Boston University “Craigslist Killer” Had Gambling Debts, Plastic Handcuffs, Guns At Home

April 21, 2009 - 3:00 pm By COED Staff

APTOPIX Craigslist KillingThe accused “Craigslist Killer” – ordered held without bail Tuesday for the murder of a New York masseuse – may have been driven by gambling debts, authorities said. Police sources speculated that Philip Markoff, a preppy Boston University medical student engaged to be married in August, devised a fiendish plan to pay off the debts by robbing escorts who might not report the attacks.

Cops said they found a semiautomatic handgun and plastic “zip tie” handcuffs like those the killer used in a raid on his apartment in Quincy, Mass.

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