Ex-med student pleads not guilty in Boston to killing masseuse he met on Craigslist

Craigslist slaying suspect arraigned in Boston

BOSTON — A former Boston medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges.

Philip Markoff stared straight ahead and his attorney did not object to him being ordered held without bail during the arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court.

Prosecutors say the 23-year-old upstate New York native lured Julissa Brisman of New York City to a Boston hotel in April after she advertised in the “exotic services” section on Craigslist. Markoff is accused of binding Brisman during a violent struggle then shooting her in the chest.

Markoff also pleaded not guilty to the armed robbery of a Las Vegas woman at another Boston hotel. He’s also accused in an April attack on a woman in Warwick, R.I.

(This version CORRECTS APNewsNow. UPDATES with held without bail; DELETES incorrect reference to charges being related to all three attacks; charges related to the two in Massachusetts; Will be led.)