CRAIGLIST KILLER PHIL MARKOFF: TARGETED MEN AND TRANVESTITES
Boston, MA– Phil Markoff, the alleged Craigslist killer appears to be an equal opportunity offender. Reported this morning on the Today Show, Markoff used the email address sexaddict5385 to send explicit pictures and emails of himself to men he found on craigslist ads labeled M4T, meaning “men looking for transvestites.” An edited picture of his account can be found on page 2 of this article.
Markoff is accused of kidnapping and armed robbery of Las Vegas prostitute Trisha Leffler and the kidnapping and murder of 26 year old masseuse Julissa Brisman.
It is not known if the image above is actually Phil Markoff but a source inside the investigation has confirmed to Blinkoncrime.com the background in the images matches a residence of Markoff’s.
On Tuesday last week Markoff was visited by his brother Jon and sister in law Deanna; a visit in which he told his family there would be more “coming to light” and they should forget about him in prison.
Boston Police have named Markoff as a POI in a Providence, RI attempted robbery of a masseuse; his fingerprints were found on the wall in the Holiday Inn Express.
Images and research courtesy of Klaasend
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Awesome job, Blink! Keep up the great work!
Ok, I’m sorry but how could Meghan not know? It’s one thing to work with someone and not know, but to be living with him, intimate with him and not have a clue??
Her email to me was very superficial and cheesy. As if to say no, no, no don’t ruin my happy dream of being married and demonstrated to me she was one of “those” types…. where she thought: must get married, marriage = happiness and marriage to tall, decent looking doctor will = even more happiness. And tried to just ignore all the red flags that were there.
Coolio, are you saying Megan emailed you personally?
B
Does is girlfriend still believe he is innocent.
According to her Dad last week, yes. Nothing more current than that yet and she HAS NOT visited him in jail.
B
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1168383
“Family of fiancee to speak later about Philip Markoff”
This is current, as of today. Should be interesting.
Just thought I’d pass this along…
A Wolf in sheeps clothing, American Psycho
it was just announced on the news that..”the planned summer wedding is OFF” she finally came to her senses? YIKES!!
His girlfriend and buddies have up to now been treating this case in a way similar to that of the Duke Lacrosse team. In other words their upper middle class guy is an innocent victim and the media are to blame. News that Markoff is a Redacted will make that remaining support evaporate faster than it takes Meghan to run to a clinic for an AIDS test.
Kevin- I redacted that word, come on, this is 2009, the rest I agree with
B
Blink so sorry about the confusion. No, I was referencing the email she sent to whatever morning show. I admit worded awkwardly. “to me” was meant as my impression.
According to the band, the wedding has now been officially called off: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?&articleid=1168088&format=&page=1&listingType=Loc#articleFull
and family sounds like they will be making official announcement to that effect soon: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_04_27_Family_of_fiancee_to_speak_later_about_Philip_Markoff/
NP Coolio!
Looks like your right, Klaas and I feel this poor girl should be tested for everything you can think of.
B
Hmmm.
Is he an equal opportunity criminal or is there possibly more to this story as has been suggestive?
I’d suggest we are only beginning to learn the truth about Philip Markoff and his psychosexual needs.
Chris
O I am so with you on that, Chris-
Why move to a female victim? Or is this the equivalent of just casting many lines in the water?
One thing is clear to me, this guy is a major candidate for suicide at his first opportunity without a doubt.
Why so brazen at the end? What triggered him?
B
It is your blog so obviously you can redact whatever you want but that “Redacted” word is quite commonly used now within the gay community. In fact there is a protest group formed in 1990 called “Redacted Nation” who like to chant “We’re here, we’re redacted, get used to it”. There are also two mainstream TV shows called “Redacted Eye for the Straight Guy” and “Redacted as Folk”.
So while in 1989 the word was offensive; in 2009 not so much.
