Trending Topics

Boston prosecutors to release ‘Craigslist killer’ file

Philip Markoff killed himself in jail in August

CNN

BOSTON, Mass. — Prosecutors in Boston, Massachusetts, say they plan to release their files on accused “Craigslist killer” Philip Markoff, who killed himself in jail in August, after formally dropping the murder case against him Thursday.

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said Wednesday it plans to file paperwork requesting a dismissal of their case Thursday morning. The case was short-circuited when Markoff took his own life August 15, but District Attorney Daniel Conley said at the time that the evidence against the suspect was “overwhelming.”

Conley is slated to discuss the case with reporters Thursday morning after requesting the case be dropped, a move his office said will set the stage for the release of “all relevant documents” at an unspecified later date.

Read more on CNN.