01x10 - Julissa

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Narrator: Julissa brisman
was in love with life,

she was just trying to live
her dream in New York City.

Julissa was a free spirit, a
young woman finding herself

and making amends
with her regrets in life.

In Julissa's bio on her MySpace
account's about me section,

she described herself
as a Manhattan hottie,

finally getting ahold of this
wonderful thing we call life.

Julissa started
working as a masseuse,

placing ads on
craigslist's erotic services.

In 2009, people really believed

the Internet didn't
have a digital footprint.

Mary, who set up the
massage date with Andy,

provided authorities
with vital information

that helped find an ip address.

And now that the
homicide was in the news,

other people stepped forward.

Little did Julissa know, her
job as an erotic masseuse

booking clients out
of town on the Internet,

would be the reason that
she met her m*rder*r online.

Would be the reason that
she met her m*rder*r online.

(Theme music)

Julissa brisman,

a 25-year-old resident

of bensonhurst, Brooklyn

was a changed woman.

She struggled but stood tall,

taking life one day at a time to
reach eight months of sobriety.

She was getting sober

and attending alcoholics
anonymous meetings regularly.

Julissa was making
amends for her past mistakes,

reaching out to people from
her past wasn't easy to do

but she diligently
journalled her journey

to becoming a better person.

Julissa was a free spirit,

a young woman finding herself

and making amends
with her regrets in life.

And she cherished
her dog, coco Chanel.

One of those
entries in her journal

would define Julissa's
road to recovery

and her appreciation for life.

She wrote, "I had a taste of
the sober life and I liked it."

She wrote, "I had a taste of
the sober life and I liked it."

Overcoming alcoholism
would be nearly impossible

if Julissa continued to work
as a bartender in New York City.

For someone trying to
recover from alcohol addiction,

working at a bar
isn't an ideal situation.

So, she quit her job.

As difficult as the
decision to quit her job was,

Julissa was determined
for a better life.

New York City is an
expensive place to live.

She was a young
woman getting by.

Julissa was pretty enough
to make it in modelling,

but it wasn't
generating an income.

In fact, it cost her money to
produce prints for her book

and pay for
photography sessions.

An old roommate
of Julissa's, Mary,

had an opportunity for Julissa to
do some sensual massage work.

Mary would book
sessions for clients

in the erotic services
section on craigslist.

Julissa started
working as a masseuse,

placing ads on
craigslist's erotic services.

Placing ads on
craigslist's erotic services.

Nothing indicated that Julissa
was actually being paid for sex.

The massages walked a fine line
between companionship and comfort.

Julissa negotiated
rates of $200 per hour.

Mary would be the
mediator for meeting clients.

There was a system in place.

After each client, Julissa would
confirm her safety with Mary.

Despite changing
opinions in our culture,

it's still a dangerous
line of work

and in this case, using
craigslist for erotic services

meant that Julissa didn't have
any protection at the meeting place.

This generation views sex
workers very differently from the past.

More people are becoming
concerned for their safety

and are less judgmental
about the sex involved.

Julissa would travel out of state
to perform her erotic massages.

She was known as
"Morgan" to her clients.

Julissa would take the train
from New York City to Boston.

It was a four-hour trip,

but it was worth not being
recognised by anyone local

or worse, someone she knew
showing up for a sensual massage.

Or worse, someone she knew
showing up for a sensual massage.

Mary booked nine clients in
Boston between 13 April to 15 April.

The last client was a
new client named Andy.

Andy requested to be her
last customer on 14 April.

It's very important to note
that Julissa was not a prost*tute,

and there has been no
evidence refuting this.

After repeated
attempts to reach Julissa

after her appointment with Andy,
Mary knew something was wrong.

The next morning
Mary called the hotel

who transferred her to the
Boston police department.

Only to find out
Julissa was dead.

Reporter: Earlier last week,
Julissa brisman was shot to death

in a Boston hotel in an
apparent robbery gone wrong.

Both of these individuals
were advertising on craigslist,

and they were advertising
masseuse services.

Hotel surveillance
video shows this man,

and along with another armed
robbery that occurred in Boston

two weeks ago,

police suspect all
three cases are related.

On 14 April, 2009,

on 14 April, 2009,

Julissa brisman was
found dead in the doorway

of a high-end Boston
hotel shortly after 10:00pm.

The guests next door
reported hearing three g*nshots

and saw a woman in the
doorway of room 2034.

Julissa was shot in the
heart, abdomen and chest.

This was after she was hit
hard on the head with the g*n.

However, there was someone
watching Julissa's back.

We will refer to as "Mary,"

Mary placed and answered
the craigslist massage dates

with a yahoo email account.

Mary ran the New York
City-based tanning salon

where the massages were booked,

so, Julissa wasn't completely
alone on these dates.