I think the fiance of this man is in denial to save face. Cannot imagine any other reason. I mean, she’s trying NOT to look dumb in that she was obviously clueless and didn’t know the real person behind the face he put on. Sadly, it makes her look all the more foolish.
If it were me, I’d not say a freaking WORD to the press or anyone…just cancel the wedding and see what the evidence shows. If it showed he was guilty, burn that bridge and move on.
I agree with the poster who said she thought marriage = happiness forever. Well, I’ve been married 25 yrs and it’s only a bed of roses if you consider the thorns ;>) Yet, he’s a good guy and I can see we will make it together until the end…but easy? No, not really….but worth it? YES!!
Blink said: Why so brazen at the end? What triggered him?
Personally, I think he became more brazen and sloppy because he’d been doing this for quite a while and got overconfident, believing he’d never get caught. Surprise!
Just a quick one. I haven’t been following this, has his family said anything or visited him in jail? I have only heard his girlfriend and her family speak to the media. thanks
this reminds me of the “Runaway Bride” saga, she said she snapped due to the pressure of her upcoming wedding?
I see the ads but I am not sure that CLK is a sexual switch hitter. IMHO, he was putting out ads that would target week individuals that often times are cash heavy. Transgenders and working girls often have a lot of discretionary income. I think he was just using them as ATM’s. Cash seems to have been his God.
One thing is certain. The computer forensics people are salvaging every scrap of info from his computer and matching it up with calls and pings to retroactively track his movements. This will also tell them who his past victims are. It will be interesting to see how many past victims will cooperate with LE.
I am going to go out on a limb here and state in advance that none of the Kennedy clan will end up being involved in this. (IMHO)
Blink person-
Your featured on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/25/craigslist.victim.mother/index.html
click on blogs. #2.
Is it possible the undies weren’t trophys..but actually his..
Blink, on your response to Chris:
Supposedly he is broke and his defense is being paid for by the state. Apparently, he said that he was unemployed and living off of his $100K+ student loan for some time. In prior reports, I’ve read that he provided his girlfriend and himself with a “lavish lifestyle”. I guess with that, and a wedding coming up, how long could he have continued to live and pay for school if he had spent this money? Add to that an alleged gambling debt, and his facade of being well off was soon to fall apart. That’s strong enough material for a motive, aside from any potential psycho-sexual element.
“truth is stranger than fiction” & sure is a lot more interesting to say the least!
Freak!
Gypsy, good point about the panties possibly being his, but doubt he wore same size as his female victims. Didn’t surviving Boston victim tell LE he stole her panties?
Ok, someone in the know, how exactly does that work in MA that if indigent you can have taxpayers pay for high profile attorney like John Salsberg? Don’t they have public defenders there? That seems so wrong…
Prison folks were already liking idea of getting their hands on him, but I think they are even chomping at the bit more now knowing he likes men or pretended to….
Red Ranger; thanks for easing my anxiety concerning whether any of the Kennedys might be implicated in this sordid affair; hope you’re right.
Kevin, love the “we’re here, we’re redacted” line….
I agree it was well hit back over the net.. Just not something I want to promote. All Good, and not redacted
B
His best buddy stated Markoff called him and said “…this is my last goodbye, they’ll find out everything else I’ve done too”
Markoff – the consummate Young [entitled] College Republican now claims he can’t afford a lawyer.
Apparently he doesn’t goose step to the party’s “personal responsibility and accountability” mantra and is one of the losers the GOP yelled at for “not budgeting and living within their means”.
Doctor Daddy and all…had enough other people’s money to gamble and cavort with hookers but none to be found for personal responsibility of legal fees?
Markoff is a equal opportunity Young College Republican …we have to give him that
he used the email address sexaddict5385 to send explicit pictures and emails of himself to men he found on craigslist ads labeled M4T, meaning “men looking for transvestites.”
So much Kafka, so little time.
