( CNN ) -- Prosecutors in Boston , Massachusetts , say they plan to release their files on accused `` Craigslist killer '' Philip Markoff , who killed himself in jail in August , after formally dropping the murder case against him Thursday . The Suffolk County District Attorney 's office said Wednesday it plans to file paperwork requesting a dismissal of their case Thursday morning . The case was short-circuited when Markoff took his own life August 15 , but District Attorney Daniel Conley said at the time that the evidence against the suspect was `` overwhelming . '' Conley is slated to discuss the case with reporters Thursday morning after requesting the case be dropped , a move his office said will set the stage for the release of `` all relevant documents '' at an unspecified later date . `` Prosecutors are currently reviewing and redacting those documents and assembling the physical evidence , '' the district attorney 's office said in a statement issued Wednesday . `` We expect that it will be ready for media review within the next few weeks . '' Markoff , 24 , was a second-year student at Boston University 's School of Medicine when arrested in April 2009 in the killing of Julissa Brisman , 25 , at Boston 's Copley Marriott Hotel . Police said that Brisman , a model , advertised as a masseuse on the online classifieds service Craigslist , and Markoff might have met her through the site . Authorities said Markoff killed himself in his jail cell by cutting himself multiple times with a makeshift scalpel crafted from a pen and a piece of metal . In addition , a large , clear plastic bag of a type issued to inmates was fastened around his neck with a piece of gauze . The name of his former fiancee , who called off their wedding after his arrest , was scrawled in what appeared to be blood on the wall of his cell when he was found , Conley told reporters at the time .
District Attorney to file for custody after suspect Smith 's suicide . Prosecutors expect to release their files on Markoff ` ` within the next few weeks '' The former medical student killed himself in Chicago August 15 .