Craigslist murder suspect held without bail

A Boston medical student accused of targeting women who advertised exotic services on Craigslist was ordered held without bail Tuesday on charges that he sought to rob a masseuse, but bashed her in the head and shot her through the heart when she fought back.

Philip Markoff, 22, a second-year medical student at Boston University, said nothing during a brief appearance Tuesday in Boston Municipal Court where he was ordered held on charges including murder, armed robbery and kidnapping.

Authorities refused to comment on reports that Markoff might have been seeking money to pay gambling debts, but a Connecticut casino confirmed it was cooperating in the investigation.


Markoff, a second-year medical student at Boston University, appeared in court Tuesday on charges including murder, kidnapping and armed robbery. Dressed in a wrinkled button-down shirt and khakis, he said nothing during the brief hearing and was jailed without bail.

Prosecutors say they traced an e-mail address used to set up an appointment with masseuse Julissa Brisman of New York City to Markoff, who was on his way to Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut with his fiancee when he was arrested Monday afternoon.

Brisman was found dead April 14 in a Boston luxury hotel. Markoff is also charged with robbing and tying up another woman who advertised massages on Craigslist on April 10. Authorities say he was the man seen on surveillance video near where Brisman was found and where a woman was robbed in Rhode Island.

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[stonethugmusic]

THAT'S SAD AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPEN IN A PLACE " A COUNTRY " AND A WORLD WHERE MONEY IS EVERYTHING "

[ChixRChattel]

he's a jew...why r all serial killers jews? (or blacks)

[JoeJoeyJose]

They make him sound all innocent because he's white.

[krakowmonkeypeoples]

hes a jewish neanderthal inbred. its in his DNA.

[MrDevenMichaels]

make his punishment to locked in a 8' X10' room with me for 15 min after someone tells me he murdered one of my family. :)

[shattaj15]

idk y white people like to kill people so much. dude was a doctor and gettin married and def got money. WHY?

[TheMasturRater]

lol @ victims undies in his home.......eh it's a male thing.....you got to be male to fully understand why we love them

[kingsnbabylon]

Now they want to take pussy off of craigslist. That tells you this world of America are filled with faggots. Yet you still have gay tricks walking around freely. Levi 20:13. White people are naturally born faggots. Wicked ass demons.

[Debbielh0226]

I feel bad for the girl who's engaged to him. She should feel very lucky and not think about marrying him. I know he's innocent until proven guilty but why does have have the victims undies in his home.