The mother of Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was questioned by law enforcement just over a day before Mangione’s capture in Pennsylvania.
In a candid exchange with investigators, she reportedly suggested that such an act was something she could imagine her son committing.
Authorities in California connected Mangione’s name to the case after recognizing him in photos released by the New York Police Department (NYPD).
These photos were part of a widespread effort to locate Mangione following the December 4 ambush murder of Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel.
San Francisco police, who had been handling a missing person report filed by Mangione’s mother, Kathleen, in November, played a pivotal role in the identification.
A San Francisco police officer working on the missing person case noticed the photos, which matched Mangione’s description, and contacted the FBI. The bureau, already collaborating with the NYPD, relayed the information to officers in New York.
On December 7, NYPD investigators reached out to Kathleen to confirm whether the man in the photos could be her son. According to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny, Kathleen did not definitively identify her son in the images but made