txsvicki
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I don't suppose he could have had something to do with the 4 women who were found in the water filled canal in Atlantic City. All those girls frequented gambling casinos.
I know that LE is asking anyone who may have been a *victim* of this guy and not previously reported it, to please step forward. It's scary, wonder where else he goes 'gambling?'
I saw one of his school mates from earlier on with Shep on Fox? and his friend said he used to play poker almost every night until 5 a.m. He said he thought he was a 'good loser.' ..................Guess not.
JMHO
fran
PS..........sorry, don't know about his birth date etc....fran
I wonder how much he owed? Was he afraid for his own life if he didn't pay those he owed? How in the world does some one in Medical School have time to gamble into the wee hours? My, how things have changed.
He looks totally defeated and guilty in the photo - not like someone wrongly accused. The evidence is pretty strong. That computer evidence will get you every time.
I hope his girlfriend will come out of denial and be thankful she did not marry this man.
This guy wasn't actually a med student if I understand correctly. He was in pre-med, that is taking the prerequisite classes that med schools require before acceptance. He may have been in a program that was guaranteed acceptance if his GPA, MCAT's etc were to their standard.
My son is a 3rd year medical school student and there is no way in the world they have time to gamble. This son is very bright and has never had to study and medical school has really challenged him. He has given up almost everything these last 2 years. He goes to classes, labs etc and studies and hangs out with his fiance in his free time.
I've heard the perp was an A student and very bright. He could pull it off in pre-med. Pre-Med is just what they call your status in college if you are intending to go to medical school upon college graduation.
My youngest son is Pre-Med and is starting his 3rd year in college.
I feel so sorry for this fiance....her dreams shattered, but hopefully she will eventually face the truth and thank God that it happened before the wedding and she didn't marry this guy. ^i^
This article definitely says he's a 2nd year med student at BU:
"He graduated in 2007 from the State University of New York at Albany. Later that year, he had a broad smile in a photograph taken as he put on a "white coat" at a ceremony for incoming BU medical school students."
http://www.ktla.com/landing_mostinte...62&feedID=1080
But ITA, I don't even see how he would have time for all this gambling as a pre-med student. I also don't see how he was able to get accepted into medical school if he's had this problem for a while.It's so competitive. One of his friends said he was a regular gambler during undergrad. I wonder if he has a family member affiliated with this med school.
Darn, can't pull up the article, but I stand corrected. If he has a short white coat, then he received it at Convocation and is a med student. It's impossible to imagine a 2nd year med student having the time to gamble. It's your last year of classes, then the test for the two years, then you do rotations the 3rd and 4th year before you become an M.D. ..then start your Internship. Regardless of how bright he was, he'd have to learn the material, just reading all of the material would require lots of time.(He may be one of these folks with a photogenic memory?).
Gambling is such a horrible disease and he's so young to have it.
The only way to win is to walk out...
He's the only one to blame for his situation, but I do feel bad for the fiance. I think of my son and his fiance and it's scary to think that a kid who had everything going for him and took the med school oath (ours did at the beginning also) could kill someone, let alone rob them.
This guy definitely had issues..lots of folks gamble too much, not many would rob and kill to get the money to do it.
^i^
A former medical school lab partner of the accused Craigslist killer said Philip Markoff was prone to profound mood swings and seemed "disturbed."
Tiffany Montgomery told The Boston Globe that she's "not even remotely surprised" that Markoff, 22, is a suspect in the case and said she was often alarmed at his extreme changes in mood. (more at link)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517409,00.html