Suspect in Craigslist slaying indicted

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Philip Markoff charged in the slaying of woman, robbery of another

Police: Both April incidents linked to ads on Craigslist.com

Slain woman was masseuse who advertised on Craigslist, prosecutors say

Markoff expected to appear for a Monday morning arraignment

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Philip Markoff is charged with killing a woman and robbing another in Boston hotels in April.

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- A Massachusetts grand jury late last week indicted a 23-year-old medical student on seven counts, including first-degree murder, in the fatal shooting of one woman and the robbery of another in Boston hotels.



Philip Markoff is charged with the April 14 fatal shooting and attempted robbery of Julissa Brisman, 25, and the armed robbery of a 29-year-old Las Vegas woman on April 10. Investigators have linked both incidents to advertisements on the Craigslist classified ad Web site.

Markoff also is charged with "the armed and forcible confinement" of the two women, as well as two counts of unlawful firearm possession, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said Sunday.

The grand jury returned the seven-count indictment late Thursday, and it moves the case from Boston Municipal Court to Suffolk Superior Court, where Markoff is expected to appear for a Monday morning arraignment. He previously pleaded not guilty in the city court and is being held without bail.

Markoff's attorney, John Salzberg, had no comment on the new indictment.

Prosecutors said Brisman, a model from New York who advertised as a masseuse on Craigslist, was shot three times at close range and suffered blunt head trauma at the Marriott Copley Place hotel.

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The Las Vegas woman was robbed of $800 in cash and $250 in American Express gift cards at the Westin Copley Place hotel, police reports said.

Markoff, a second-year medical student at Boston University's School of Medicine, also has been charged in a nonfatal hotel assault in Rhode Island.

He has been charged with assault with the intent to rob, assault with a dangerous weapon, possession of a handgun and use of a firearm while committing a crime of violence, stemming from an April 16 robbery attempt at a Holiday Inn Express in Warwick, Rhode Island.


Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/21/massachusetts.craigslist.killing/

A scum-bag kills a hooker............While a tragedy for the families involved not really that importnat to the rest of the world.

AnthonyC-

Monina, now if she were Maas Canosa's grandaughter, or Willy Chrino's niece, or Gloria Estefan's son's girlfriend things wouldn't be so cut and dry, right?

Thanks for the insight, acere. We know where you are coming from. The 'C' is not a coincidence; Now is it "pit-bull"?

Al que le incha que se rasque!

You are so wrong. As I pointed out in the Sotomayor issue I could care about a persons ancestry. A hooker is a hooker.

Just like you I take things for what they are.

And a Cuban is a cuban even though he hangs around certain circles and picks up their mannerisms.

Alabao!

Another sex crazed whiteboy out of control glad he got caught in the U S . He may have gotten away had it happened in D R.

damn sure would have..