After repeated
attempts to reach Julissa,

Mary, the woman who ran the
New York City-based tanning salon

that arranged the
massages called the hotel

who then transferred her to
the Boston police department.

The search was on for Andy,

the client Julissa met
under the name Morgan

Mary provided the police with an
email address that Andy gave her.

4:37pm, Andy wrote...

4:37pm, Andy wrote...

Later he emailed again...

Andy: "Morgan, I
can still make it tonight

"but I am thinking tomorrow
at 10:00 would be better for me

"otherwise, I'll be there
tonight as planned.

"Thanks, Andy."

Morgan: "My Wednesday
appointment moved later,

"I could do it tomorrow night
or we can do 10:30 or 11 tonight

"if you wanted to see me later.

"Let me know what
you prefer. Morgan."

7:03pm Andy replied.

Andy: "Hey Morgan, 10pm
tomorrow is best for me.

"Thank you, Andy."

The appointment was set.

Shortly after 10pm,
Julissa was shot dead.

(g*nsh*t)

Having someone watching
your back is always a good idea.

But a scenario like this
was only good enough

to confirm that
Julissa was dead.

It did not help save her life.

Mary texted
Julissa several times

Mary texted
Julissa several times

after the proposed time
frame of the massage.

She called at 11:00pm
again at midnight and 5:30am

finally, at 7:10am she
called hotel security

and they directed her to
the Boston police department.

Mary also provided the
password and information

for the yahoo massage account.

She fully co-operated
with the police

who would later find that
Andy was using trac phones

also known as burner phones.

The question was, who
k*lled Julissa brisman?

The FBI pulled cell tower records
near the scene of each crime

for 15 minutes before
and after each incident.

They tried to find a
single phone number

that was active in each
location around that time.

In the end, it proved
to be a dead end,

the k*ller had used
multiple disposable phones.

The email information provided
by Mary would be most helpful.

Although it was a
throwaway email address,

detectives got a subpoena

and Microsoft provided
Andy's ip address.

And Microsoft provided
Andy's ip address.

The email exchange between the
trio mentioned several key points,

which included a base
rate of $200 per hour.

It would take another
subpoena with comcast

who then provided a physical
address for the ip address.

Mary, who set up the
massage date with Andy,

provided authorities
with vital information

that helped find an ip address

and that email was
tracked to an apartment

at eight highpoint circle,
in Quincy, Massachusetts.

And now that the
homicide was in the news

other people stepped forward.

As damning as the evidence was,

the man that was coming into light
as the suspect used a wireless router

and it could have been anyone
in his building with that ip address.

The next subpoena
would be with Facebook,

which also required
a search warrant

and this would provide
a 60-page dossier

on a man named Philip markoff.

A medical student
at Boston university

who didn't fit the
mould of a k*ller

as he was constantly
referred to as clean cut.

Just four days earlier,

a woman connected with a
man on craigslist erotic services

a woman connected with a
man on craigslist erotic services

was robbed at gunpoint and
held c*ptive for 15 minutes,

zip tied and robbed of $800

the man also took
a pair of her panties.

Reporter: Thursday night,
the latest disturbing incident,

a woman tied up in a Warwick
Rhode Island hotel room,

after advertising for sexual acts
on the popular Internet marketplace

craigslist. Her husband
broke up the attack.

A young woman advertising for
sensual massages on craigslist

was found m*rder*d after
meeting with a client late at night

at a Boston hotel.

The man police questioned
was named Philip markoff,

who was a second-year
medical student

at Boston university.

Described as highly intelligent
and a guy who wouldn't hurt a fly,

police began to chip away
the metal of markoff's alibi.

Philip had what appeared
to be a nearly perfect life.

He was engaged to a
beautiful med student

and although times
were tight financially

their relationship was strong.

Their relationship was strong.

Philip and his fiance were well
into the planning of their wedding.

They were living
in a fairy tale.

And there is nothing wrong with
wanting to have a great wedding.

But, there were some
obvious problems.

Philip's fiance
described their daily life

and was quoted as saying they
spent all of their time together.

Alone in their apartment.

When asked if Philip would ever
use craigslist to look for paid sex

she emphatically said no.

But the veneer of the good life
they shared was chipping away.

Police presented several
different profiles online

including one that stood
out, sexaddict53885

which revealed Philip reaching
out to same-sex relationships.

And a photo of his torso
was found on his laptop.

Was this another ploy to Rob
people who wouldn't say anything?

His fiance remained steadfast
that Philip could not do these things.

After watching the
surveillance photos,

which clearly showed
Philip at several locations

she described it as impossible

she described it as impossible

because his shoes didn't match
any shoes she was aware of.

With each passing day
more evidence was mounting

and police connected
Philip to another robbery.

This time it was a sex worker
who flew in from Las Vegas

named Trisha.

