., hotel. The Boston University medical student was arrested while traveling to Foxwoods with McAllister, 25.

Last week McAllister said she was standing by her man. But yesterday, she wasn’t wearing her engagement ring as she left the jail hand-in-hand with her mother, WBZ reported. The station said she has no plans to return to Massachusetts.


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KEYWORDS: craigslist; markoff; wedding
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Just call her Cleopatra, folks, cause she's the queen of denial. Actually I think she's finally waking up though. Last week the band pulled out of their fairy tale wedding reception because they were told it probably wasn't going to happen. Wonder if that facebook group defending him is still up? (Actually I checked; it is. There are also a couple "guilty as hell" groups)
1 posted on 04/30/2009 10:24:22 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

Well, I guess he was in love with him and couldn’t believe the worst at first. She may have nightmares about what he may have done to her eventually.


2 posted on 04/30/2009 10:27:58 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: raccoonradio

Wow...some women are just desperate. I’m guessing her parents and friends staged some kind of intervention and insisted she distance herself from this creep.


3 posted on 04/30/2009 10:28:20 AM PDT by AUJenn
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To: martin_fierro; Constitution Day; Travis T. OJustice; CougarGA7; Squantos; Eaker
led a life of sordid contacts online

Can't think of anyone else who does that...

4 posted on 04/30/2009 10:28:22 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (When I leave this planet, it's gonna know I was here.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

She may have dodged a bullet...


5 posted on 04/30/2009 10:28:31 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: AUJenn

At first it sounded like she was hell bent on having a wedding, not marrying him. What do I know, though?


6 posted on 04/30/2009 10:33:08 AM PDT by Cathy
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To: raccoonradio

Maybe she can star in a new reality show “Who Wants to Marry a Serial Killer?”

Kind of like “the Bachlorette” but with a different twist...so to speak


7 posted on 04/30/2009 10:33:32 AM PDT by silverleaf (We live in interesting times: now the entire IRS works for a tax evader)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; Squantos

At least you and Squantos are still an item!


8 posted on 04/30/2009 10:35:16 AM PDT by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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To: raccoonradio

Guys like Ted Bundy, and maybe this guy, get away with it because their pathology allows them to fool almost anybody, through wit, charm and intelligence.

Nobody though Bundy was a madman until incontravertable proof was presented.

Then again, there’s always the chick willing to thrill-f*(k a murderer. OJ has quite a few.


9 posted on 04/30/2009 10:36:24 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Tijeras_Slim

10 posted on 04/30/2009 10:36:55 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: raccoonradio

She’s one lucky woman that all of this came out now.


11 posted on 04/30/2009 10:38:55 AM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: raccoonradio

Thugs attract!


12 posted on 04/30/2009 10:40:14 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Eaker

You’re just lealous he has the watch.


13 posted on 04/30/2009 10:40:17 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (When I leave this planet, it's gonna know I was here.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Sheesh, jealous.


14 posted on 04/30/2009 10:40:55 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (When I leave this planet, it's gonna know I was here.)
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To: Eaker; Tijeras_Slim

Dat just ain’t right ....


15 posted on 04/30/2009 10:41:30 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: raccoonradio

Remember the Runaway Bride? She ran away from a nice guy. Chicks dig thugs!


16 posted on 04/30/2009 10:42:07 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: raccoonradio

Um, SHE needs a lawyer because?


17 posted on 04/30/2009 10:54:04 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (Naturalized Texan)
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To: Seeing More Clearly Now

“She’s one lucky woman that all of this came out now.”

That is true.

She seems to be a very good woman to me.
Loyalty to the ones we love is the correct instinctive response.

Of course eventually you have to face reality, and sometimes it is nasty.


18 posted on 04/30/2009 11:03:37 AM PDT by devere
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Might be the prosecution has expressed interest in questioning her about what he may or may not have told her and she’s just getting some legal advice. And maybe they think she might have played a part in some way. I don’t blame her for seeking legal advice. In this day and age, you never know what everyday event can turn into a big legal battle.


19 posted on 04/30/2009 11:04:05 AM PDT by 3catsanadog (I plan to give the new President the same respect and dignity the other side gave Bush.)
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“Um, SHE needs a lawyer because?”

She lived with the accused, and could be construed by some over-eager prosecutor as an accomplice. The charges are murder, kidnapping, and robbery. Would you go without legal advice in her circumstances?


20 posted on 04/30/2009 11:06:35 AM PDT by devere
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