Craigslist Killer
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Craigslist Killer is a name given by the media to individuals who were accused of murdering their victims after meeting the victims through Craigslist, a popular classified advertising website. The name has been applied to:
  • Michael John Anderson
    Michael John Anderson
    Michael John Anderson is an American, formerly a resident of Savage, Minnesota, who in 2009 was convicted of having murdered Katherine Ann Olson in October 2007. Because Anderson met Olson through Craigslist, a popular classified advertising website, the media dubbed him a Craigslist Killer, a...

    , former resident of Savage, Minnesota, who was convicted in 2009 of having murdered Katherine Ann Olson in October 2007
  • Philip Markoff
    Philip Markoff
    Philip Haynes Markoff was an American medical student who was charged with the armed robbery and murder of Julissa Brisman in a Boston, Massachusetts hotel on April 14, 2009, and two other armed robberies...

     (1986–2010), American medical student who was charged with the murder of Julissa Brisman in Boston, Massachusetts in 2009
  • John Katehis
    John Katehis
    John Katehis is an American student who was convicted in 2011 of murdering George Weber, a popular radio reporter in March 2009. Because Katehis met Weber through Craigslist, a popular classified advertising website, the media dubbed him a Craigslist killer, a generic term for murderers who find...

     allegedly murdered ABC radio news reporter George Weber in Brooklyn. The two had met via Craigslist; Weber was found bound and stabbed fifty times
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