2004 graduate of Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School was accused of killing a masseuse and robbing another woman.
Former Boston University medical student Philip Markoff (center) stands with his attorney John Salsberg (right) June 22, 2009 during his arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston. Markoff, a 2004 graduate of Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School, was charged in the fatal shooting of one woman and the gunpoint robbery of another woman in downtown Boston hotels this spring. Philip Markoff, the Central New York native who is accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist in Boston, has killed himself in jail, the Boston Herald is reporting.
Details are not yet available on the circumstances of Markoff's death. He was pronounced dead at 10:17 a.m. today, according to news reports. Markoff had been placed on suicide watch shortly after his arrest, the Boston Globe reported.
Markoff, who grew up in Sherrill, Oneida County, graduated from Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School in 2004. When he was arrested and charged with shooting masseuse Julissa Brisman at a Boston hotel and robbing another woman, his former teacher at the school remembered him as a friendly, polite and promising student.
» Read the full story: Sources: Accused ‘Craigslist Killer’ Markoff commits suicide [Boston Herald]
» 'Craigslist Killer' Philip Markoff Commits Suicide [ABC News]
» Markoff's fiancee, Meghan McAllister, initially stood by him (4/27/2009) [ABC News]