Trisha saw the reports on
television and she came forward.

She described
very similar details.

A man with light hair, who
used zip ties and a g*n.

He pulled the g*n on her
and robbed her of $800 in cash,

some credit cards
and her panties.

Trisha thought he
was going to k*ll her

and she was very
brave to step forward

despite her ill*gal activity.

This provided police
with more ammunition

to build a case against markoff.

And another robbery
which received little attention

took place 60 miles from
Boston with very similar details.

Zip ties, a g*n and a clean-cut,
light-haired young assailant.

Police interrogated a couple,
the sex worker and her husband

who unbeknownst to markoff
was waiting in the lobby

of the Rhode Island hotel for
her signal that the client was ok.

Of the Rhode Island hotel for
her signal that the client was ok.

The woman who was attacked
did not want to be identified

she and her husband had this
system in place to keep her safe.

It may have saved her life.

As markoff pulled
the g*n on her,

the husband left the hotel lobby

and entered the
room with his key card.

This startled markoff who used
his g*n to fend off the husband.

Markoff exited the room and
used a staircase to escape.

The escape was caught on
staircase surveillance cameras.

The couple
co-operated with police

and gave information vital
to closing in on markoff.

After three craigslist related
assaults and one homicide,

all within 60 miles of Boston,

the suspect was known
as the craigslist k*ller.

Reporter: Police say
there's more evidence

linking the accused
craigslist k*ller Philip markoff

to his alleged victims.

One woman robbed in a
Boston hotel, the other k*lled.

26-year-old Julissa
brissman's wake, held today.

26-year-old Julissa
brissman's wake, held today.

A law enforcement
official tells 'CBS news',

police found a
pair of pantyhose,

believed to belong
to one of the victims,

hidden in markoff's
Massachusetts apartment.

Could gambling have been
an issue, we'll look at that,

but right now, robbery
was the motive.

In fact, the medical student was
on his way to foxwoods casino

in Connecticut with
more than $1,000 in cash

when he was arrested
with his fiance in his car.

A spokeswoman tells 'CBS news',

markoff has visited
foxwoods before

and that the casino was
cooperating with investigators.

In his high school yearbook,

markoff indicated a
fondness for poker.

Philip was called
into questioning.

There was a lot of initial back
and forth about having an attorney.

The detectives patiently
pressed for a confession.

Detective: The young man being
interviewed here this afternoon

is mr Philip markoff.

And what's your address, please?

Philip: Do you want
my local address?

Yes. Eight high point circle.

Philip was captured on
multiple security cameras

Philip was captured on
multiple security cameras

at various locations.

Detective: But there should
be a little bit more to it though.

What would cause you to walk
through say the lobby of the marriott?

Just to see what's happening?
To see what's going on at the bar?

Philip: Didn't I
already answer that?

No, not really. Don't you
have to walk through them

like all hotel lobbies
to get to places?

Don't they all cut through?
That's my understanding of a...

Not necessarily.

Detectives tell Philip that he
looks like the surveillance photos

posted of a man with light hair.

Philip kept asking
to speak to a lawyer

but the detectives were able to
gain more and more information

which put pressure on Philip.

Detective: Maybe you
have an explanation

to what might have
happened up there?

Philip: I don't really know
what you're talking about?

I mean, this is why I
wish I had a lawyer here.

Because I could
just be nodding along

and agreeing to
something that I didn't do.

And that's fine.

'Cause I don't know
anything that didn't happen.

The detectives really put
the pressure on Philip markoff.

So I don't know.

Ah, let's talk about craigslist.

When was the last time
you were on craigslist?

When was the last time
you were on craigslist?

I do not remember.

In 2009, many
people really believed

the Internet didn't
have a digital footprint.

They believed things could
not be traced back to them.

Philip's fiance was
brought into questioning.

He's never
mentioned any activity

that he's had any problems
with anybody illegally

or with the police
or anything like that?

Fiance: No.

Can I ask what happened?
What is this all about or?

Markoff's fiance seemed genuinely
unaware of what was happening.

I'm investigating some activity
from a computer in your house.

When asked about the man
in the surveillance photos.

She didn't think Phil was the
man caught on camera at the hotel.

Do you believe that, that
person in photo number one

looks just like
Phil, is that correct?

He looks similar, but he
does not have those shoes.

Ok. And that guy looks heavier.

(Indistinct crosstalk)
(Indistinct crosstalk)

What doesn't have that jacket?

He has a similar leather jacket.
He does have a lot of jackets.

Ok. But those aren't his shoes.

The questioning gradually
became more revealing.

An email was sent from an
ip address in your apartment.

Ok, to set the appointment with
a local masseuse at a local hotel.

And the time and the
timeframe of that appointment

coincides with these surveillance
photos of the individual.

Ok, who's the masseuse?

