Philip Markoff, the Craigslist killer, definitely one of our least favorite killers of all, gets the Maureen Orth treatment in the October Vanity Fair. What's creepy is how it points out the sheer amount of tracking in our lives. For instance, they know you're reading this website right now, at least if you're at work, you future killer! This, you know, is a great thing when you're trying to find a dude who kills people.
Today the Boston Herald tracks down "Caitlin," who was in ninth grade Spanish with Craigslist killer Phil Markoff, and discovers that he was really really mean back then, but in this totally, like, sadistic way where he acted like he was better than everyone else! Sounds kinda like all the doctors we know! We also learn that he might have picked up his gambling habit from his mother, who, as it turns out, worked in a nearby casino.
The best part of this ABC News story about "Craigslist killer" Phil Markoff: Gay Talese is referred to as "an author who writes on the sex trade."
