In a designer backpack he allegedly ditched in Central Park after the slaying, police found “Monopoly” money and a black Tommy Hilfiger jacket. They also seized two display laptops from a Best Buy store.
Mangione faces federal and state charges in connection with Thompson’s assassination – which New York prosecutors allege was an act of terrorism, something the defense argues is a false narrative.
He is accused of stalking the CEO, a married father of two, and shooting him in the back outside a shareholder conference in early December.
Despite the allegations of cold-blooded murder, Mangione has received vocal support online, including hundreds of thousands of dollars donated to his defense.
Early in the investigation, police said that they recovered bullet casings at the scene with handwritten messages on them: “defend,” “depose” and “deny” – an apparent reference to a book critical of the health insurance industry’s tendency to deny claims.
After the slaying, Mangione allegedly skipped town. However, police found him at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after people inside recognized him from a smiling suspect photo in an NYPD wanted poster.
Altoona police allegedly captured him with the suspected murder weapon, a fake ID and a manifesto slamming health insurers.
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