PHILIP MARKOFF: Alleged Craigslist Killer (VIDEO, SLIDESHOW)

UPDATE: Markoff Held Without bail...

AP: Prosecutors said Tuesday they found a semiautomatic weapon at the home of a Boston medical student who has been ordered held without bail on charges he shot to death a masseuse - Julissa Brisman - he had lured to a hotel through Craigslist. Philip Markoff said nothing during the brief hearing in Boston Municipal Court.

Authorities said they followed a computer trail to Markoff, linking an account used to set up appointments on Craigslist with two women who were attacked to his address in Quincy.

Below is video of Markoff in court:

Tuesday news reports on Markoff expressed surprise over the arrest of such a 'clean cut' looking young man who had his whole future, including a wedding this summer, to look forward to. The Boston Herald even referred to Markoff's "Brad Pitt smile."

Who is Markoff? We've pieced together numerous clips including the alleged killer's wedding website to give you an idea of who this possible killer is.

The Associated Press reports:

Markoff is originally from upstate New York and 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.

A Boston University spokeswoman told Boston radio station WBZ-AM that Markoff had been suspended from the medical school after his arrest.

He is supposed to marry Megan McAllister. True Crime Report has more on how she met Markoff:

Phil Markoff and his fiancee met in undergrad at the University of Albany in New York. According to their site, she was a senior at the time and Markoff was a sophomore. The couple volunteered together at a nearby medical center, doing scut work in the Emergency Room. Their first date was on November 11, 2005. They were engaged in May, 2008 and were set to be married on August 14 this year on the beach next to McLoone's Pier House in Long Branch, NJ.

See a slideshow from Markoff and McAllister wedding website "megan-philip.com":

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McAllister wrote ABC News this morning to say that police are wrong in charging her fiance:

"Unfortunately, you were given wrong information as was the public," McAllister wrote to ABC News in an e-mail. "All I have to say to you is Philip is a beautiful person inside and out and could not hurt a fly! A police officer in Boston (or many) is trying to make big bucks by selling this false story to the TV stations. What else is new?? Philip is an intelligent man who is just trying to live his life so if you could leave us alone we would greatly appreciate it. We expect to marry in August and share and wonderful, meaningful life together."

Comments

[chipsaunders]

11:47 PM on 04/29/2009

If the judge does not order a gag order this guy will have a hard time getting a fair trial.

He was not a serial killer. I don't think he wanted to kill that poor woman.
He tried to rob her, she fought back and he lost control. Amateur criminal.
Smart crooks use computers and steel money from peoples bank accounts.
It's the idiots who rob people by gun point in this day an age.
Once you bring a gun into the picture, it's going to lead to someone getting killed.

There are a million stories in the Naked City...., and this was just one of them.

[marko77]

12:02 AM on 04/30/2009

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If the judge does not order a gag order this guy will have a hard time getting a fair trial.

He was not a serial killer. I don't think he wanted to kill that poor woman.
He tried to rob her, she fought back and he lost control. Amateur criminal.
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Wrong. If he was simply robbing the women why would he have kept trophies to remind him of the crimes. It seems he is a sexual predator first and perhaps a serial killer in the making.

[brooklyncitizen]

01:58 AM on 04/30/2009

or already...who know where all the 60 panties came from

[americancolonyinhell]

12:27 PM on 04/23/2009

I agree with those who think this person was turning into a serial killer. I think it's possible he realized this himself and wanted to be caught. What else could explain the carelessness: contacting victims on line, talking to them on the phone, meeting in pricey hotels rife with cameras, texting from the scene of his crimes.

He has succeeded in ending a life, destroying at least two families, traumatizing many, and essentially ending his own existence--all at 22 years of age.

[DrewPeterson]

03:44 PM on 04/22/2009

Philip you are a dolt. Too bad you didn't call me first, we could have been a great team.

[blackspeak]

11:32 AM on 04/22/2009

What we have here is, a budding serial killer. The likes of Ted "the Bludgeoner" Bundy...

[ReasonableBill]

07:39 AM on 04/22/2009

She obviously is in shock and as personal protection - self denial. She should be immediately advised, albeit too late, to say nothing, obviously thus far, not her strong suit. The web page, although I did not see but snips is over the top and as bit much. Dreamland.

[denholt]

04:01 PM on 04/22/2009

God only knows the truth of THAT relationship. She herself may be suffering a form of Stockholm Syndrome for all we know.

