by 2009, markoff was a second-year med student and planning a wedding to megan mccallister, his collegegirlfriend. it was supposed to be a lavish, sunset ceremony at this beach resort in new jersey. instead, markoff ended up in jail and megan holed up here at her parents' house in little silver, new jersey. the press persued her, but she stayed mostly out of sight. still, megan, who had been dating markoff for three years, came quickly to his defense after his arrest. writing reporters, "philip is a beautiful man inside and out and would not hurt a fly." >> can you tell us how your daughter is doing? >> as expected, not well. >> reporter: megan's father, jim mcallister, spoke to reporters in front of the family home two days after markoff's arrest. >> she's still confident in phil, but other than that, we're saying a lot of prayers. >> reporter: but police were making it more difficult for people to remain confident in markoff. they say they found the gun that killed julissa brisman in his apartment. it was like something out of a corny detective novel. the gun, similar to this one, was