… Markoff was alone in his cell and all evidence collected thus far indicates that he took his own life,” the Boston Police Department said in a statement. “As with all such cases, a comprehensive investigation will be conducted to determine the facts and circumstances surrounding his death.”
A Boston University medical student when he was arrested in April 2009, Markoff was awaiting trial for the death of Julia Brisman.
He was accused of shooting to death and attempting to rob Brisman on April 14 the same year at the Marriott Copley Place hotel, and robbing a Las Vegas woman at the at the Westin Copley Place hotel four days earlier. He also allegedly used a pistol to assault a stripper at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Warwick two days after Brisman was killed.