BU premed student charged with death of woman who advertised in Craigslist

<p>A man has been charged with the death of a woman who advertised massage services on Craigslist, Boston police said.</p>

<p>Philip Marcoff, a 22-year-old Boston University student, was charged with the murder of Julissa Brisman, 29, at the Copley Marriott Hotel and the armed robbery and kidnapping of an additional victim at the Westin Hotel.</p>

<p>Boston police say Marcoff has no prior criminal record and is studying pre-med at Boston University. He was stopped on Interstate 95 on the south side of Boston, and was formerly charged Monday evening.</p>

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<p>Absolutely terrifying.</p>

<p>tracked him down thru tips and computer surveillance technology. </p>

<p>also charged with an armed robbery, and possibly the R.I. armed robbery as well.</p>

<p>imagine if he had not been found and went on to become a physician.</p>

<p>It is hard to imagine how a kid that young that’s clearly played by a lot of rules thoughout his life develops into a monster. It sounds like he was very careful not to leave evidence at the scenes but these days surveillance (computer-based or video) is everywhere.</p>

<p>possibly he didn’t play by the rules, but was intelligent enough to appear to.</p>

<p>Yeah, that’s what works today. It should be interesting to see the comments from students that know him on the news in the next few days. I’ll watch the Globe for stories. My guess is that he’s quiet, studious, courteous and smart.</p>

<p>He sounds a lot like Ted Bundy, who apparently also was courteous, smart and seemed like a nice guy.</p>

<p>If thisis true, it is just awful [DA</a> calls Craigslist slaying suspect a ‘predator’](<a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_re_us/us_craigslist_killing;_ylt=AnkjqNzeuCwHaXvtCGMUGAV34T0D]DA”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_re_us/us_craigslist_killing;_ylt=AnkjqNzeuCwHaXvtCGMUGAV34T0D)</p>

<p>and another link:
[Craigslist</a> Murder](<a href=“News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com”>News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com)

He was scheduled to marry in August <a href=“News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com”>News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com;

<p>Talk about a girl picking the wrong guy…</p>

<p>Wow, every journalist on the planet must be on a plane to Boston, this will be a big, big story, the subject of several books and a Lifetime movie!</p>

<p>My daughter could’ve been in Sargeant with him, though she doesn’t offer massage.
Actually , I was concerned having tow daughters up there, one of whom works in Copley.</p>

<p>This scared me and I have adult sons. It’s hard to understand how somebody could fool everybody that way. I really, really feel for his parents and fiancee.</p>

<p>Accused Craigslist killer’s fiancee: He’s innocent</p>

<p>she called him a beautiful person, inside and out. it is frightening how “normal” this man appeared.</p>

<p>Holy @#*%.</p>

<p>I heard they caught him, I HAD NO IDEA he was a BU premed student. Yikes. Time to alert the college D to BE CAREFUL. (Not that she is advertising for massage services on Craigslist or anything… But still.)</p>

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<p>Isn’t that always the case? The neighbors of the lastest mass murderer always say - “He was always such a nice young man. Kind of quiet but nice.”</p>

<p>If this was my fiance, I’d be scared of my own ability to judge people.</p>

<p>We have yet to hear the entire story here…Today show this morning had a close friend of his from SUNY-Albany on; baffled as to any of this…sounds like the kid snapped? stay tuned…</p>

<p>Now, now-- whatever happened to “innocent until proven guilty”?</p>

<p>Well, I’m sure he’s guilty, but the psychoanalyzing of him on the Today show is fascinating. Who knows if it’s true, but makes for good TV. The theory is that the pressure on him to be top-notch became too much and he started living a double life, where he could act out because it wasn’t permissible in his regular life.</p>

<p>I’m sure the fiancee is shocked, but I’m surprised to see her defend him. Poor girl. They’ve got his IP address, pics of him at the crime scenes, etc.</p>

<p>[Who</a> Is The Craigslist Suspect? - CBS News](<a href=“http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/21/national/main4958994.shtml]Who”>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/21/national/main4958994.shtml)</p>

<p>interesting interview video of an SUNY albany classmate.</p>

<p>Misogynistic was his term.</p>

<p>Where their is smoke usually a flame</p>

<p>sami: Interesting…when the Albany classmate was interviewed on the Today show, he was prompted with that “misogynistic” question, actually by Gail Saltz (psychologist)…he had not brought up the issue until it was suggested by someone else…</p>

<p>And he interpreted “misogynistic” by saying that Markoff was a “guy’s guy” in college; didn’t necessarily “seek out female companionship”…not sure if that fits the definition of “misogynistic”…imo</p>

<p>Talk to your daughters and friends and let them know to run from men like this even if otherwise they seem like a catch.</p>

<p>They also should run from men who hang out with guys who are misogynistic.</p>

<p>"Joe Coe, a former classmate of Markoff’s at SUNY Albany, told Early Show anchor Harry Smith that he remembered Markoff as “an average man, very unremarkable.” </p>

<p>Coe said he knew Markoff fairly well. “He was really good friends with one of the men that I lived with, and he was over my apartment frequently.” </p>

<p>When asked his general impression, Coe said, “There was nothing that really stood out to me as something special. He would say off-color comments about women, and opposed people, which would become an argument with me and some other people that lived in the apartment.” </p>

<p>“Would you describe him as misogynistic?” Smith asked. </p>

<p>“I would say that he was so, as much as most men in our society are,” said Coe (left). “So there [were] layers of it. But it wasn’t anything that was, like, overt. Like, you wouldn’t think of him being a card-carrying member of the KKK, but he was someone that had issues with people of color, had issues with women.” …</p>

<p>Smith asked if any acquaintances had negative portraits of Markoff: “Did anybody you know, any girls that dated him, or people in your particular social group, ever say ‘this guy’s creepy’? Or ‘this guy gave me a bad vibe?’” </p>

<p>“I heard that a lot,” Coe said. “And I’ve been hearing that a lot since [the news] broke. And it’s that misogyny and male entitlement [that] really comes out, and people are starting to talk about that.”</p>