Craigslist murderer a medical student!

[mwest]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/us/22boston.html 😱

 

[Rendar5]

He's my friend's ex's friend. I once had a beer with him, lol. I didn't know this until my friend who was freaking out told me this.

 

[psychforme]

This is the kind of thing that happens when med school enrollment is increased. Not enough qualified applicants and we must accept murderers.

 

[asmallchild]

This is the kind of thing that happens when med school enrollment is increased. Not enough qualified applicants and we must accept murderers.

🙄

See any in your class lately? Try introducing yourself.

 

[McGillGrad]

if he would have waited 4 more years, he could have killed people and got paid for it. The new generations have no sense of delayed gratification.

 

[badasshairday]

This is the kind of thing that happens when med school enrollment is increased. Not enough qualified applicants and we must accept murderers.

LOL!

Sorry, I know this is a serious/sensitive subject, but that s hit was funny.

 

[nlax30]

There are already like 3 other threads going on this.

 

[colbgw02]

if he would have waited 4 more years, he could have killed people and got paid for it. The new generations have no sense of delayed gratification.

I was trying to think of something along lines of reimbursement cuts/rising tuition costs, but this is much funnier.

 

[ion1]

i knew the patient population at BMC is sketchy; should have known that the medical students are also.

 

[BobA]

Looks like they're finally getting to the bottom of things:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/04/markoff_claims.html

Markoff claims indigency, owes $130,000 on student loans

By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff

The medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist has $130,000 in student loan debt and cannot afford to pay for his own attorney, according to court papers.

Philip Markoff, a 23-year-old Boston University medical student who has been suspended pending the charges, has no job and was getting no financial help from his parents at the time he was arrested, according to a court document filed in Boston Municipal Court that labelled him indigent.

The document provided a peek into the financial status of Markoff, whom investigators believe may have had a gambling problem and who was headed to Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut the day police arrested him.

Meanwhile, authorities in Rhode Island are poised to announce charges in the April 16 attempted armed robbery of a 26-year-old Las Vegas prostitute, who had advertised lap dances on Craigslist. Law enforcement officials confirmed last week that Markoff's fingerprint had been found at the hotel where the attack occurred and that he had sent a text message from that geographical area on the evening of April 16.

Boston police are also looking into the possibility that Markoff was using a Yahoo email account to send erotic photos of himself to others, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case. It was not clear to whom Markoff was sending the photos. The Globe has reported that Markoff had posted his own ad on Craigslist offering massages for $150.

Markoff has pleaded not guilty to charges that he fatally shot 25-year-old Julissa Brisman on April 14 and robbed another Las Vegas prostitute at gunpoint four days earlier. His lawyer, John Salsberg, did not return repeated calls for comment today.

No one else has come forward to say they were assaulted by the so-called Craigslist killer, according to two law enforcement officials with knowledge of the investigation.

Markoff, who has been placed on suicide watch at the Nashua Street jail, was "essentially living off of student loans in the amount of $130,000," according to a probation officer who interviewed Markoff. A Boston Municipal Court judge ultimately determined that Markoff should be appointed a lawyer through the Committee For Public Counsel Services.

Police have said that Markoff was living in a $1,400-a-month one-bedroom apartment in a luxury high-rise in Quincy. Markoff's rent was attached to his student loans, according to police.

William J. Leahy, the committee's chief counsel, said it is not uncommon for defendants in murder trials to say they are indigent.

"In a murder case, where the cost of ... retaining counsel is so considerable, I think more people are going to be declared indigent than in a minor misdemeanor case where the cost of counsel may be far more affordable," he said.

 

[Rendar5]

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[Rendar5]

...if they're trying to say having $130K in student loan debt makes a motive, why aren't half of all med students in jail awaiting trials...?

I'm not saying the guy's innocent. I'm just saying, most of that stuff doesn't make murderers. Most people I know have large student debts, no jobs, are going to school without parental help, and if they're living in a city, using their student loans to pay for housing. As for teh $150 for a massage ads adn sending erotic photos of himself, it just mean she was using craigslist to try and get off and/or earn a little money on the side.

I mean, I hope the trial istelf at least deals with the physical evidence of the case and not conjecture of ppl who don't know the habits of a typical med student who may be a bit pervy on the side.

 

[DrJosephKim]

This really is a sad and crazy case.

 

[TTPHUS]

i knew the patient population at BMC is sketchy; should have known that the medical students are also.

yeah - let the stereotyping start

 

[doc4life95]

...if they're trying to say having $130K in student loan debt makes a motive, why aren't half of all med students in jail awaiting trials...?

You make an important point here.
Whose to say this PARTICULAR person is a sociopath who chose medicine BECAUSE of his control issues?

 

[dacrocytic]

Looks like they're finally getting to the bottom of things:

"In a murder case, where the cost of ... retaining counsel is so considerable, I think more people are going to be declared indigent than in a minor misdemeanor case where the cost of counsel may be far more affordable," he said.

Debts can make people do crazy stufff, what the crazy thing you have done to raise money?

 

[Saladin MD]

I can't wait till they make this into a Criminal Minds episode.

 

[gutonc]

Debts can make people do crazy stufff, what the crazy thing you have done to raise money?

I moonlight. My wife hates it, my daughter hates it, I kind of hate it - but at a grand a shift it's hard to pass up. And daycare (and 9 years of med/grad school in NYC married to a professional artist) don't pay for itself.

Killing intarweb hookers is a bit beyond what I'm willing to do though.

And I just want to thank the mods for banning this D-bag. And for banning his/her sock puppet endreon and that doc4life wankstain.

WTF happened on here today? I go away for one day and the place just blows up with douchery.