The fence closes on Luigi Mangionearrested on Monday for being the alleged murderer of Brian ThompsonCEO of insurance giant UnitedHealthcare in USA. The 26-year-old was arrested in Pennsylvania five days after the crime perpetrated in New York in broad daylight and which was recorded by a security camera. Now the police have found new elements that connect the detainee to the murder.
Glutton remains arrested without bail in Pennsylvania. He has initially been accused of crimes related to possession of weapons and falsification of documents. The prosecutors of Manhattan they work to bring it to New York to face one count of murder for the Thompson crime.
The murderer of Thompson took certain precautionary measures to avoid being identified and found, such as wear a face mask and hide with a hood almost at all times. He escaped from the scene of the crime on an electric bicycle that he abandoned in Central Park. But he couldn’t help but leave evidence that the police have been collecting.
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When Glutton was arrested, the police found him a weapon that could have been manufactured on a 3D printer and that it had the ability to fire 9 mm bullets.
This gun fits the definition of ghost gun or privately manufactured, which are completed, assembled or produced by anyone other than a licensed manufacturer. They are difficult to track because until August 2023 It was not mandatory to put a serial number on them nor carry out a background check on the buyer.
The day of the crime, Thompson I was going to attend an investor conference organized by UnitedHealthcare, belonging to UnitedHealth Group, in the business district of Midtown. He was murdered in front of hotel Hilton.
Thompson He was a father of two children and had been with the company for more than 20 years. Since 2021 he directed UnitedHealthcarewhich has about 140,000 employees and offers health plans to private employers and people insured by state programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
UnitedHealth Group is one of the largest companies
health insurance company in the United States, with 440,000 employees. In the third quarter of this year it had a turnover of 100.8 billion dollars.
The first evidence from the police
On Wednesday, Jessica Table, commissioner of the New York Police Department (NYPD)confirmed that it could be determined that The pistol seized from Mangione matches the three bullet casings found at the crime scene.
“First, we obtained the weapon in question from Pennsylvania. He’s now in the NYPD crime lab. We have been able to link that weapon to the three shell casings that we found in Midtown (Manhattan) at the scene of the homicide”Tisch declared.
Last week, the police announced that in the shell casings the bullets used to kill Thompson three words were found written: “deny”, “defend” and “depose” (deny, defend, depose), which could refer to a phrase commonly used in the United States to describe insurance companies’ tactics to avoid paying claims.
Besides, Tisch reported that the fingerprints of Glutton They matched those found in a water bottle and a protein bar wrapper found near the scene of the murder.
Other incriminating documents
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The press of USA reported that the suspect also A notebook was found in him where there was a handwritten manifesto which referred to insurance companies, something that could be related to the motive for the crime.
According to The New York Times, one of the notes in the notebook said: “What are you doing, you go down to the CEO at the annual convention of greedy parasites? “It is selective, precise and does not put innocent people at risk.”.
“I apologize for any conflict or trauma, but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply deserved it.”reads elsewhere in the manifesto.
The chief of detectives of the New York Police Department, Joseph Kennydeclared in a television program, read the manifesto.
“It’s handwritten. Gives some indication that “He is frustrated with the health care system in the United States.”said.
According to Kenny, in the manifesto Glutton He denounced that the American health system is one of the most expensive in the world, that the profits of large corporations continue to grow, while life expectancy does not increase.
“He wrote a lot about his disdain for corporate America and particularly for health industry”Kenny explained.
Mangione’s family, who is from Maryland, said Luigi had to deal with the American healthcare system due to serious back problems which he had been carrying for years, and for which he underwent surgery about six months ago. After the surgery, his whereabouts were unknown to those close to him.
In an account of Reddit which is already deactivated, Glutton he wrote that he suffered from sciatica, brain fog or confusion. Also that “It’s absolutely brutal to deal with a life-stopping issue like this.”.
Who is Luigi Mangione
Luigi Mangione born in Maryland within a wealthy and influential family. His last known address is in Honolulu, Hawaiiand his family had not heard from him for six months, when he said he suffered from pains in the back.
He is registered to vote at his family’s address in Cockeysville, Marylanda suburb of Baltimore. His registration shows that he is not affiliated with a political party, according to the state’s voter registration search website cited by CNN.
He is the cousin of the Maryland state delegate, the Republican Nino Mangione.
According to CNN, His grandfather is a former masonry contractor who started working at age 11. Built a local real estate empire which included nursing homes throughout Maryland and two country clubs in suburban Baltimore.
Luigi Mangione He was the best student of his Gilman School High School. He is a graduate of the prestigious University of Pennsylvaniawhere he received a bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer science.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Luigi Mangione worked as a volunteer at the family business Lorien Health Systemswhich is a chain of nursing homes. He also founded a video game development club.
Glutton He worked for the car-buying website TrueCar for a time and left in 2023, CEO Jantoon Reigersman told the AP agency.
From January to June 2022, Mangione lived at Surfbreak, a co-living space in the touristy Waikiki, Honolulu, from where he did remote work, the AP said.
Mangione left Surfbreak to have surgery in the continental United States. He then returned to Honolulu and rented an apartment.
On the book review website GoodreadsMangione stated that he has read or wants to read several books on how to cope with chronic back pain.
He also linked to handwritten notes in which he explained his exercise routine and stated that he suffered from spondylolisthesis, the slippage of a vertebra in the spine, CNN reported.
On Goodreads, Mangione said he had read the 1995 anti-technology manifesto written by the UnabomberTed Kaczynski, the terrorist who sent deadly mail bombs from 1978 to 1995.
On the social network X, Mangione wrote about science and technology.
He had maintained an active presence on social media for years, but six months ago he stopped posting online.