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Craigslist Killing Suspect a Serial Killer?

By David Lohr

Philip Markoff, 22, suspected of murder as the "Craigslist Killer," is apparently being investigated by police as a possible serial killer.  It also appears that Markoff, the son of a successful dentist and himself a second-year medical school student at Boston University, may have also been hiding a gay lifestyle despite the fact that he was engaged to a beautiful woman he had met at the State University of New York at Albany while both were serving as volunteers at a medical center there.  They had planned to be married on August 14, 2009, in a beachfront ceremony in Long Branch, New Jersey. "He's a predator," said Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis. Investigators believe Markoff selectively preyed on women who advertised erotic services on Craigslist, an online advertising source that is utilized by millions of people...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on May 14, 2009 (boomark / email).