Fiancee's dad: Megan 'still confident' in accused killer

Aside from being the dumbest criminal in history, he is also the worst on calculating return on investment.

I have yet to to admire his intelligence as a Med student since he is someone who robs/ties sex workers with a deadly weapon for 1000-1500 dollars and sees nothing wrong with that logic.

Everyone seems to be missing the true logic of this Med student. His idea was to rob these types of women since he believed they would never alert the cops because the services they provided are illegal. Think of it the idea someone robbing money from a drug dealer...I doubt they would go to the cops and complain.

Secondly he never envisioned in his entire plan that it would be such a big story. Since he thought that sex workers are not going to call the cops and complain that a john robbed them their illegal gains, he never had to worry about being tracked down.

Thirdly, Julissa refused to cooperate and probably injected fear in him about reporting him to the police. This is the true cause of her death. Since he thought she was going to report him, the only possible way to stop this was to kill her.

This is why he did not care about email accounts, IP adresses or his face for the camera or texting this sex worker...ohh I mean I am sorry "massage therapist"

At a minimum, there's evidence that the man was seeking sensual massages from women in exchange for money. Unless his fiancee agreed to such an arrangement, this fact has to give her pause before deciding to marry him.

Man, some people cannot process facts. The more she keeps this up and the more she will be miserable when she finally has to admit this guy was a phony.

she was so confident in him that she flew out of town on the 1st plane available, leaving him swinging in the wind ... very supportive fiance'.
stop the nonsense about his being innocent!

Megan McAllister is a piece of work. This paranoid scrawny, whiny woman needs to be slapped: HE'S A KILLER!!!! She is more concerned about getting married than facing the truth. I hope she's studying to be a pathologist and not an actual physician because I sure as heck would not want her examining or prescribing medicine on me or any other sane person.

I give that lady a lot of respect. She could have cut Phil loose before the evidence was admitted into trial but she's taking the more difficult road of supporting a man she only knew as a good person and not as a murderer. I don't think she's living in denial but rather just being human by caring for a loved one.

I can't imagine what the fiancee is going through right now. I have to say if similar accusations were leveled at my husband, I would be in similar denial. It takes a long time and a lot of proof to change your mind about someone you love that much. I would be more disturbed if she had automatically believed the police, to be honest. The instinct to protect and defend the one you love should be strong, and comprehending such a horrible turn of events takes time.

OMG. it's very sad...the fiance is floating on the river of DENIAL.

Where are her BRAINS. The cops found the underwear of the girl he killed IN HIS APARTMENT. Want to bet the gun they found there matches the bullets that killed her too?? Guess that was why he was going to marry her, she was clueless

Please give this young woman a break. She is still in the first stage of grief, shock and denial. She needs time to absorb the enormity of this situation. She'll come to her senses... just give her some time...

I cannot believe this guy was too lazy to pick up a regular job delivery pizzas or working at Subway for some extra coin. As for the dimbo girfriend/fiance or whatever she thought she was, who cares....if she knew this guy as well as she says she did, there would have been signs or changes in attitude and disposition. And what the hell were they doing onthe way to Foxwoods during Med School finals study?

Love is truly blind.......so goes the saying.....sad....sad....sad......

Return on investment??? This guy was in Medical school...I doubt he had time to work....yet he paid 1400/month for rent, plus the cost of school.....AND he FREQUENTED Foxwoods to gamble.... clearly he had money coming from somewhere (likely his family/or student loans).........the MO does not fit robbing simply to pay off debts.... sounds more like a fettish/greed combo.

Give the poor girl a break. It seems like this guy had a lot of people fooled. She has been living a perfect dream life, and now its crashing down around her in an intensely public way. It probably seems more like a nightmare than reality, give her time to sort out her feelings of shock, denial, anger and loss. Anyone needs time to heal from a bad relationship, this poor girl is probably going to need therapy after all this media attention and the gravity of her fiance’s crimes. I say, lay off!

