Accused Cragslist Murder-Philip Markoff Indicted of First Degree Murder and Robbery

Accused Cragslist Murder-Philip Markoff Indicted of First Degree Murder and Robbery by a Massachusetts grand jury. Phillip Markoff, 23, medical student was indicted  on seven counts, including first-degree murder, in the fatal shooting of one woman and the robbery of another in Boston Massachusetts hotels.

(pic)Philip Markoff, a second year medical student is indicted for killing a woman and robbing another in Boston hotels in April of 2009.

Philip Markoff is charged with the April 14th, 2009, fatal shooting and attempted robbery of Julissa Brisman, 25, and the armed robbery of a 29-year-old Las Vegas woman on April 10th, 2009. 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 stated Sunday, June 21st, 2009.

The grand jury returned the seven -count indictment late Thursday, June 18th, 2009 and it moves the case from Boston Municipal Court to Suffolk Superior Court, where the Cragslist Murder Suspect Phillip Markoff is expected to appear for a Monday, June 22, 2009, morning arraignment. He previously pleaded not guilty in the city court and is currently being held without bail.

Phillip Markoff is believed to have excessive gambling debts.

Accused Cragslist Murder-Philip Markoff Indicted of First Degree Murder and Robbery. Prosecutors stated that “Brisman, a model from New York who advertised as a masseuse on Crigslist, was shot three times at close range and suffered blunt head trauma at the Marriott Copley Place hotel.”

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

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 16th, 2009, robbery attempt at a Holiday Inn Express in Warwick, Rhode Island.

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