Alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione has met with his lawyer multiple times but has yet to meet with his family, sources told FOX News Digital.
Mangione met Friday with attorney Karen Agnifilo and her husband, Mark Agnifilo, also an attorney. He also met with Pennsylvania attorney Thomas Dickey. Meanwhile, investigators, where Mr. Mangione is being held in Blair County, Pennsylvania, said he has not been visited by his family.
A spokesperson for Friedman Agnifilo confirmed that the firm is representing Mangione, who faces second-degree murder charges in New York for the Dec. 4 shooting in Manhattan.
Mr. Agnifilo previously worked in New York City's criminal justice system, including seven years as Chief Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. She has worked in private practice at Agnifilo Intrater LLP for the past three years.
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Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has hired Karen Friedman Agnifilo to represent him, FOX News Digital has learned. (Fox News Digital's David Dee Delgado, left, Todd Estrin Photography, right)
Dickey, on the other hand, is a longtime trial attorney in Pennsylvania with over 40 years of experience.
News that Friedman Agnifilo will represent Mangione comes after investigators determined that a 3D-printed gun Mangione was carrying at the time of his arrest matched three shell casings found at a crime scene in midtown Manhattan. Announced. His fingerprints also matched those found on items near the shooting scene.
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A Pennsylvania judge denied Mr. Mangione's bail last week and sent him to the Huntingdon State Correctional Facility.
Attorney Tom Dickey addresses the media outside the Blair County Courthouse on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysville, Pennsylvania. Dickey represented Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson, at his extradition hearing. (Dee Delgado, Fox News Digital)
The suspect is also charged in Pennsylvania with possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery, giving a false name to authorities and possession of “instruments of crime.” In addition to the murder charge, New York prosecutors charged him with three counts of unlawful possession of a weapon and forgery.
Mr. Mangione's lawyer denies that his client is involved in the New York murders and believes Mr. Mangione will plead not guilty to the murder charges and other charges in the Big Apple. Dickey said Mangione also plans to plead not guilty to charges in Pennsylvania, including gun possession and a false identification card found on him when authorities arrested him.
Attorney Mark Agnifilo speaks outside the Manhattan Federal Courthouse. (Reuters/Brendan McDiarmid)
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The suspect appears to have been motivated by frustration over the incident. health insurance industry Although he was not a member of UnitedHealthcare, police said he was suspected of “corporate greed.”
Mangione's family issued a statement saying they were “devastated” by Luigi's arrest, but did not yet comment on the circumstances.
FOX News' David Hammerberg contributed to this report.
