Philip Markoff Is Suspected "Craigslist Killer" of Julissa Brisman

Boston cops on Monday night branded a 22-year-old pre-med student the "Craigslist Killer" who murdered a pretty New York masseuse and attacked at least two other escorts in hotels.Philip Markoff, a Boston University student who lives in Quincy, a harborside town 10 miles south of Boston, will be arraigned on murder charges today.Cops credited "high-tech leads and old-fashioned shoe leather" for the arrest. Cops stopped Markoff at 4 p.m. Monday as he drove south of the city on Interstate 95, Davis said. He agreed to come in for questioning and was arrested at headquarters.



Cops said the brainy blond doctor wanna-be has no rap sheet, but they think he has preyed on sex workers for a while. Police begged other victims to come forward."He is a predator," said Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis. "There may be other victims out there, and we want to help you."Markoff, who was arrested after cops tailed him for several days, will be charged in Boston Municipal Court with the murder of Julissa Brisman. The slain 26-year-old New Yorker advertised her services on craigslist and was shot in a posh Boston hotel April 14.

Markoff also will be charged with kidnapping and robbery for an attack four days earlier in another luxury Boston hotel on an erotic dancer who advertised online. Police believe the April 16 armed robbery of a Las Vegas hooker in a Rhode Island hotel is also connected.Brisman's mother was glad to hear there was a break in the case, but she was too distraught to talk."Her mother was very pleased, but when she saw the pictures [on TV], she broke down and was just crying. We turned it off. You have no idea how fragile she is," said family friend Mark Pines. "It is great that they found him, but it's not going to bring back our girl."