Craigslist Killer found dead in jail

[Dream]

The accused craigslist killer awaiting trial for the murder of a Manhattan model committed suicide on what would have been his first wedding anniversary.

Philip Markoff, 24, was found early yesterday with self-inflicted cuts and a bag over his head inside his Nashua Street Jail cell in Boston, cops said.

"We are saddened by it," said Jim McAllister, father of Markoff's former fianceé, Megan, who is in medical school in the Caribbean. "We're trying to get our heads on straight."

Jail guards went looking for Markoff when he didn't show up for breakfast, said Jake Wark, a spokesman for the district attorney's office.

Law enforcement sources said that Markoff, who preyed on craigslist escorts, had put a plastic bag over his head and stabbed himself in the neck and legs. He used a pen, the Boston Herald reported. There was so much blood that witnesses speculated he must have hit arteries.

A guard at the jail told the Daily News that Markoff's training in anatomy may have come into play: "He can do things other inmates can't, because he knows about the human body. He's a medical student, so if he gets a sharp instrument, he might be able to bleed himself out."

Markoff was arrested in April2009 for the murder of Julissa Brisman, 26, a model and aspiring actress from the upper West Side. Brisman, who moonlighted as an erotic masseuse, was shot dead when she fought Markoff's attempts to tie her up and rob her in the plush Marriott Copley Place hotel in downtown Boston, authorities said.

Police said Markoff hired her from an ad on craigslist.org, which he trolled for robbery victims who would be unlikely to call the cops. His trial was to have begun in March.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...philip_markoff_found_dead_in_jail_police.html

I guess his medical education finally paid off. People need to realize how many crazy people there are on Craiglist. Don't meet them!

 

[auntiehill]

^Too bad he didn't think of this BEFORE he (allegedly) went and killed someone.

 

[Jetfire]

Craigslist: Site For Sex Slaves?

My thread from last week.

Yeah that is horrible...always be cautious about who you meet from the internet.

 

[Marie1]

The accused ...committed suicide on what would have been his first wedding anniversary.

"We are saddened by it," said Jim McAllister, father of Markoff's former fianceé, Megan

Wait... they tracked down the father of the guy's ex? Or should that be former wife or...?

 

[Dream]

Wait... they tracked down the father of the guy's ex? Or should that be former wife or...?

The guy's ex. The woman cancelled the wedding after evidence was found. The guy had stuff like panties, restraints hidden in his box spring, a gun stashed in a hollowed-out copy of his "Gray's Anatomy" textbook.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

Oh wow. I hadn't heard this yet.

 

[BolianAuthor]

Cool... less taxpayer money wasted on him.

 

[Gil T.Azell]

Rot in hell you Piece of Shit.

 

[Rii]

Jail guards went looking for Markoff when he didn't show up for breakfast

What sort of jail is this?

On a more serious note: why was this man not assessed as being at risk of suicide? Why did he have a bag and a pen on him at all? I'd be investigating the officers involved here for negligence and possibly more.

The guy's ex. The woman cancelled the wedding after evidence was found. The guy had stuff like panties, restraints hidden in his box spring, a gun stashed in a hollowed-out copy of his "Gray's Anatomy" textbook.

Huh, I always figured that was just a movie thing.

 

[Data Holmes]

Am I the only one who thinks it sounds a little suspicious?

 

[Rii]

Am I the only one who thinks it sounds a little suspicious?

Srsly.

 

[Data Holmes]

Am I the only one who thinks it sounds a little suspicious?

Srsly.

It wouldn't be the first, or last, time that "justice" was dispensed behind prison walls.

 

[Rii]

The other thing that strikes me as incongruous is that even if it isn't too difficult to hit the femoral artery with a pen, I imagine it becomes rather more so if you've just stabbed yourself in the neck.

 

[sidious618]

The other thing that strikes me as incongruous is that even if it isn't too difficult to hit the femoral artery with a pen, I imagine it becomes rather more so if you've just stabbed yourself in the neck.

That's a fair point and it does make this whole event look rather suspicious.

 

[Data Holmes]

The other thing that strikes me as incongruous is that even if it isn't too difficult to hit the femoral artery with a pen, I imagine it becomes rather more so if you've just stabbed yourself in the neck.

That's a fair point and it does make this whole event look rather suspicious.

Also the "self inflicted" cuts to his arms could easily be defensive wounds...

 

[Rett Mikhal]

There's also the fact he had a bag on his head. Who puts a bag on their head AND stabs themselves?

What I find odd is that the killer didn't stand over the body and say "yeah, I did this!" because it seems obvious the motive was kill the flash-in-the-pan guy.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Good riddance to bad rubbish. Hope the dude rots and is made Satan's little bitch.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

I don't think it is suspicious at all. No matter what mode i used, if i was to off myself, i would definitely put a bag on my head too. It would speed the process along.

 

[Rii]

Obviously it's impossible to evaluate the case based only upon a newspaper article, but the circumstances certainly warrant an investigation.

Fortunately, there are others with similar thoughts:

A Boston city councilor is asking for an independent probe into how Philip Markoff was apparently able to take his own life at a county jail.

[....]

The former Boston University medical student had been placed on a suicide watch at the jail following his arrest in April 2009. He would have marked his one-year wedding anniversary this past weekend.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

^ This is true. I think that whenever there is a suicide in jail it has to be investigated no matter what.