How do you know whether or not he’s a republican? Link please if that’s going to be your tact. I fail to see how this turns political. He’s a sick ticket, regardless of affiliation. Nothing pisses me off more when people take the tragedy of others to further their opinion in a completely unrelated topic. That’s low.
B
I don’t understand that bit by your commenter kevin d B and your agreement with it — the bit about the girlfriend and friends acting like the families of the Duke Lacrosse team — HEY, THE Duke team members were the VICTIMS of a freaking POS and the freaking POS DA who was her enabler and these jealous nothings were only too anxious to try to put innocent people away for decades just because they were RICH WHITE SUCCESSFUL BLUEBLOODS.
A pox upon the obtuse.
Well all poxing aside, you missed the point. He was not villafying them, I would not have agreed with that as I called that DA out from day one. I think it was more of a culture mentality thing.
B
*going to GOOGLE “redacted”*
The way I see it you have a guy who probably had enormous pressure on him to ‘succeed’ but a family unwilling or unable to support him financially. It wouldn’t surprise me if he was running low on funds, couldn’t deal with the stess of med school and had a sex addiction as an escape from all the pressure. Sad story all around.
Parents have probably been completely out of touch with him since he was a kid and just pushed him along without a clue. I know parents like this. More interested in what their son can do for them ‘prestige/accomplishment/show off to your friends’-wise than actually giving a crap of what he was actually like as a person.
It’s easy to just blame Phil for everything…and of course there’s no excuse for murder/rape snd he should go to jail if guilty- but just like in the Anthony case I won’t be surprised if we find out the parents are clueless imbeciles who basically set things in motion years ago through their behavior toward their son.
Who cares what his family wanted..by this time he was his own man..his grandfather, who was a lawyer, said that this guy always wanted to be an MD. So..how is the family at fault for that..is it possible that people who are gifted, grow up in an affluent family can still have enough issues..not through upbringing, but within themselves to make their own mistakes,,like we have here?
I am very tired of society and parents being blamed for the poor behavior of adults who know they have choices..but make the wrong ones. Don’t cry to me about his family ..etc..lots of people grow up in high achieving affluent families and don’t become someone who takes what they feel they need and want from others. This guy didn’t have boundaries anylonger…he set those for himself.
Mr. Markoff was/is his stepfather. His mother worked at a casino, and he probably got his taste for the seedy side of life being around the casinos. It was stated he belonged to GOP association…so that reader wasn’t making it political…just stating facts as he saw them.
What a totally sad and twisted story. Probably one of the most twisted I’d ever seen. It was stated by former classmates from junior high, he would act condescending toward those he felt were inferior. It was also stated by other roommates he was socially awkward. Yes, the girlfriend probably got swept up by the fact he planned to be a doctor….my, my, think of all the hands on palpations that would have occurred.
I also heard from someone who was held at Nashua St. Jail (stranger in a bar who was talking to friends and me) that there are men there “ready to take other men’s virginity”…totally frightening and unsettling.
This man is ruined and he ruined many lives….how did he get to be who is is? Was it nature? Nuture? Or lack of the latter. May all concerned find strength, and may the women who put their lives at risk each day with the lap dances and massages find another way to make a living.
Really good post. Although you did not provide a link to where it was stated he was with a GOP Association, I’ll take your word for it and stand corrected. Although I do not think it should be an excuse to be satiristically political.
I think there are more victims than we know, and I think this man is very disturbed.
B
Well, doesn’t that just explain the lavendar eye-shadow!!! (Though this may have been a camera lighting issue…I just couldn’t resist pointing out what I saw when his court photo first came out)
Blink: Any confirmation on how long he had been registered with Craigslist as “sexaddict5385″?
Okay I admit it…I just had to search further…according to the below link/article; a male, Boston corporate professional corresponded with “…5385″ last spring and again this past January (though they never met).
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20274975,00.html
“last spring” leads me to believe this is going to go back a long, long way. I also just can’t help but think there are probably women out there that Markoff robbed/and who knows what else, but will never come forward.
