Craigslist killing suspect indicted
BOSTON – A former medical student accused of killing a 25-year-old masseuse he met through Craigslist has been indicted by a grand jury.
Philip Markoff’s indictment on charges of first-degree murder and other crimes moves his case from district court to Superior Court, where he is scheduled to be arraigned today.
He was indicted for the April 14 shooting of 25-year-old Julissa Brisman, of New York, who advertised on the “exotic services” section of Craigslist at the Boston Marriott Copley Place hotel. He was also charged with the April 10 armed robbery of a 29-year-old Las Vegas woman at the Westin Copley Place hotel.
The 23-year-old upstate New York native who had been living in Quincy is being held without bail after pleading not guilty in district court.
Team bus, SUV collide, killing one
ANGOLA, Ind. – A tour bus carrying a semi-professional football team from Canada crashed into a sport utility vehicle in northeastern Indiana on Sunday, killing one person and injuring 14 others.
Angola Fire Department spokesman T.R. Hagerty said 12 people were taken to an Angola hospital with minor injuries after the 11:30 a.m. crash and two others were airlifted to a Fort Wayne hospital with serious injuries.
Hagerty said the crash along Interstate 69 killed an occupant of the SUV, which was engulfed in flames, and injured several members of the London Silverbacks of London, Ontario.
Maryland woman will lead NOW
INDIANAPOLIS – The National Organization for Women has elected a 56-year-old Maryland woman as its next president in a close win over a rival who had been endorsed by the group’s current president.
NOW said Terry O’Neill, who is white, defeated Latifa Lyles, a 33-year-old African-American woman from Washington, D.C., during the organization’s three-day national conference in Indianapolis. Lyles had been enthusiastically endorsed by current NOW President Kim Gandy, who retires from NOW on July 20 after eight years as the group’s president.
Lyles had said she could help give NOW, with a mostly white and over-40 membership, a new image of youth and diversity that would appeal to younger feminists.