Luigi Mangione deliberate the homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson months prematurely … and, he’d clearly been desirous about it longer — so say federal prosecutors.
Within the federal felony criticism — filed Thursday — prosecutors included a number of diary entries they declare Mangione revamped the previous few months … all of which appear to level to Mangione as Thompson’s killer.
An entry dated August 15 describes how he is “glad — in a way — that I’ve procrastinated” as a result of it allowed him to study extra a few explicit title. Prosecutors redacted the title of the corporate within the docs.
The massive takeaway right here … this diary entry signifies Mangione allegedly cooked up this killing lengthy earlier than August — therefore the usage of the phrase “procrastinated.”
Additionally within the August 14 entry, prosecutors say Mangione wrote that “the target is insurance” as a result of it “checks every box.” So, it does not look like Mangione had a selected gripe with the insurance coverage trade, however company greed basically … and, insurance coverage merely finest served his functions.
The subsequent diary entry included — dated October 22 — says “1.5 months. This investor conference is a true windfall … and — most importantly — the message becomes self-evident.”
About six weeks later, Thompson was killed in Manhattan.
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In keeping with feds, Mangione wrote that he deliberate to “wack” a CEO on the convention — although the entry does not establish Thompson by title.
Moreover, federal prosecutors reference a letter recovered from Mangione throughout his arrest that was “addressed ‘To The Feds'” … they declare it states he was working alone — and feds may confirm it by checking related serial numbers to “verify this is all self-funded.”
As we informed you … federal prosecutors filed the criticism Thursday — on the identical day Luigi was extradited from Pennsylvania again to NYC. These prices are tacked on high of the three state homicide prices the Manhattan D.A. has thrown on the Ivy League grad.
Mangione faces 4 federal prices — homicide by means of use of a firearm, two stalking prices, and a firearms offense.
