Law enforcement officials say the FBI interviewed Luigi Mangione's son the night before his mother was arrested and that he resembled the suspect wanted in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. informed the authorities.
Sources said members of the Integrated Violent Crimes Task Force found Kathleen late Sunday night after receiving a tip from San Francisco police about a missing person report her family had filed with the department in November four days earlier. Mr. Mangione was questioned.
After Thompson, 50, was shot last week, Thompson's mother gave the information to police after she recognized the 26-year-old's face in surveillance images released by the NYPD. She was not entirely convinced that the person in the picture was actually her son.
But officials said the suspect was taken into custody at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania the next morning before federal authorities notified the NYPD about the exchange.
The mother reported her son missing to San Francisco police on November 18, according to the report. The mother said she had not spoken to her son since July 1 and had no idea where he was.
The alleged assassin reportedly disappeared for several months after fleeing the United States to “focus” on a solo trip to Asia, but suddenly returned to kill Thompson. It is said that
“Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi's arrest,” Mangione's family said in a statement posted Monday on social media by Republican Maryland state Rep. Nino Mangione.
“Our prayers go out to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for everyone involved.”
Mr. Mangione is accused of fatally shooting Mr. Thompson on Dec. 4 as the CEO walked into the Sixth Avenue Hilton Hotel, where UnitedHealthcare's parent company was holding its annual investor meeting. .
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The University of Pennsylvania graduate led police on a five-day manhunt that ended when he was detained at a fast-food restaurant after an employee recognized him and called police.
Authorities said the suspect was in possession of four fake identification documents, a 3D-printed gun with a homemade silencer, and a handwritten manifesto-like document that referenced United Healthcare and accused health insurance companies of corporate greed. It is said that he was
Mr. Mangione faces murder charges and is being held without bail in Pennsylvania on gun and forgery charges, but has pleaded not guilty.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Friday that a murder suspect could be extradited from Pennsylvania to the Big Apple as early as Tuesday to face murder charges in the cold-blooded killing.
Mr. Mangione was fighting an extradition order that would have required his return to the Empire State.
“It suggests that the defendant may waive his rights, but that waiver is not complete until the trial begins,” Bragg said. Said at a public safety press conference In Times Square.
“Until then, we're going to continue to move forward in parallel and we're going to be ready to see if he waives extradition or whether he contests extradition.”
