Posted on 04/20/2009 9:00:07 PM PDT by red flanker
A Boston University medical student was arrested Monday in the shooting death in a hotel of a masseuse and the robbery of another woman who both advertised their services on Craigslist.
Phil Markoff, 22, was arrested during a traffic stop Monday afternoon on Interstate 95 in Walpole, south of Boston, Police Commissioner Ed Davis said at a news conference to announce the arrest. He is also connected to an assault on a Las Vegas exotic dancer in Rhode Island last week.
Markoff's arrest came days after his image was shown on surveillance video at the hotels. Davis said that authorities had him under observation for days before making the arrest.
Authorities said Markoff was originally from upstate New York and now lives in Quincy, just south of Boston. A Facebook profile matching Markoff's identity, including his photograph, lists him as a 2007 graduate of State University of New York-Albany and in the 2011 class at BU. CBS' News Sammy Rose Saltzman and Ryan Corsaro report that friends and acquaintances contacted for the story describe Markoff as "likeable," "preppy," and "conservative." He and his fiancé, Megan McAllister, had a website detailing plans for their wedding that was planned for August in Long Branch, N.J.
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Because she fought back when he tried to handcuff her.
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Ah, OK. that makes sense. Thanks.
Looks like Dahmer..that glazed, calm faraway look...an attractive, clean cut guy could easily lure his victims...Ted Bundy style.
Yes, it could be what he writes about (and if he does it’ll be from Florida, where he’s spending the week). Given what Markoff is alleged to have done maybe you could understand some of the commments, but Meg McAllister, his fiance, should be left out of it.
Right now WTKK’s Michelle McPhee (who is covering the case for ABCNews.com) is talking about it and how McAllister
defended the alleged murderer (”he wouldn’t hurt a fly”;
yes, but what about a masseuse?)
indeed Howie did write about it
(and will be pinged to Howie list)
I know Richard Markoff. He's a super nice guy. He must be devestated.
It's not just kids. My ex did it, and it was great for me in post-divorce legal stuff. She got hammered with her own words and postings. WOOHOO!!
<She got hammered with her own words and postings. WOOHOO!!
Glad to see it worked out for you. : )
One of the things we discuss is whether employers have the ‘right’ to look at what you post online and don’t they have a right to a private life. What I tell them is if it’s online, anyone can look at it, including prospective employers. Students can have all the private life they want, just don’t put it online and don’t be surprised if prospective employers don’t want to hire someone who’s posted a pic of themselves doing a ‘girls gone wild’ thing and showing their boobs at a friend’s party.
He also gets the ring back!
Well if he calls off the engagement, can’t seh keep the ring for her trouble?
He was turning his life around. Oh, wait, wrong ethnicity...
Marriage is largely ruled by the law of contracts.
Although, in this case he may be in breach!
well, since he is in jail, he can’t come get it so she ought to keep it,,for her trouble and inconvenience. Just finding the girls underwear in his appt is trauma enough for her to keep the ring not to mention the murders.
How could a woman know a man and be engaged to him and not know he was seriously antisocial.
An anonymous Boston man told NBC News he flirted online with Markoff, who cast himself as a desirable stud.
"I posted an ad on Craigslist under 'male for T,' which stands for 'males for transsexuals,' " said the man. "That's where he found me."
The Post reported last week that Markoff's phone number was listed in a particularly weird Craigslist ad -- it appeared he was billing himself as a black woman offering massage services to men.
See post 41 in this thread...
What a sicko! And he was a MED student! UGGGGG! And his idiot fiancee’ is standing by him to the end she told Fox News. Another MED student!
When I heard that some of his classmates said that he had misogynistic attitudes, I knew he was a poofter. That attitude + violence against women = poofter.
I wonder why his fiancee’ didn’t pick up on anything? She has to know that he wasn’t with her when all these allegations were made. Where does she think he was? I guess denial isn’t just a river in Egypt.
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