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Accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff allegedly told family members to "forget about him" soon after his arrest last April for the murder of Julissa Brisman. And while they haven't quite abandoned him yet, his loved ones are not quite the cheerleaders they once were when he was first arrested. Yesterday a lawyer for Markoff's fiancee Megan McAllister, who initially was sticking with plans for their August wedding, revealed that she met with Markoff last month and told him that she is moving on, adding "it would be quite a long period of time, if ever, before she saw him again." The lawyer also refused to say if McAllister still believed Markoff was innocent, but that she found emerging details "disturbing" with now cops saying they found four women's panties stuffed in a sock and hidden between this mattress and spring box. A similar reticent tune came from Markoff's lawyer when asked if his family still believed that he was not guilty. He replied, "They're sticking by him."

Philip Markoff, the medical student suspected of killing a NYC woman he met on Craigslist in a Boston hotel room, was indicted by a grand jury yesterday. According to the Boston Globe, prosecutors say in the April 14 killing of Julissa Brisman, as well as two other robberies of women he met via Craigslist, Markoff "allegedly used disposable cellphones and temporary e-mail addresses to make appointments, then used plastic ties and duct tape to bind his victims." Prosecutors also revealed that the 9mm gun used to kill Brisman was "purchased in a New Hampshire gun shop in February under [Andrew] Miller's name, though prosecutors found Markoff's fingerprint on paperwork filed with the purchase." Miller's license was found in Markoff's car when he was arrested; investigators do not think Miller was involved in the crimes. The 22-year-old will be arraigned today on charges including first-degree murder, armed robbery and armed kidnapping.

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."

Megan McAllister, the NJ woman engaged to suspected Craigslist killer Philip Markoff, is moving on with her life. She was spotted visiting him at his jail yesterday—without her engagement ring—and her lawyer said the two had a "candid, frank" talk and that "it's time to move on with other things in her life." McAllister, who met Markoff while they were students at SUNY Albany, had previously made public statements standing by Markoff and continued to, sort of: Her lawyer said this morning, "I think she feels that she’s supportive of him. The man that she knew and loved for four years is not the man that’s being portrayed in the media." Like how her fiancee allegedly looked for gays and transgender people, too?

Yesterday, court papers revealed that medical student Philip Markoff is in $130,000 debt from student loans and therefore needs a court-appointed defense attorney. Markoff is suspected of killing NYC resident Julissa Brisman in a Boston hotel room; Brisman was meeting a massage client (via Craigslist). The Boston Globe observes that while Markoff was living off student loans, he was "living in a $1,400-a-month one-bedroom apartment in a luxury high-rise in Quincy." Markoff's fiancee Megan McAllister released a new statement, “In the past two short weeks, my life and what I hoped my life to be has dramatically changed. I also love my fiance and I will continue to support him throughout this legal process. My heart goes out to all of those afflicted by these events. It is my intent to fully cooperate with my fiance’s attorney as well as the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office ... I can only tell them what I know and what is the truth... What has been portrayed and leaked to the media is not the Philip Markoff that I know... My fiance’s fate should not rest in the court of public opinion, but rather in a court of law."

The Las Vegas hooker who was robbed by a client procured via Craiglist spoke to 48 Hours about her harrowing experience. It turns out Tricia Leffler was attacked in a Boston hotel days before Julissa Brisman was killed by her Craigslist massage client, apparently the same man.

It appears that the accused Craigslist killer's "dream wedding on the Jersey Shore" may be off after initial hopes by Philip Markoff's fiancee Megan McCallister to forge ahead with plans for their August nuptials. Word of her change in plans was first broken by William Forte, founder and keyboardist for The B-Street band, the Bruce Springsteen cover band who had been hired to play at the wedding. People Online mentions that "McAllister's Facebook page says she is a fan of Springsteen." So that pretty much confirms that. McCallister told the Boston Herald that her fiancee is "a beautiful man inside and out," but has not yet visited Markoff fiancee since being arrested. He did get a second visit yesterday from his brother Jonathan, who he allegedly told the previous day "to forget about him" because "there is more coming out." But Markoff's lawyer told reporters, "Generally speaking, lawyers advise their clients not to talk about the case. What's discussed is typically benign."

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.

The Boston Globe reports that preliminary tests link the gun found in Philip Markoff's apartment (inside a hollowed-out copy of Gray's Anatomy) with the murder of Julissa Brisman. "Officials also told the Globe that fingerprints found on the plastic restraints and duct tape left at a crime scene matched Markoff's fingerprints." Brisman, a NYC resident, was killed by her apparent massage client at a Boston hotel last week and police arrested Markoff, a 23-year-old medical student, on Monday. Markoff was reportedly placed on suicide watch yesterday after guards found shoelace marks on his neck. His lawyer didn't confirm or dany the alleged suicide attempt but did say, "It's difficult for anybody to go from a life of freedom to being detained, particularly in the first few days."

Philip Markoff, the Boston University medical student suspected of killing a NYC woman at a Boston hotel, has been put on suicide watch. ABC News reports that prison officials apparently found shoelace marks around the 23-year-old's neck, "Markoff was moved from the general population of Boston's Nashua Street jail to a segregated unit where officers can keep a constant eye on him." In the meantime, the father of Markoff's fiancee Megan McAllister told reporters, "She's still confident in Phil. Other than that we’re saying a lot of prayers." Also: A Facebook page has been created: "Phil Markoff is Innocent Until Proven Guilty."

Yesterday, a wake was held in Washington Heights for Julissa Brisman, a young woman who was killed last week during an appointment with a massage client at a Boston hotel. The Daily News' Michael Daly reports that the aspiring actress's mother wailed in Spanish, "Why not me? Why her? She was only 25. She was just beginning to live her life." And Brisman's friend, Mark Pines, said she would screen clients who responded to her Craigslist listing for massage services but added, "We will use her memory to try to keep other girls from ending up in the same situation."

Yesterday, the man suspected of fatally shooting a NYC woman in a Boston hotel appeared in court pleaded not guilty to the murder as well as another robbery of a hooker at a different Boston hotel. Philip Markoff, a SUNY Albany graduated and Boston University med student, was held without bail while his lawyer John Salsberg told reporters that his client "is not guilty of the charges. I have not received any document or report or piece of evidence other than what everybody here heard in the courtroom. So all I have at the moment are words — no proof of anything.”

A SUNY Albany graduate and Boston University medical student was arrested for the murder of a NYC woman who advertised massage services on Craigslist. Boston police believe that Philip Markoff, 22, fatally shot Julissa Brisman at the Marriott Copley Place on April 14 and also charged him with the April 10 robbery and kidnapping of a prostitute, who had advertised on Craigslist, at the Westin Copley place. Apparently a search of Markoff's apartment "turned up guns and plastic ties" (Brisman's hand had a plastic handcuff) and police suspect Markoff may have been robbing—and resorting to violence—to pay off gambling debts.