The fact that this jerk-off took away spot at BU medical school is what makes me angry. There are thousands of qualified applicants that get turned away each year from med schools, who are not womanizers and murderers. My husband is one of them. What a tragedy.

Love is blind...ain't it.

My heart goes out to this woman.
Here she is, engaged to a seemingly wonderful man, the typical boy next door, a future doctor. Only to find out she has been deceived by the one man she should be able to trust above all, her future husband, lover and best friend.
Reality hasn't set in yet for this young woman, she is trying to reconcile the man she knows with the man the police and public are alleging killed and robbed another woman under less than ideal situation.
If this were me, I can see myself going back and forth, is he the one, or isn't he. I think she needs some time to get both realities on the same page. Have patience and have sympathy for her.

I was briefly married to a psychopath, who had been diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder long before we met, and know first-hand how deceptive and dangerous these men are.
Clean cut, professional, well-educated, white and wealthy, the man I got away from looks chillingly like an older version of Markoff.
Charming, boyish and innocent looking on the outside, he was a sadistic, misogynistic murderer on the inside.
Jack Levin, the world famous, Cambridge based expert on psychopathic killers, has written about this phenomenon for decades. Ms.McAllister is lucky to be alive, today.

I understand she doesn't want to believe that someone she loves so much could possibly do these things, I just hope that someday she comes to terms with what he is and finds some relief in knowing that she dodged a huge bullet here. It looks like she comes from money and if he hadn't gotten caught now I bet she would've eventuilly had an "accident" that left Markhoff the sole beneficiary of a hefty chunk of dough.

I think she's still in shock and it hasn't hit her yet. That's what love does to you...

I hope she wakes up soon and leaves his ass. I feel bad for the girl however by looking at their website before it was taken down and the registries, I could tell she seemed more excited about the idea of having a lavish wedding to impress people than anything else.

That's why I married my husband at a beach and San Diego... just the two of us...and nobody else.

Having been a victim of a crime and seeing how corrupt the system really is I won't ever be surprise if the BPD planted the "evidence" to fear embarrassment for being wrong.
In my case I was a victim of a rape from a law enforcement agent (off duty.) DNA evidence, a confession by my perp., etc..was all in my favor. Until the men investigating the crime decided how bad it must look for the department and can't "betray one of their brothers" that the confession was taken back (he was "under distress" when he said it) lots of evident "got lost, and they tried to charge me with "false reporting" instead they drop the case. Corruption is nothing new to any law enforcemnt agency including BPD.

The sad part that I've just learned is that there is a page that has been created on Facebook to honor this guys "Innocence." You know, I am in my mid 30's...not that old...and I really am at a loss for how the mentality of this country has changed...for the worse of course! This Facebook page has been designed so that all of the idiots in America who are too shy, shallow, stupid or insane can rally together and voice their vote on innocence until proven guilty. I'm not saying that the principle in itself of innocence until proven guilty is a bad thing...actually I'm a fan. But there are some cases out there that really do not require it.

I read that he tried to commit suicide with shoelaces...if that's not guilty, the not sure what would be!

If this couple or victims were black nobody would have cared. Sad !

She fled to daddy's house the night he was arrested? So much for stand by your man.

Perhaps this fiance should not be enrolled in med school either. Guess she didn't get accepted on mainland and that's why she's at St. Kitts? Save us from ourselves and pls do not license her, when the day, comes in this country! What's going on in her brain?

You have to give her a break. She is in denial because her "perfect little world" is screaming toward a crashing halt. I am sure that most of us would react the same way. Besides, she is not the criminal here.

I really feel bad for Megan...I mean who wants to believe that the man you are about to commit to spending the rest of you life with is a Criminal!!!!

As far as the poster "logic" nice job making excuses for this kid. I tried to do the same but at the end of the day, after he MURDERED an innocent person regardless of what she was doing...he went on to rob yet another...

He is SICK!!

My instincts point to the fiancee grabbing for the celebrity interview and a grab for some bucks to come. Book and movie deal? There is money to be made.

