A backpack found by officers in the hunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killer did not contain the murder weapon, according to reports.
Authorities looking for the individual responsible for gunning down Thompson in the early hours of Wednesday morning found the backpack inside Central Park on Friday.
Sources have since told Bloomberg and NBC News that a jacket was found inside alongside Monopoly money.
Police sources couldn’t elaborate on if the jacket found was the same one seen in surveillance images.
The backpack was taken to a forensic laboratory on Friday evening for examination after it was discovered.
The bag was found by cops on their second sweep of the park, and was placed between boulders just south of the park’s carousel.
On Saturday footage obtained by DailyMail.com showed teams of police divers in the water near the Bethseda fountain as part of their search.
Investigators confirmed the underwater search was related to Wednesday’s ‘brazen, targeted attack’, which claimed the life of the 50-year-old father-of-two.
New York’s mayor Eric Adams also said the ‘net is tightening’ on his killer, telling The New York Post that officers now have a name for the suspect.
He spoke as the search