OMFG! Is he still pleading NOT GUILTY?!
His poor fiance’ I can’t even begin to imagine-
Go Redact Yourselves,
The purpose of my comment was not to imply guilt for the Duke defendants. My intent was only to point out the social-economic dynamics of that case had some similarities with Markoff’s. In both cases high-status college students were accused of crimes against low-caste sex workers. The fact that in the Duke case the high-status defendants were ultimately released would have provided comfort to Markoff’s supporters, and by framing his case as another “Duke” it would have helped them rally other supporters. This potential effect led the prosecutor to release damning evidence early and often to avoid potential charges of prosecutorial overreach which surely would have followed.
Gypsy, unfortunately it does go back to how a person was raised and the example they were shown. Spoiled maybe in this young man’s case? Never given boundaries so that he got a mental impression of self discipline? Yes, we’ve all seen rich and poor act out in heinous manners, but all too true that once an adult, we have the choice to be bitter and angry or understand life’s trials are what makes or breaks us.
I realize it is hard to want to believe people we trust and think are “wonderful” are leading secret lives behind closed doors as it shatters our comfort zone all the more with others we do not know making us wary, which today is probably a good thing.
His fiance continues to issue statements in support of his innocence. Even the parents didn’t say this. She bases this on not recognizing the man in the surveillance video. Why keep speaking? One might want to be hopeful and quiet.
What do you make of this Blink? The Anthony affect?
Yes. Disappointing. To think I ASKED everyone for a voluntary 48 hour shock breather.
B
kevin, just so there is no confusion. I understood your Duke comment. I think only one person didn’t, but notice you said yourselves…
Other news is Meghan is still standing by him. WTF!!!
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_04_28_Philip_Markoff_s_Fiancee:_I_love_him:_Betrothed_of_accused_Craigslist_killer_vows_support/
Ok, I’m sorry but this stmt even demonstrates more how she is so caught up in this dream of a wedding. She refers to him over and over again as “my fiance” even when it seems more appropriate to use the name Phil. i.e “my fiance’s attorney.”
If you are so supportive of your fiance, why haven’t you visited him in jail yet?
She also went to medical school in St. Kitt’s. When the cat’s away, the mouse will play I guess….
earth to Meghan: do you think someone else posted his photo taken at his residence on the M4T sites? And what about him telling his family more will come out forget about me?? She needs to get a frickin’ clue. Its one thing to say he is innocent until proven guilty but to come out saying over and over my fiance this, my fiance that. Sorry, da Nile is not just a river.
Here is a link regarding Mr. Markoff’s affiliation with the Republican party:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/us/28boston.html?ref=us
The fiance is sooooo lucky that this happened before she spent another second in this sicko’s company. I know that gender does not play a role in someone as sex addicted as he is – it’s all about filling the “void” that is never filled. That is why he had multiple addictions that were controlling him and that is why he was getting even more out of control. Ultimately these addictions took over his life and brought him down. The fiance is feeling it now, but imagine if they were married for a few years with a couple of kids….. That would be worse!
OK, I am going to have to comment on the elephant in the middle of the room. She knows the evidence. She supports and continues to try and humanize him in the media. She was also a recipient of his ill gotten gains through him paying to maintain their lifestyle. Is she involved? What is the reason she is standing by her man when the evidence is miles beyond overwhelming? What did she know and when did she know it? I would like to hear her speak on this instead of lying about his innocence.
I would also question being diagnosed by a doctor that has not noticed the 205 lb. cancer growing from her neck. Dumb as a bag of bat crap. I’m guano stop now.
Meghan said…” 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. I will expect that these discussions will occur within the next several days.” so….. what does she really know???
and she said her life has drastically changed..what about the victims lives and loss of life?