Detective two: If someone
were to describe Phil

as a moderate to heavy gambler?

Or Phil were to describe himself
as a moderate to heavy gambler?

Would you be
surprised by that? Yeah.

Markoff's fiance seemed
clueless to the possibility

that Phil was lying to her
about money and a secret life.

In fact, Philip was in debt,

$130,000 in student
loans, gambling debts,

and a wedding in four months.

And a wedding in four months.

Ok, I care about you, I care
about the wedding, I don't...

Do you think this is the guy
that's been in the hotels or?

(Indistinct crosstalk)

I don't know what
happened to the masseuse?

Please can you tell me what
happened to the masseuse?

Detective one: In one
instance they have been robbed

in another instance
they've been k*lled.

Ok, ok.

I just, I would never
ever, ever think

he would ever do
something like that ever.

Markoff's fiance vehemently denied
that he could commit such a crime.

This was a brutal,
vicious crime.

A savage.

And it shows that
Philip markoff is a man

who is willing to take
advantage of women,

to hurt them, to beat
them, to Rob them.

Reporter: Police say they
found a semi-automatic weapon,

duct tape, and plastic
restraints in markoff's apartment.

Described by prosecutors
as critical, powerful evidence.

But it was markoff's
routine use of technology

that led police to the
second-year med student.

This guy left himself open,
he left an electronic fingerprint.

This guy left himself open,
he left an electronic fingerprint.

Investigators used emails
markoff sent to track him down,

and tie him to brisman.

He was arrested as he drove
with his fiance to foxwoods casino.

Markoff's parents and future
in-laws have publicly remained quiet.

None showed up in court.

But his fiance announced in
emails that she was sticking by him.

Meanwhile, markoff
remains defiant.

A search warrant for
markoff was granted

for his eight highpoint
circle apartment in Quincy.

Markoff wasn't the
greatest criminal in history

as the m*rder weapon was
found in a hallowed out book.

This coupled with his
fingerprints on the duct tape

in Trisha's hotel room,

the surveillance footage,
the Internet evidence

and what looked like
a run for the state line

as investigators pulled
markoff and his fiance

over on interstate 95.

It wasn't looking
good for markoff.

Especially the shoes
his fiance said weren't his

which had Julissa's
blood evidence on them.

Philip was charged
with armed robbery

and the m*rder
of Julissa brisman.

Judge: Philip markoff
on 14 April, 2009

did as*ault and
beat Julissa brisman

with the intent to m*rder her.

In by such as*ault and
beating did k*ll Julissa brisman.

How do you plea to
this indictment, sir?

Not guilty.

Markoff would plead
not guilty in court.

His lawyers would
defend his digital footprint

and argued he was
guilty by public opinion

with their client splashed
across headlines.

At markoff's apartment in Quincy,
police found victim's panties,

and the smoking g*n,
the m*rder weapon,

the g*n, was hidden
in a hollowed-out book.

This case really changed the way
people looked at using the Internet

and meeting other people.

Craigslist stepped
up to the challenge

and removed sex services
from its platform altogether.

This move was followed by
many other websites as well.

Philip told someone close
to him to forget about him

and that more accusations
would come out about him.

And that more accusations
would come out about him.

And he was right.

Philip had a double life that under
the email address sexaddict5385.

It was a confusing discovery

it could have been to as*ault
and Rob vulnerable people

looking for sex

or perhaps it was a side
that he showed no one else,

especially his fiance.

Now, let's be clear, craigslist
is a site that performs a service

for tens of millions of
people, it's a website.

Once you agree to the
terms and conditions,

your personal safety is
your personal responsibility.

Markoff would
tell a close friend

that this would be just
some of what was to come.

And on 15 August, 2010

on what would have been
his first wedding anniversary.

Philip committed
suicide in his cell.

Journalist: Markoff apparently
took his own life in a Boston jail cell.

Rhode Island prosecutors
tell us they'll dismiss charges

against markoff Warwick
hotel for the attack,

which is common
after a defendant dies.

Life in prison proved
difficult for markoff,

life in prison proved
difficult for markoff,

he committed suicide in
the kind of elaborate fashion

that only a medical
mind could devise.

Philip was found dead in
his cell, according to reports,

it was an elaborate suicide.

Philip used an object
shaved into a razor

to cut major arteries in
his ankles, legs and neck,

and wrote on the
walls in his own blood.

He wrapped his
wounds in plastic,

covered his head
with a plastic bag

and stuffed toilet
paper down his throat

so jail authorities could
not resuscitate him,

then he then covered himself
head-to-toe with a blanket.

And while so much
of this case remained

about the clean
cut medical student.

Very little was focused
on a Julissa brisman

a 25-year-old woman whose
determination to make ends meet,

would eventually lead her,
to meet her m*rder*r online.