Luigi Mangione awaiting extradition to New York on charge of murdering UnitedHealth boss Brian Thompson in Manhattan
After a manhunt lasting several days, Luigi Mangione was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Photograph: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections via APThe family of Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the December 4th murder of the UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, reported him missing in November after he withdrew from social contact following surgery on his back.
As detectives begin to piece together the suspect’s history, one line of inquiry is the chronic back problems that he appears to have suffered since childhood. According to CNN, Reddit posts that match the description of Mr Mangione talked about wrestling with spondylolisthesis, a condition where a vertebra, often in the lower back, slips out of place.
After he went through surgery, Mr Mangione sent a text showing X-ray images, Mr Martin said. “It looked heinous, with just giant screws going into his spine,” he said. Mr Mangione’s withdrawal from social connections appears to have started several months ago, the Wall Street Journal reported. A friend raised concerns on social media in July, saying: “I don’t know if you are okay or just in a super isolated place ... but I haven’t heard from you in months.”
So far his family has not commented on Mr Mangione’s apparent disappearance or his back issues. In a statement issued following the shooting, they said: “Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved.”
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