BOSTON — A former medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist scrawled the name of his former fiancee on the wall of his cell — apparently in blood — before committing suicide, authorities said Tuesday.
The name “Megan” and the word “pocket” were found written above the door in Philip Markoff’s cell at the Nashua Street Jail in Boston after he was discovered unresponsive Sunday morning, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley said. Investigators were still trying to determine the meaning of “pocket.”
Markoff used a pen and a sharp piece of metal to fashion a “primitive scalpel” and used it to inflict several wounds in his neck, arms, wrists and ankles, striking his veins and his carotid artery, and then covered his head and feet with plastic bags that were available to inmates, Conley said.
“He won’t be tried, but he’s far from an innocent man,” Conley said, adding that authorities would someday outline for the public the “overwhelming” evidence they had gathered against him.
Megan McAllister, who met Markoff in 2005 while volunteering at a medical center, ended their relationship and canceled plans for an Aug. 14 beachfront wedding in New Jersey after visiting him in jail soon after his arrest.
Markoff was found dead the day after what would have been their first anniversary.
