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CNN -- A medical student accused of killing a masseuse in a Boston, Massachusetts, hotel room will be charged in a hotel assault in Rhode Island, the state attorney general said Monday. Police said the attacker in both cases apparently responded to the victims' listings on the Craigslist online classified ad site. Philip Markoff, 23, will be charged with assault with the intent to rob, assault with a dangerous weapon, possession of a handgun and use of a firearm while committing a crime of violence, said Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch. Watch why Rhode Island officials issued an arrest warrant ».
Markoff, a second-year student at Boston University's School of Medicine, ly was charged with killing Julissa Brisman on April 14 at a Boston hotel. Police said Brisman, a New York resident, was a model who advertised as a masseuse on Craigslist. Markoff also has been charged in connection with an April 10 robbery of a woman at another hotel in Boston.
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The incident also is linked to a Craigslist ad, police said. Markoff pleaded not guilty in the April 14 and April 10 incidents and is being held without bail. Lynch called the Rhode Island case a "very stark, difficult, horrific reminder that there are predators out there; there are bad people out there," and called for new Internet safety measures. Share this on:. Story Highlights Case marks third time Philip Markoff accused of finding victims on Craigslist Assault with dangerous weapon among charges leveled in Warwick robbery Markoff pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail Markoff also charged with killing a masseuse, robbing another woman.
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