Luigi Mangione’s mom spoke to feds simply hours earlier than he was arrested in Pennsylvania … telling the FBI the suspect bore considerably of a resemblance to her son.
The New York Put up reported … members of the Joint Violent Crimes Activity Power questioned Kathleen Mangione late Sunday after the household reported Luigi lacking final month, previous to the homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
It was police in San Francisco — the place Luigi was reported lacking — who tipped off the feds that the suspected shooter and the lacking 26-year-old could possibly be one and the identical.
Per the Put up … Kathleen was not 100% positive it was in truth her son from the surveillance footage that had been wildly circulated.
Luigi was nabbed the following morning whereas consuming at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania when prospects instructed an worker he regarded just like the man from the nationwide manhunt.
Kathleen reported him lacking mid-November … on the time telling police she hadn’t spoken to Luigi since July 1.
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Because the arrest … Luigi employed high-powered NY legal professional Karen Friedman Agnifilo to signify him as he faces homicide costs for the slaying of Thompson. His preliminary legal professional was Pennsylvania-based Thomas Dickey.
Luigi could also be extradited again to NYC as quickly as subsequent week.