I'll lay odds, she is waiting for the call from Oprah.

Sounds like the person who submitted comment 1 is a sicko friend of Phil's trying to somehow justify his digusting actions. There is NO justification for this. None. What he did is cruel and inhumane and I hope he is punished to the full extent of the law. His fiancee is an idiot for not noticing anything strange about this man. She didn't notice how much time he spent at the casino, how much money was being blown on gambling, his gun license (if he had one), his GUN? Helloooo???

I think we should have more sympathy for this poor young woman. Getting dumped out of the blue by a lover is hard enough. Can you even imagine what it must be like trying to process the thought that the man she planned to marry is now one of the most famous killers of recent memory, not to mention that she'll forever be linked to this story? If she can't yet admit what everyone else sees, that's because of the psychological coping mechanism known as denial.

Now when she finally leaves this bad experience behind her and she decides to get into another relationship again, I think reporters will be chasing her down asking her questions about her new boyfriend.

This fiance of Markoff is living in a world of denial. The guy was videotaped leaving the hotels, he had weapons and otems belonging to the victims in his home, and there was a witness (who lived). He was leading a double life and did not seem to have any regard for the rights or feelings of others. She should be grateful that this guy was caught before he killed her too.

Please don't be so quick to judge the fiancé. She's just another one of his victims. Can you imagine the person with whom you share a home with and about to share your life with is not the person you thought they were? I cannot imagine how that feels. I've been in a six year relationship and if someone was to come to me today and tell me something like this, no way would I believe. Now after all the evidence is presented that’s a different story but it's still hard to wrap your mind around how you could have missed the fact that the man you're about to marry is a killer. That's a hard pill to swallow. She will eventually see the light, but you can't be surprised at her reaction. She will eventually come to terms with what happened and move on to a book deal or something. No not funny, but it must be really hard for her right now.

Would not want either one of them as my doctor!!!

I think she's hot. Won't be long and she'll be looking for a new man. There will undoubtedbly be a number of guys lining up to take her out. Then again, maybe this will make her switch sides.

Give the girl credit for having a heart to be faithful to her guy in the face of shocking information. Taken to the illogical extreme, contrast her with Dan Akaroyd's fiance in Trading Places. I give the girl high marks for character in wanting to believe in him. When reality hits home she will have it tough enough dealing with her shattered dreams, so how about a little compassion for a fellow human being going through a tough time not of her making.

He wasn't looking for sensual massages, he never even attempted that, he just robbed them. Sheesh keep up people.

It's hard to admit that someone you love is a cold blooded killer. But to express continued confidence is a bit much...

I know love is blind, but is it deaf and dumb too?

I expect Ms. McAllister is shocked, tremendously shocked by the allegations against her fiance.

Her father has the appropriate approach for her "recovery" from this situation, the loving support of her friends and family, and staying out of the media spotlight.

She will need time to absorb the situation, deal with her feelings, and determine how to go on with her life.

She should get some counseling immediately; I believe the tendency in this type of situation is for the "unknowing" significant other, spouse, or immediate family to blame themselves - she is probably suffering greatly over her relationship with him and unable to stop questioning herself and their relationship; which now appears to have been something completely different for him, then her.

She will carry this with her for a very long time. Very sad. I wish her the very best.

This is such a horrific and shattering event for so many people and families, not just the victim's, as devastated as they must be. As we keep learning over and over, the Internet can be a very good thing, but also a very bad thing, and makes it very easy to foster addictions and a secret life. Everyone needs to be more careful about posting their personal lives on the Internet and meeting strangers in non-public settings. Let's just pray for all the families devastated by this tragedy.

Since the police hasn't provided any conclusive evidence, something like matching ballistics from the bullet in the victim and the gun recovered from Markoff's apartment, I think people should stop presuming him to be guilty. May I remind everyone that in America, everyone is innocent until proven guilty.

