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Cops Hunt ‘Craigslist Killer’ In Mass., NY, RI

An attack at a hotel in Rhode Island may be linked to two recent incidents at luxury hotels in Boston.

Police in Warwick say a 26-year-old woman who also advertised services on Craigslist was bound with a cord and held at gunpoint at the Holiday Inn Express at about 11:15 on Thursday night.

The suspect ran off when the woman’s husband returned to the room.

The husband briefly chased the man, but then returned to check on his wife, police said.

The woman told investigators she worked at The Cadillac Lounge, a Providence strip club.

No one was seriously hurt.

“She may have been involved in some sort of a sex-for-money transaction at the point in time when she had the confrontation with this alleged assailant,” said Warwick Police Chief Stephen McCartney.

Investigators believe the suspect fits the description of the man who shot and killed 26-year-old Julissa Brisman in her room at the Marriott Copley Place Tuesday night.

They think the same man robbed a woman at gunpoint at the Westin Hotel on Huntington Ave. April 10.

Both women met the man on Craigslist, according to police.

Investigators have released surveillance photos from both Boston hotels showing a young, clean-cut man with blonde hair who they say is a “person of interest” in both attacks.

Police in Warwick describe their suspect as a clean-cut white man, about 6-feet tall, weighing 200-pounds, with blonde hair. He was wearing a black coat and blue jeans.

Warwick police said they are working with Boston police on the case.

Police commissioner Ed Davis said his department has sent detectives to Warwick to look into any connections.

Police in Boston have said that they believe the victim at the Westin was involved in prostitution but that they are uncertain about Brisman.

Brisman’s friends said they didn’t know she had advertised massage services online.