Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Last April, a Las Vegas prostitute who had flown to Boston was robbed at gunpoint in her Copley Square hotel room. She had placed an ad on Craigslist seeking Boston clients, and a young man had responded. Four days later, on April 13, Julissa Brisman, 25, a New York model who specialized in “sensual massage,’’ traveled to Boston after placing ...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
By News staff By Talia Buford Journal staff writer WARWICK, R.I. -- The court file on the so-called "craigslist killer," Phillip Markoff, is thin. No police reports or witness statements. Really, only a few sheets of paper. But it does contain a piece of information officials have been reluctant to release before: the names of the Rhode Island victims. According to the secret indictment handed...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
By Donita Naylor WARWICK, R.I. -- Phillip Markoff, 23, the alleged "Craigslist killer" who is being held without bail in Boston, was indicted Tuesday by a Kent County grand jury on one count of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault with the intent to commit robbery, the Rhode Island Attorney General's office reported Wednesday. Warwick Police say Markoff assaulted a Las...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
By News staff Associated Press Photo Boston University medical student Philip Markoff, center, sits with his lawyer John Salsberg during his arraignment in Boston Municipal Court on April 21. A new book and a television show are scheduled for release this week on Philip Markoff, the man accused of being the so-called Craigslist killer. On its Saturday broadcast, CBS News' 48 Hours Mystery will claim...
Trial Ad Notes (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Maureen Orth on the Craigslist Murder | vanityfair.com , Oct. 2009. The "Craigslist Murder" was a crime made possible by the Internet, and the prime suspect was apprehended through online sleuthing. But the killing of Julissa Brisman allegedly by Boston University medical student Philip Markoff is still a very human mystery, with dark sexual overtones and surprising contradictions.
About Crime / Punishment (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
A former medical student pleaded not guilty to charges related to the shooting death of Julissa Brisman, 25, in a Boston hotel on April 10. Philip Markoff answered "not...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
BOSTON (AP) -- A former Boston medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges. Philip Markoff stared straight ahead and his attorney did not object to him being ordered held without bail during the arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court. Prosecutors say the 23-year-old upstate New York native lured Julissa Brisman...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
Philip Markoff, the medical student suspected of killing a NYC woman he met on Craigslist in a Boston hotel room, was indicted by a grand jury yesterday . According to the Boston Globe, prosecutors say in the April 14 killing of Julissa Brisman, as well as two other robberies of women he met via Craigslist, Markoff "allegedly used disposable cellphones and temporary e-mail addresses to make appointments,...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
BOSTON (AP) -- A former medical student accused of killing a 25-year-old masseuse he met through craigslist is being arraigned in Boston for first-degree murder and other charges. Philip Markoff is expected to be in Suffolk Superior Court on Monday morning. He was indicted by a grand jury Thursday after a two-month investigation. The 23-year-old upstate New York native is accused of the April 14 shooting...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 05/21/2009
BOSTON, MASS. (AP) -- A Boston University medical student accused of killing a 25-year-old masseuse he met through craigslist is due back in court for a pretrial hearing. Philip Markoff is scheduled to appear in Boston Municipal Court Thursday in the April 14 fatal shooting of Julissa Brisman, of New York City, and the armed robbery of another woman four days earlier. Authorities say he met both women...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 05/13/2009
After standing by their "erotic services" section in the weeks following the "Craigslist Murder" of Julissa Brisman (pictured), the site has finally caved to pressure and announced that it will shut down the section that is home to many ads for illegal prostitution. Last week the heat on craigslist was turned up when three state's attorney generals (including Connecticut's) asked...
Lemondrop (Free subscription) | 05/12/2009
Filed under: Sex , Work , First Person The world has been following the case of Phillip Markoff, the 19-year-old med student accused of murdering Julissa Brisman, fascinated by his youth, outward respectability, and pretty fiancee who claims she will "always love him." But I'm more ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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