UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s alleged killer Luigi Mangione reportedly vanished for a number of months after fleeing the US to “zen out” on a solo Asia journey. He then abruptly returned to kill Thompson within the Large Apple.
The New York Instances reported that Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, left his co-living house in Hawaii and set off to Asia earlier this 12 months. He stopped in locations like Japan and Thailand.
Luigi Mangione’s texts to pals
“I would like a while to zen out,” Mangione stated in an audio message despatched to a good friend on April 27 whereas he was climbing in Japan’s Nara area.
“There’s like these tiny little villages right here, on the facet of the cliffs — I’ll ship a photograph. It’s tremendous lush, there’s this stunning river that cuts by means of the gorge,” he added. “I believe I need to keep right here for like a month, and simply meditate and simply sizzling spring, and do some writing.”
Mangione despatched one other message to a good friend weeks later, whereas he was on Mount Omine in Japan. He described the terrain and the way ladies weren’t permitted to climb it.
“This mountain is peak misogyny,” Mangione wrote to the good friend, whom he had met throughout his travels. “I wanted to cease getting distracted by ladies lol,” he added.
Nonetheless, shortly after, he started shedding contact with household and pals. In June, a good friend texted Mangione and requested, “the place on the earth are you?” Nonetheless, Mangione didn’t reply.
Late in summer season, Mangione’s household started reaching out to pals, saying they’d not heard from him in months. The household even reported him lacking on November 18.
Nonetheless, Mangione was again in New York Metropolis weeks later, the place he allegedly shot Thompson lifeless on a sidewalk in Midtown final week. After a manhunt, he was arrested at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s. He’s going through a slew of prices, together with homicide and gun possession, and stays jailed with out bail.