[patrickmcdougal]

01:18 AM on 04/25/2009

Is there a coherent sentence here?

[PaceSetter]

03:51 PM on 04/27/2009

word salad.

[ladycubsfan]

04:47 AM on 04/22/2009

It just goes to show that you may never really know someone. You just think you do. And, yes, serial murderers are not all physically unattractive. That probably aided in their success. I wouldn't be surprised if the fiance starts seeing the red flags, in hindsight. Love is blind.

[KUjHwk]

10:37 AM on 04/22/2009

It wouldn't surprise me if she knew about it. People are crazy.
Plus they found a semi-automatic, and material that could be used to bind a person in the condo that they shared. Unless she was completely clueless and dumb, she knew something was wrong with him.

[obamasandiego]

03:58 AM on 04/22/2009

Dude should have watched Forensic Files. Dummy.

[posttheist]

03:08 PM on 04/22/2009

For real...does he not know about IP adresses!?!?!?! Then it looked like the idiot was using his own cell phone at the place of the crimes!!

[Defunct]

02:49 AM on 04/22/2009

what? he's not blackkkk, gayee, or an arrabb? how disappointing.

[topkatnc]

08:31 AM on 04/22/2009

So if he was one of those , then he would be innocent ?

[DirtyMoon]

01:53 PM on 04/22/2009

I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic.

[Defunct]

02:48 AM on 04/22/2009

boo

[csepwede]

02:35 AM on 04/22/2009

Guess he needed the money to pay for the wedding.

[ruthinking]

01:18 AM on 04/22/2009

Phillip Markoff is the anti-Susan Boyle.

[moose9781]

02:55 AM on 04/22/2009

does anything more need to be said?

[HiMeryl]

05:37 AM on 04/22/2009

HA!...nice.

[stringer]

12:27 AM on 04/22/2009

He doesn't fit the description? Of a serial killer? Really?

Let's see nondecript, average-looking, blond-haired white guy who nobody ever thought would do it. Sounds like pretty much every serial killer I've ever heard of.

I'm against profiling on any level. But let's face it if he were black or Mexican no one would have any problem believing the guy did it. Frankly if he were white and his name were Billy Bob, instead of Philip, no one would have any problem believing the guy did it either.

The notion that there's a so-called "criminal description" needs to go out the window as does the constant protest that certain people who always seem look a particular way and have a certain profile (young, middle-class, white, male) could never have done anything.

[skunky93]

07:24 AM on 04/22/2009

nah...see, I have no problem believing it. I took enough Psychology in college to believe the statistics. I don't it put it past any adult white man who seems like a perfect guy. I think everyone is suspicious. Now my latinos have different violent issues....and I guess the same goes for every other race.

[Decipherer]

03:15 PM on 04/22/2009

Paranoid much?

[TwoWheels]

11:54 PM on 04/21/2009

Too bad he wasn't already licensed as an MD. The state medical board would have made sure that he was protected.

Speaking of spin, did anyone else notice that as soon as the enormity of this man's alleged crimes started to become apparent, his status went from "medical student" to "pre-med" student.

Uh huh. Those MDs sure know how to protect their own.

[Thron]

12:35 AM on 04/22/2009

Now he is pre-med criminal. They will operate on him in jail. I'm almost sure.

[Decipherer]

03:17 PM on 04/22/2009

Where exactly did you come up with this insane notion, and if you believe what you just wrote to be true, please provide some independent examples of the "state medical board" anywhere protecting accused or convicted criminals, doctors, med students, or pre-med.

We'll wait.

[Thron]

11:30 PM on 04/21/2009

The girlfriend was definitely sleeping with the enemy. Maybe several years later she would have been gone missing. Never to be found. I'm sure she is not aware yet of her luck.

[topkatnc]

08:34 AM on 04/22/2009

Most serial killers never murder people that they are close to.

[rich misty]

09:20 AM on 04/22/2009

True, she was probably every bit as safe as BTK's wife. It's the girl next door who is the target, not their own.

[escapee]

11:28 PM on 04/21/2009

"All I have to say to you is Philip is a beautiful person inside and out and could not hurt a fly!"

I don't think fly killing was the charge...

[charon]

05:04 PM on 04/22/2009

Remember the ending scene of Hitchcock's "Psycho"? Norman was sitting in a chair, and a fly lands on him. He is thinking to himself, "They'll see me here with this fly, and they'll be thinking, 'why, he wouldn't even harm a fly!' Isn't that right, Mother?" Kind of spooky.