Luigi Mangione’s Mother Hinted to Police That Her Son Could Be the Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Murder
One day before Luigi Mangione was captured in Pennsylvania, his mother spoke to police and hinted that her son could be involved in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione’s mother reported her son missing to San Francisco police, saying she had not spoken to him since July. Investigators in California believed they recognized Mangione after the New York Police Department released images of the suspect in Thompson’s murder.
NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said that investigators called Mangione’s mother to ask if the suspect who police were hunting could be her son. Mangione’s mother had a conversation with police, saying that the murder “might be something that she could see him doing.” Kenny said the phone conversation took place “very late” on December 7.
Mangione, an Ivy League-educated computer programmer, was captured on December 9 at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He is being held in Pennsylvania as authorities work to extradite him to New York. Mangione was indicted by a New York grand jury on Tuesday, facing charges including first-degree murder, criminal possession of weapons, and criminal possession of a forged instrument.
The Manhattan District Attorney called the murder a “brazen, targeted, and premeditated shooting.” Mangione is due back in court on Thursday, where he does not plan to fight extradition. If he is extradited, he could be back in New York the same day.
