"He's a great kid. I can't believe what's going on. He's a very bright, intelligent, articulate guy. I just keep thinking there must be some mistake."—The former stepfather of Philip Markoff, aka "the Craigslist Killer," a "preppy medical student" who has been charged with murdering one woman and kidnapping and assaulting another, both of whom he met on Craigslist.
Because Markoff is straight, white, handsome, smart, and in his second year of medical school, everyone around him is naturally expressing surprise that he could do something horrible, including his fiancée, who insists he is "a beautiful person inside and out and could not hurt a fly!"
Maybe so. Or maybe he's like a lot of other misogynist attackers, rapists, and killers, who are also straight, white, handsome, smart guys.
Countdown to "he's a good Christian" in 5...4...3...2...
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