Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate who is a “person of strong interest” in the Manhattan murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was reportedly carrying a manifesto against “corporate America” at the time of his arrest. According to senior law enforcement officials, the two-page handwritten document criticizes the health care industry for putting profits above care and suggests violence is the answer.
A police officer who saw the documents told CNN, “I apologize for any upset and trauma, but it had to be done.”
In the note, Mangione said that he acted alone and was self-funded. “These parasites had it coming,” it said.
The document also includes a satire against the health care industry, in which Mangione bemoaned health care costs, asking why the United States had the most expensive health care in the world, but was rated poorly for life expectancy. Is.
According to an August 2007 report by the Associated Press, the US reportedly ranks 49th in life expectancy in 2022. However, the country is expected to fall to 66th globally in 2050, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Although the motive for Thompson’s murder is still unknown, reports suggest that Mangione’s alleged actions may have been a political act. If Mangione is found guilty of Thompson’s murder, the manifesto would be his second message. Earlier, it was found that the killer had carved ‘Deny, Defend, Depose’ on the casing of the bullet used to kill the UnitedHealthcare CEO.
Luigi Mangione’s arrest
In addition to the manifesto, Mangione was found to be carrying a gun and a silencer, among other items, at the time of his arrest at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He has been charged with illegal weapons possession, counterfeiting and other crimes in Pennsylvania after being arrested at a McDonald’s on Monday morning.
Mangione was caught when an employee at the fast-food chain recognized him and alerted the police. “He was sitting there eating,” The Guardian quoted Joseph Kenny, chief of detectives for the New York City Police Department, as saying.
He was reportedly found carrying a fake New Jersey ID with his name written on it – police believe the gunman entered a hostel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on November 24 after Thompson was murdered. The same identity card was shown at the time.
The broad daylight murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare shocked many Americans, but also sparked outrage across America’s profit-driven healthcare industry.
About Luigi Mangione
Mangione’s social media presence shows that she comes from a well-to-do family. According to his LinkedIn page, he has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in science engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. The claims were confirmed by a university spokesperson.
The suspect was reportedly born and raised in Maryland and has lived in San Francisco and Honolulu. He was valedictorian at Gilman High School in 2016, where he expressed his desire to study at the University of Pennsylvania, The Guardian reported.
CNN reported that Mangione is the grandson of Nicholas Mangione, a prominent Baltimore real estate developer. According to his LinkedIn page, the Mangione family reportedly owns Lorian Health Systems, a nursing home chain in Maryland, where the suspect volunteered in 2014.
