Accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff has now been charged in a third case involving a woman he found on the website and held up in a hotel room, this one in Rhode Island. Markoff is accused of tying up a stripper and robbing her at gunpoint in a similar fashion to the incident three days before in which he's accused of killing the Upper West Side's Julissa Brisman in Boston. Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch said, "We look for every measure of justice, particularly in a case like this where a life was taken." At a press conference announcing the charges, the Attorney General also had some unkind words for Craig Newmark, who has been publicly defending keeping his website's Erotic Services section open. Lynch said, "The guy from Craigslist was on TV. He said it was only one incident. I think it was totally irresponsible. It was a murder." more ›

Family members of suspected Craigslist killer Phillip Markoff visited him in jail yesterday and it doesn't sound like his outlook has brightened since his attempted suicide on Thursday. After being visited by his brother and sister-in-law (as well as his parents, pictured right), jail sources say that Markoff told family members to "forget about him," "move to California," and that "there is more coming out." Markoff did not receive a visit from fiancee Megan McCallister, who is standing by him and continuing plans for their August wedding. McCallister gave reporters the finger when she spotted them outside her parents' Little Silver, NJ home. Reporters did get a chance to talk to the mother of victim Julissa Brisman, who told them, "The feeling of losing my daughter in this way and the pain she must have felt will haunt me for the rest of my life." Meanwhile officials in Rhode Island said they are close to charging Markoff for a similar Craigslist holdup in a Holiday Inn room where his fingerprints were found on the wall. more ›

Kristin Davis sure seems to be a sneeze away from the headlines these days. The high profile madam (and soon to be published author) most famous for her connection to Eliot Spitzer tells the Daily News that at one time she employed Julissa Brisman, the 26-year-old masseuse murdered in a Boston hotel room earlier this week by a client who found her on Craigslist. Davis says, "She was a good kid, but kind of a nightmare. She had a bad drinking problem." Davis says that Brisman, who friends say was a recovering alcoholic with aspirations to become an AA counselor, used the name "Stacey" and did not offer sex for money, only sensual body rubs. As for the investigation into Brisman's murder, police now say they see "a strong connection" between the incident, a similar holdup in Rhode Island and a third robbery last week in Boston, also by a Craigslist erotic massage patron. All three crimes used zip-tie plastic restraints, which cops are currently trying to link and track the origins of. more ›

The search continues for the young man who is a person of interest in the murder of Julissa Brisman, the New York City woman killed inside a Boston hotel room while meeting a man who had responded to her erotic massage ad on Criagslist. The FBI has been called in as authorities are investigating whether the murder is linked to a similar Craigslist-related attack in nearby Rhode Island. At a Holiday Inn outside Providence the previous Thursday, a woman was held up at gunpoint by a suspect with a similar description to Brisman's case. The woman in that case was meeting the suspect for "in-room dancing," also had her hands bound and was only saved when her husband broke into the room and chased the man away. more ›

Boston police say the woman found shot to death in a hotel room was NYC resident Julissa Brisman. Brisman apparently advertised massage services in Craigslist's erotic services section and police suspect her killer was the man who answered her ad. more ›