Give Megan a break. The reason for what she says is simply stated she is in shock and in disbelief over what this ordeal has done to her. Which means she is acting normal for this situation

The weirdest factoid revealed so far was that her bridesmaids-to-be have never met Markoff....nor did many of his friends/classmates know that he even had a girlfried, let alone a fiancee. Combine this with the fact that she apparently lived much of the time in NJ with her parents....can you say, "Double Life"?

What happened to the innocent until proven guilty??......................oh WTF, we all know he is guility; trophy panties, Ip address, duct tape, zip ties, and a gun. What a complete dumbass...........and his GF is in LaLa land!!
Well...gotta go check out Craigslist for some Redsox tickets..........................

Caio

She still has cofidence in him but she flew home that night? Well that was the right move because it must of have been pretty clear to her from the outset that this was not a case of mistaken identity that would be cleared up in a couple days. I think she should also think about reserving her comments to a later date as well.

I'm still confident that the earth is flat.

I've posted things like this before, and they always get blocked by the Globe (they should be ashamed... I honestly have an easier time posting about controversial issues in the government controlled China Daily News). Anyway, I'll try again:

Why is the Globe constantly publishing stories where the entire subject is what family members and loved ones think about convicted criminals? Of course they're going to have a biased opinion, and of course they're going to have a hard time coming to terms with the issue if the accused actually turns out to be guilty. This is not news, this is tabloid fare.

Hey, let her believe what she wants. There's no harm. Hope her wedding pictures aren't marred by an orange jumpsuit.

What it is to be young and stupid! I wish I was 26 again!

Megan McAllister WAKE UP.. TAKE THE BLINDERS OFF

Maybe he wants to get caught.

Med students aren't that smart after all. Maybe if he were an Engineering student, he would have gotten away with it.

Have a heart people... She must be as shocked as the rest of us and is going through the motions anyone would in this unusual situation. She just saw her dreams go up in smoke. It will probably take her a long time to trust again. My heart goes out to her.

Logic -

"Everyone seems to be missing the true logic of this Med student."

Nobody is missing the true logic at all. He robbed prostitutes that listed ads on Craigslist because he figured it would 1) be easy, 2) they would never fight back and 3) they would not report him to the police.

One of his attempted robberies went wrong and he killed a woman.

We get it.

I am so sorry for her, hope she seeks therapy to cope with this extraordinary hardship.

Ted Bundy had also convinced a woman to marry him, once upon a time. HIs fiancee had no idea about his crimes, either. And he killed 30+ women over the years. Don't blame the fiancee here, she's not with him 24 hours a day!

Why does the Globe refuse to allow criticism of itself on these forums?

I think that the way this story is being reported is sensationalistic. When I thoughtfully criticize, however, my comment is always blocked. Maybe these forums' moderators should consider working for the Chinese Communist Party once the newspaper goes under?

And I'm confident Markoff is a psychopathic nutjob freak.

What if she is involved in Scams they lived together I can't beleive this was going on without her knowledge. Wouldn't surprise me a bit.

Item 37 "When reality hits home she will have it tough enough dealing with her shattered dreams, so how about a little compassion for a fellow human being going through a tough time not of her making."

What has to happen to cause "reality to hit home"? Does a comet have to hit it? If one does, then I will have compassion for her and her shattered dreams.

she was going with him to gamble in Foxwoods. If he is the murderer and she was going to spend the money he got from his murder, does that make her an accessory or just breezing along with the loot?

I truly feel for this girl. The future she had envisioned is crumbling under her feet. The wool is slowly being pulled out from in front of her eyes, so that before long she will have to see that the fiance that she thought was "wonderful" and "could not hurt a fly", is far from wonderful and has done much more harm than hurting a few flies.

grow up, bridezilla, it's over. just because you don't seem to value the life of julissa doesn't mean it's ok for your man to have killed her. she was a human being too.

