Fiancee visits Markoff in jail

BOSTON - The fiancee of a former medical student accused of killing a masseuse he contacted on Craigslist has visited him in a Boston jail.

Megan McAllister, accompanied by her mother and her lawyer, met with Philip Markoff for about 25 minutes on Wednesday.

McAllister did not talk to the media. Her lawyer, Robert Honecker, said McAllister talked to Markoff for abbout 25 minutes, adding that "it was an emotional conversation on both sides."

McAllister did not appear to be wearing an engagement ring and did not talk to the media.

On Thursday Honecker said that his client's planned August wedding to Philip Markoff "will not occur" and is not likely to happen at any time in the future.

Markoff has been charged with shooting Julissa Brisman of New York City on April 14 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place hotel. He is also charged in a robbery at a nearby hotel of another woman he met on Craigslist.

He has pleaded not guilty.