anytime someone kills themselves in custody, it's a shock. and the sheriff and state will be liable. i looked forward to this trial, now we will be deprived of knowing what motivated this kid who had it all. i take no pleasure in hearing this.
Accused ‘Craigslist Killer’ Philip Markoff commits suicide.
Sources say former med student apparently suffocated himself
Boston Herald
Sunday, August 15, 2010 - Updated 4 minutes ago
Accused “Craigslist Killer” Philip Markoff was found dead alone in his cell at Nashua Street Jail in Boston this morning, after apparently suffocating himself, sources told the Herald.
Markoff, 24, was pronounced dead at 10:17 a.m. by Boston Emergency Medical Services, Ed Geary, the jail’s deputy director, confirmed.
Sources said state police assigned to Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley’s office are investigating, however, it appears Markoff committed suicide.
“Sad to say, it’s very true. It’s shocking and very saddening,” said Markoff’s defense attorney John Salsberg.
Geary declined to elaborate on the circumstances of Markoff’s death or where his body was found. “The matter is under investigation,” he said.
The former Boston University medical student, who was to go on trial in January, would have celebrated the one-year anniversary of his marriage to ex-fiancee Megan McAllister yesterday had he not been arrested in April 2009 for the murder of erotic masseuse Julissa Brisman at the Boston Marriott Copley Place and the robbery of Trisha Leffler at the Westin Hotel.
Both women met Markoff through ads they ran on Craigslist. He was also a suspect in the attempted armed robbery of an erotic services advertiser working out of a Rhode Island hotel.
Accused ‘Craigslist Killer’ Philip Markoff commits suicide.
Sources say former med student apparently suffocated himself
Boston Herald
Sunday, August 15, 2010 - Updated 4 minutes ago
Accused “Craigslist Killer” Philip Markoff was found dead alone in his cell at Nashua Street Jail in Boston this morning, after apparently suffocating himself, sources told the Herald.
Markoff, 24, was pronounced dead at 10:17 a.m. by Boston Emergency Medical Services, Ed Geary, the jail’s deputy director, confirmed.
Sources said state police assigned to Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley’s office are investigating, however, it appears Markoff committed suicide.
“Sad to say, it’s very true. It’s shocking and very saddening,” said Markoff’s defense attorney John Salsberg.
Geary declined to elaborate on the circumstances of Markoff’s death or where his body was found. “The matter is under investigation,” he said.
The former Boston University medical student, who was to go on trial in January, would have celebrated the one-year anniversary of his marriage to ex-fiancee Megan McAllister yesterday had he not been arrested in April 2009 for the murder of erotic masseuse Julissa Brisman at the Boston Marriott Copley Place and the robbery of Trisha Leffler at the Westin Hotel.
Both women met Markoff through ads they ran on Craigslist. He was also a suspect in the attempted armed robbery of an erotic services advertiser working out of a Rhode Island hotel.