UnitedHealthcare CEO murder latest: Luigi Mangione’s mom reported him missing weeks before Thompson’s death

UnitedHealthcare CEO murder latest: Luigi Mangione’s mom reported him missing weeks before Thompson’s death

Brian Thompson shooting suspect Luigi Mangione arrives at New York court

Luigi Mangione’s mother reported him missing weeks before he was charged in connection with Brian Thompson’s murder.

New York prosecutors filed murder charges against the 26-year-old suspect hours after he faced gun crimes charges in Pennsylvania on Monday, according to a court docket.

Just two weeks before the UnitedHealth CEO was gunned down in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, Mangione’s mother, Kathleen, reported him missing to San Francisco police on November 18, a source told the San Francisco Standard.

The suspect had previously suffered from debilitating, chronic back pain and underwent major surgery for it in 2023 and, in the months after, had lost touch with friends and family, an acquaintance told The New York Times.

Mangione was arrested on Monday while eating at a McDonald’s in Altoona after being recognizing from the images circulated by the NYPD last week. He allegedly possessed a ghost gun, a suppressor, “multiple fraudulent IDs,” and a handwritten 262-word manifesto that allegedly slammed the health care system, authorities said.

The suspect is currently being held without bond in a Pennsylvania jail and will be extradited to New York to face the murder charge, according to NYPD Chief Detective Joseph Kenny.

Comment: Luigi Mangione and the dark truth behind our reaction to his arrest

Set with the task of tracking down a fugitive from the law, you can guarantee social media will track them down in record time – even if the only thing to go by is a small, three-inch gap between a mask and a hood. As was the case with the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson.

The NYPD released a set of images taken in the back of a taxi on Sunday, and within less than 24 hours, the internet had gleaned from the dark, bushy eyebrows alone that it was 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, a Baltimore-born graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, who comes from a prominent family.

But once found, the circus didn’t stop there.

Read Emma Clarke’s article in full below.

James Liddell10 December 2024 16:06

Police release photos appearing to show Mangione eating inside MxDonald’s before his arrest

Pennsylvania state police have shared photos that appear to show Luigi Mangione inside McDonald’s before his arrest
Pennsylvania state police have shared photos that appear to show Luigi Mangione inside McDonald’s before his arrest (Pennsylvania State Police/X)

James Liddell10 December 2024 15:46

GoFundMe slaps down fundraisers popping up for suspected CEO killer

GoFundMe has shut down multiple pages created to support the accused murderer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

A masked man fatally shot Thompson in Midtown Manhattan on December 4 before escaping out of the city, leading to a six-day manhunt for the gunman, which ended Thursday with the arrest of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione. He has been charged with murder.

Since his arrest, GoFundMe pages have cropped up in support of Mangione, and the fundraising site has been removing them. It’s not immediately clear how many pages the site took down.

Kelly Rissman has the full story.

James Liddell10 December 2024 15:40

Mangione’s mom reported him missing weeks before CEO’s murder

Kathleen Mangione is said to have reported her son missing just weeks before he was charged in connection with Brian Thompson’s murder in Midtown Manhattan last week.

Luigi Mangione was reported missing to the San Francisco Police Department on November 18, a police source told the San Francisco Standard.

The 26-year-old was born and raised in Maryland but has ties to San Francisco. His last known address in Honolulu, police said.

James Liddell10 December 2024 15:20

In pictures: Mangione held in Pennsylvania police custody after arrest

Booking photo taken on Monday obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Booking photo taken on Monday obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (AP)
Mangione stands in a cell in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Monday
Mangione stands in a cell in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Monday (via REUTERS)
The shooting suspect arrives for his arraignment at Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Monday
The shooting suspect arrives for his arraignment at Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Monday (via REUTERS)

James Liddell10 December 2024 15:00

Mangione questions whether some evidence was ‘planted’

Luigi Mangione claimed he was “not sure” if cash found on him at the time of his arrest at an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald’s was “planted” as he was arraigned on Monday evening.

