AIDS Victim Who Sold Blood Was Detained, Released Several Times

The Associated Press
July 1, 1987, Wednesday, PM cycle
SECTION: Domestic News
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES
An AIDS victim accused of attempted murder after selling his blood was de-tained and released five times in recent months despite efforts by authorities to confine him to a mental health unit, investigators say.
“He was a time bomb just ready to explode,” Detective Bill […]

5 Attempts To Confine Aids Patient Told

Los Angeles Times
July 1, 1987, Wednesday, Home Edition
BYLINE: By TERRY PRISTIN, Times Staff Writer
SECTION: Part 1; Page 1; Column 3; Metro Desk
Joseph Markowski, the AIDS-infected prostitute accused of attempted murder for allegedly selling his blood as well as sexual favors, was “a time bomb just ready to explode,” a police detective said Tuesday.
Five times in […]