Police charge college student with Craigslist killing

I wouldn't be surprised if people started coming out and blaming Craigslist again. When that happens, the blame is completely shifted, leaving the offender blameless.

His name is Markoff, not Marcoff. WTG, FOX

Hm, I've found a bike, a classic Mamiya camera, and a job all through Craiglist. Nothing to fear people. You can find danger and bad people anywhere. It's all about having common sense and street smarts. When you know it's a bad situation you'll just know.

Can't really blame Craigs List for this. It could have easily been a news paper ad 10 years ago.

Ugh--I hate that they're using the moniker Craigslist Killer and having all these news segments about the danger!

Seriously, the problem here is not Craigslist, it's this guy. If he hadn't had Craigslist as a way to find victims, he would have used newspaper ads or bulletin boards or the phone book. If he hadn't had any of those, he'd have been picking up sex workers off the streets. Predators look for ways they can get victims into a vulnerable position, period. There is no reason to create fear and panic over a website that is perfectly safe 99.99% of the time.

Even when it comes to articles like this I find anything that Fox News says to be a bit excessive if not overly dramatic and craving to make a story more juicier by any means possible.... then again I find Nancy Grace just as annoying...

As for the article itself.... it's the world we live in, what do you expect. This is just another 1 of the thousands of murders to happen this year.

Interesting how his fiancee says he wouldn't hurt a flea, and she's sticking by him. Good grief. I wonder if the wedding is still on.......hahahaha

Isn't the wife/girlfriend always the last to know? Charming...

Thank goodness they got this monster.

No wonder why I could not get a job response at Craigslist!

Girls, just be more aware, thrill killers are everywhere. I sincerely wouldn't post my business on the comp, it's such an easy target. . .and if you do, make sure you have some sort of security while you provide a service.

Good news, the bastard....

Kind of ridiculous to worry about Craigslist. How is advertising "massage" services here any different than advertising in those funky papers every large city has that advertise blatant prostitution ads?

It's sad that this happened and will continue in the future but don't give Craigslist or any other internet service a bad name. This guy could have picked up girls on the street and done the same thing. That wouldn't have made the news as interesting as blasting Craigslist.

No the internet is a ghetto jackass if you meet up with ppl you meet on it expect bad shit to happen. PLUS here in sol cal do you know how many women have been RAPED due to online meetings number one and two being MySpace and craigslist? Look it up dip shit.

craigslist is evil, we should send it to Gitmo and waterboard it, then send it hunting with Dick Cheney.

you paranoid citizens make me sick, get over it! 1 out of 100,000,000 people did something wrong, and you're going to throw away craigslist's amazing power to move goods and services like no other? foolish!

still, I've never grouped the words "Craigslist" and "killing" together before...and through no fault of its own, Craigslist isn't innocent anymore

WAKE UP people the internet is the dirtiest street you will find in the world. I don’t get why when people use the net for bad crap people are freaked out like this is a new thing outside a new medium for the bad guy to use yawl.

Nothing wrong with craigslist. This could have also happened with classifieds in the paper.

Blame the people not the medium.

Honestly it's sad when you can't advertise your services on a harmless site. i'm glad he's off the street.

But this is why i've never used craigslist.

Whew thank God they got this guy. You know, they say there are between 30 and 50 active serial killers across the US at any given time. The police are getting better at catching them. Lets give 'em some props yah?

I've always though Craigslist was corrupted.

Assuming that he is the right guy it makes me wonder what exactly he was thinking when each of those pictures was taken. Very creepy.

Yes, let's just not associate with humans entirely, lest we come across a deranged serial killer. In fact, who are you people and why should I trust you?

Craigslist, gumtree or any other sites like them.

That's crazy. Another reason to not use Craigslist?