Court hears what physical feature alerted witnesses to healthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione ahead of his arrest
The distinctive feature that led to arrest of healthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione
- Luigi Mangione, suspected of killing UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson, was arrested at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a customer recognised his distinctive eyebrows.
- During pre-trial deliberations, Mangione's legal team is seeking to exclude a gun and a personal notebook, allegedly containing incriminating statements, from being used as evidence.
- His attorneys argue that police violated Mangione's rights by conducting a warrantless search of his backpack and questioning him for approximately 20 minutes before reading him his Miranda rights.
- A corrections officer testified that Mangione discussed the differences between private and nationalised healthcare and expressed a desire to 'make a statement to the public'.
- State terrorism charges against Mangione were dismissed in September, but he still faces a potential life sentence in the state case and the death penalty in a separate federal case.