She is dumb and apparently it runs in her family.. Does her father have to go on air and claim "she is still confident". Sir, even if your daugher tells you that she is still confident, keep it to yourself!!!! What is the value of such a statement? Anyway once she wakes up from the dumb coma she is in, she will write a book and becomes a millionnaire.. Don't feel sorry for her guys.. She is a publicist dream..
If this guy was from a minority background or the crime had happenned at the Motel 68, the story would have been forgotten by now.. What a shame..

Does anyone who posts here ever stop to think they are talking about real people, not characters in some sort of TV cop show? I refer here to the ridiculous insensitive comments about Megan. There is a free-wheeling, casual lack of respect that is all too common which shows up in these commentaries that suggests a near total disconnect from the principals of compassion and restraint. Megan sure didn't ask to be in the public eye, and it looks fairly certain that she was unaware of he fiance's alleged evil dark side.
So what gives goons like some of the posters here the right to take pot shots at her? It is cruel and stupid and irresponsible. Our culture is extremely sick. It's frightening.

I am sure this is very difficult for her, and I feel sorry for her, but really...her fiance was seen on camera in the hotel, his e-mail was directly tied to the crimes, he had the gun in his apartment, the victims underwear in his apartment, and one of the victims identified him, and he is sitting in jail accused of murder, not able to make bail. How can this girl still be "confident"? Whether he is guilty or not, these facts can't bring out "confidence" in anyone that wants to face the truth. The sooner she does face the facts, the better for her. He has a right to a fair trial...but in his case, with all this evidence, a fair trial for him isn't going to bring a "not guilty" verdict.

Come on folks....I know the easy reaction to all the comments....up here from the cheap seats....is to brandish the fiance as "in denial", "dumb", "etc.". But put yourself in her shoes, given her circumstances and the shock to the system.....would you simply throw him under the bus without due process? What are they supposed to say? It's called the high road. Privately, they must feel devastated simply by ascertaining the facts/evidence currently available.

Bottom line no matter what they would say would come under scrutiny. The press could interpret "No comment" as throwing him under the bus. Give them a break.

Whatever happened to the innocent until proven guilty by the court of law?
You people quite happy to pass judgements on others, bunch of sickos.

DE-NILE - it's not just a river in Egypt

"The fiancee of alleged Craigslist killer Philip Markoff has been devastated by the murder and robbery charges, according to her father, who spoke briefly today to a scrum of reporters camped outside the family's home in Little Silver, N.J."

A scrum of reporters. In front of the home of the parents of someone who has nothing to do with the alleged crimes. You media people are absolute scum.

#1, Logic, what are you talking about? I don't think this is a rational individual making positive/negative lists here, who simply miscalculated. The dude clearly has some issues.

i too have confidence in our law enforcement and judicial system, but i would not call a guy a killer, untill the judge or a jury hears all the facts and makes a decision. only after that can we all call him a killer. one of the foundations of democracy is the pressumption of innocence. the "alleged" in "alleged killer" should mean something ... i don't know - there is something very fishy about this case. i mean even a med student cannot be that dumb. a lot of 'facts' just don't add up. is he crazy, dual personality, or something ...

Perhaps there are several levels here:

1) Megan is a shallow twit who writes a web site advertising her desire for a pink kitchen (I assume it wasn't him) and professes to ABC News that she will have a "meaningful life" with her new partner, who's just been accused of murder.

2) She doesn't have a clue who she's really involved with, like many who marry during their 20's (or teens, or 30's or 40's...).

3) Unlike most people who live unremarkable, quiet lives, she was unfortunate enough find behind door number 2 a more profoundly psychopathic person than the majority of us encounter on our own.

Actually, Peter Yan, ballistics are in and the weapon found in "Phil's" apartment has been positively linked to the gun used to murder the woman at the Marriott. Wake up. He did it. The police obviously aren't giving *every* detail of the evidence to the media...but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...it's a duck. And this dude is a murderer. And a none too bright one at that.

I think people can stop saying that "he did it". Everyone knows that by now, no one disputes it.

One can only speculate as to why - but whatever the reasons, he's obviously disturbed. He will either kill himself before he goes to prison, or in prison.

