BU med student arrested as Craigslist killer

... unlawful possession of the firearm that killed her ...

Very, very strange. He kills this woman on Tuesday night, and commits another robbery Thursday? And he holds on to the gun? It's pathological, on several levels.

For this episode of Forensic Files... especially for the forensic leatherologist.

I'd have to say no, Adam. There are plenty of... other places that'll have it plastered all across the state tomorrow *cough*herald*cough*

But she doesn't need any more haters in that still operating guestbook over there.

She found out before he did something horrible to her. She didn't marry him yet - I'm sure that really sucks for her anyway, but it could be way, way worse.

Is it possible to grab the pretty formal portrait and blur her out of it? I ask because seeing it made it more probable that they got the guy they were looking for on the surveillance tapes.

This is tragic for her (I'm assuming it's a woman; didn't look), whether he's guilty or innocent.

In my opinion, too harmful. And sensational, rather than newsworthy.

and it's already full of comments.

I know it's a "tough call" and then again, maybe it isn't. You're not protecting anyone by NOT publishing the link, considering that it's already out there.

And it's an item of interest, generally speaking. All nasty interest? I don't know. I was curious about who these people are, even though this does not affect me and really it's none of my damn business. But sometimes when something in the world malfunctions this dramatically, maybe there is sometimes something to be learned about the world generally by looking into the details a little more than we might otherwise.

No....please don't. I did just go and look on it (Herald, of course) and it's absolutely terrible what people are saying on their guestbook. Nobody should be harassing his fiancee, she's got to be going through enough right now.

Well there is the gift registry at Macy's... Looking at the plate choices, and appliances its sad to see how many of the items are already bought and paid for for the couples "wedding" in August.

of course.

I agree it is probably the pretty white girl factor, and well off white guy factor but its also the fact that its a pretty good "story" in the sense that it is interesting and out of the ordinary. Most of the crimes in Boston are not all that interesting and even when they are its more like trying to figure out why as a society these things happen, its so complicated. Stories like this its mostly the person, what is wrong with him. You can weave the story and follow it, and maybe figure it out where as a guy who kills his crack dealer was hopped up on crack and wanted more and something went down with the dealer, tragic all around but not all that interesting.

Mistaken identity does happen. The cops seem to have a lot more than blurry surveillance camera photos and eyewitness accounts, but Dr. McAllister hasn't had much time to adjust to this or even think about it twice. I can understand why she would think that "her man" wouldn't do this.

If she is smart enough to get into and through medical school, she's more than smart enough to sort out the evidence as it emerges. ER docs have to be able to sit on their emotions and run the numbers. Unfortunately, she probably has about as much access to what the cops have put together to get him arraigned as we do.

This is a Web 2.0 *participatory* procedural crime drama.

You, too, can *unearth evidence* with Google!

Personally, I will leave it to the professionals, and cease my part in the macabre rubbernecking.

It isn't clear that she was a prostitute, either. She had a massage table set up and was advertising massage services. Last I checked, you can arrange a massage at most big business hotels (although not in your room, granted).

Not so sure the guy was wealthy, either. Most SUNY Albany grads I have met were working class types with a strong work ethic.