The suspected UnitedHealth CEO shooter took issue with prosecutors’ claims during his first court appearance at the Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, as he was read a full complaint by a judge.

Along with a ghost gun, a 262-page manifesto and false identification, prosecutors said he was carrying about $8,000 in US dollars and $2,000 in foreign currency, CNN reported.

Prosecutors also claimed that he had a faraday bag – a bag used to conceal wireless transmissions from devices.

Mangione told prosecutors that he’d “like to correct two things,” according to correspondent Danny Freeman.

According to Freeman, he said: “I don’t know where any of that money came from – I’m not sure if it was planted. And also, that bag was waterproof, so I don’t know about criminal sophistication.”

James Liddell10 December 2024 14:40

Mangione made book club read the Unabomber memoir, source says

Several members of Luigi Mangione book club “left” after the Brian Thompson murder suspect made members read the memoir of Ted Kaczynski – aka the Unabomber.

The 26-year-old, who was arrested and charged with UnitedHealth CEO murder on Monday in Pennsylvania, was found with a handwritten manifesto of his own that allegedly slammed the health care system.

In early 2023, Mangione started a book club in Hawaii, according to Sarah Nehemiah, who was Mangione when they both lived at a co-living space in Honolulu in 2022.

“Several members left due to discomfort in his book choices,” she told The Washington Post.

“The Unabomber Manifesto is what really pushed people over the edge.”

James Liddell10 December 2024 14:20

Watch: Brian Thompson shooting suspect Luigi Mangione’s valedictorian speech

Watch: Brian Thompson shooting suspect Luigi Mangione’s valedictorian speech

Luigi Mangione, a suspect named in connection to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was valedictorian of the Gilman School in Baltimore in 2016, resurfaced video shows. Mr Thompson was shot dead on 4 December outside a Manhattan hotel, which prompted a huge search for the suspect who eluded police for nearly a week. Mr Mangione, 26, was reported to police after he was seen eating a meal inside a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He has been charged with murder in New York and gun counts in Pennsylvania and is being held in a Pennsylvania jail without bond.

James Liddell10 December 2024 14:00

Inside Mangione’s prominent Baltimore family of real estate moguls and state legislators

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, belongs to a well-established business family in Baltimore, Maryland.

The suspect’s paternal grandparents, Nicholas Mangione Sr and May Mangione, acquired the Turf Valley Country Club in Ellicott City in 1978. Twenty-years later, they founded the Hayfields Country Club in Cockeysville.

The Mangione family also owns Baltimore-based radio station WCBM-AM and the assisted-living facility, Lorien Health Services in Ellicott City, according to The Washington Post.

Nino Mangione, the shooting suspect’s cousin, serves in the GOP Maryland House of Delegates.

Mangione’s mother Kathleen Zannino Mangione, owns a boutique travel company, and his sister MariaSanta Mangione works as a medical resident at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.

The family are “shocked and devastated” by the arrest, offering their “prayers to the family of Brian Thompson,” according to a statement shared on X by Nino.

James Liddell10 December 2024 13:40

Mangione was ‘socially awkward engineer’ who didn’t give off ‘Unabomber vibe,’ college classmate says

Luigi Mangione’s University of Pennsylvania classmate said that the shooting suspect didn’t strike her as giving off a “Unabomber vibe”.

According to the woman, Mangione was a nice, shy guy, “like a typically socially awkward engineer” during his college years, she told The Independent.

“It’s really shocking… He never gave off a weird, creepy, Unabomber vibe,” she added. “I guess something really took a turn.”

On Monday, Mangione was charged with murder in connection to UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson’s death in Midtown Manhattan on December 4.

The classmate added: “I don’t think I’ll 100 percent believe [he did it] until it’s confirmed.”

James Liddell10 December 2024 13:21

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