Irony? The people in here that are saying that "The sad thing is that people are maintaining his innocense." Innocent until proven guilty. I say all signs point to his guilt, but he has not been tried in a court of law, only the court of Boston's public opinion. People get wrongfully accused, imprisoned, framed, etc. on a daily basis in every city in this country. People are attacking the morals of his fiance and any other American that is maintining that at this point in time, there is ONE FACT, and that he has not had his day in court, and is therefore innocent until the gavel drops. Depriving anyone of that, including his fiance is UNAMERICAN at best.

pretty cruel kids, she is yet another victim in this whole scenario-back off of her.

If they married and he kept on with his secret, the abuse would have started on her when she got in his way or caught onto something wasn't right. I know it must be hard on her, but I'm sure reallity will set in sooner or later. It's best she found out now than later. This guy is a sick rotten human being

I think we need to back off of her.
A lot of women desire a big, fancy wedding with the perfect wedding dress in a perfect location. A lot of people nowadays run websites about their future weddings, their families, etc. A lot of people blog about what they dream of having someday. If Megan's family has the means to give their daughter her dream wedding (or if she has the means to do it herself!), then why is that such a bad thing? Also, they seemingly lived in New England - while her family/friends I am assuming lived in NY. It doesn't seem all that weird to me that her friends hadn't met him before. His classmates didn't even know he had a girlfriend? So what? I had hundreds of classmates in college - and I couldn't tell you if any of them had significant others or not at any given time. There is nothing that indicates that she knew about this, so for now she is another victim - luckily for her, a living victim. Let's hope she gets the help she will need. She doesn't deserve to be ridiculed just because she has just happens to be engaged to a probable killer.

It's so funny how most of you take everything you read as fact. Has anyone of you actually seen the evidence? You all just follow blindly. I'm embarrassed their are so many idiots in the Boston area.

I am sorry for having previously ridiculed this young woman. Clearly, she has a process to go through, and unfortunately thrusted herself into the story with her email Monday morning. She was only doing what she thought was right at the time.

She was on her way to Foxwoods with this guy. He had won thousands of dollars the week before. It seems to me she approved of his gambling because it could buy her all the material stuff she wanted. Nice girls don't marry guys with gambling problems.

Megan...you are in disbelief now but soon you will come to terms. You are young and did not see the other side but it is best that you know now then being married to him. Hang in there and seek help. As for Markoff, you are sick and pathetic. I am glad that you were caught now then later. I could see this nut performing surgery on a woman and doing something to her in the operating room that would have killed her in a discrete way. Boston University...maybe you should do some psychological exams on all applicants to make sure that your students are mentally stable before admitting.

Megan McAllister is a Denial Darling idiot. Wake up and smell the homicidal maniac you've been sleeping with, Megan! You should be grateful that you've learned the truth about Phil before he married you, took out a multi-million dollar life insurance policy on you and then murdered you for the money in a contrived "accident" scenario.

Megan's family should be meticulously explaining to her that the physical and forensic evidence the police have diligently accumulated against Phil is clear and convincing evidence that he is GUILTY!

I have lots of things I would like to say. But due to the lack of comments in one area, I would like to express my sympathies to the mother, family and friends of Julissa. Not only do they suffer the senseless loss of someone they love and miss dearly, but to see this story replayed in the media for the shock and drama, I could expect anyone to bear that burden. I share sympathy and thanks for those who understand the shock and grief of the family, fiance, and friends of Markhoff. I do hope the medical school will take on criminal illness and addiction as serious diseases, requiring early detection and intervention, instead of neglecting the sickness where public safety is endangered. But for now, I pray there is enough spiritual support for those whose grief is being overrun by all the other sensationalized hype. My prayers to all.

She is a narcissist just like her creepy fiance. And BTW heaven forbid if this woman becomes a doctor. I sure as hell wouldn't trust her to diagnose me.

Maybe if PhilMarkoff was able to develop a loving relationship with Morgan Houston things might have turned out differently. I think she did a real number on him.