Me thinks she need a good psychiatrist.
kuaitzudog, Red Ranger:
It’s clear that she had a fantasy going as to the perfect boyfriend that is wealthy, going to be a doctor, intelligent, and the big ol’ dream wedding. Maybe she simply was an easy mark for this guy. Perhaps she has just the right level of gullibility or naiveté so he selected her for a mate. Maybe she never had a serious boyfriend. He must have possessed some charm that appealed to her family and his friends. Or he only spent a minimal amount of time with them, so that they only caught the right impression. None of the bridesmaids met him. I’m just astonished that she continues to put out statements though. She is supposedly in Med School too. She should just lay low, and not say anything that might reflect poorly on her for her own professional future, especially if he is eventually convicted.
She needs to stop talking. Serioulsy, someone is dead.
interesting article:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_492706.html
from:www.bstreetband.com
Fri Aug 14th – due to circumstances beyond our control, this date is now available to book.
Maybe she was this, maybe she was that, maybe she should have seen — unless we are totally blind or simply unteachable, we can all look back on people and situations in our own lives and considered how we could have done things differently, seen things more clearly, behaved more appropriately, learned more things, and not made certain statements. Unless you know, first hand, that he treated her badly, then you assume she has some wonderful crystal ball that she failed to look into. Did she has a fantasy, probably. I’ve had mine too. Yet our choice is to be so jaded that we miss out on life, or we take the risk of being hurt. Yes, a woman died and others were hurt, both physically and emotionally. And the finance’ is to blame, how? Would it be wiser to just be quiet? Perhaps. But unless you know what her experiences are and have been, unless you personally know all the things are her plate, perhaps a little compassion might be a way to view this. But this is just IMO.
sister, correct we do not know her, or what her life experiences were with PM, but what we do know is all the information being released is very damaging to him supposedly being innocent.
Yes, I realize law provides he is innocent until guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, but everything we have seen about this case leaves very little room for doubt.
How does holding onto this dream of marrying him help her? Does she seriously think he will get off and then they will just pick up her dream life again? That just isn’t going to happen.
I think most of us here just want what is probably best for her and that is some movement towards believing he will no longer be a part of her life. In that sense, we are being compassionate.
Hopefully, her family and friends are doing the same.
Hi Sister, I am not sure if your post was directed toward me or not but since we are speaking of similar aspects I will answer. I do not think she should have seen this coming. I do wonder about a few things based on her post-arrest behavior. The evidence released against him so far is as big as a mountain and daunting. For her to proclaim his innocence means either she is stupid, uninformed, stunned, or involved. Her continued presence in a top notch med school makes me doubt she is stupid. The fact that this is her fiance’ makes me doubt she is uninformed. I bet she has read all available on the evidence and has an inside track due to her own interviews. That leaves stunned or involved. If she is not involved then of course she is stunned. If she is involved then that may be a reason for her continued braying of his innocence. This is not just the future brides vision of a perfect life. He was her cash cow already.
Whether she is stunned or involved, she needs to remain silent. Each time she publicizes a statement about how he is innocent she looks more foolish and blind. It is helping neither her nor him. If she is involved it will come out eventually. Her actions so far, pre and post arrest, show that she is oblivious to the facts so he ropinion is neither valid or based in reality.
I wish for her that she is able to take her quiet self along life’s path to a long distinguished career in whatever area of medicine she chooses to pursue. Maybe her future acne opinion will be valid to someone.
cool, I totally agree the evidence leaves little room for doubt. Yet I also believe that it is unreasonable to turn off one’s emotions or dreams like water coming out of a faucet. I also agree with other’s that a good posture for her would be to stay nothing publicly . . . but I am feeling her anguish about having been so wrong about someone she was about to spend the rest of her life with. It assuredly is causing her to doubt herself and her own judgment. Hopefully, her family and friends will be very supportive of her, as you stated.
I heard today that she issued a statement today that she is not backing down in her support of this man. Her parents need to sit down with her and tell her that this case should progress without her statements to the public. And also tell her that she was extre;mely lucky that he was caught before she married this man and had a few children.