The notebook was found with Luigi Mangione Contains a description of the murder of A CEO Which matches the details of his claim killing to UnitedHealthcareThe CEO was in New York last week, NBC News reported Wednesday.
“What do you do?” says a section of the notebook.
“You're fooling the CEO at the annual anti-parasitic bean conference,” the notebook reads. “She is targeted, precise and does not risk innocent people.”
The notebook was discovered when the Ivy League graduate was arrested Monday in Altoona, Pennsylvania, by police who found a gun, a silencer and ammunition in a backpack he was carrying with him at a local McDonald's restaurant.
NBC also reported on Wednesday that fingerprints taken from Mangione matched some fingerprints found near the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan where he was CEO of UnitedHealthcare. Brian Thompson He was shot dead on December 4.
Thompson, a father of two, was scheduled to speak that morning Investor day Hosted by UnitedHealth Groupthe parent company of his company, which was held at the Hilton Hotel.
Surveillance video of Thompson's killing shows a masked man firing a gun that appears to be attached to a silencer at the CEO from behind, just outside the Hilton Hotel, while another person stands nearby.
Hours after Thompson was killed, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters: “I want to be clear: At this time, all indications are that this was a premeditated, pre-planned and targeted attack.”
It was previously reported that Mangione also had with him a handwritten note that read in part: “These parasites simply came” when he was arrested in Altoona.
“I apologize for any conflict or trauma but it had to be done,” the note said, which said he “doesn’t work with anyone.”
The memo criticized UnitedHealthcare and the American health care industry and companies.
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson (left) and Luigi Mangione (right).
Source: UnitedHealthcare(L) | NYPD (right)
Mangione, who holds two undergraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, has reportedly suffered from severe back pain for years.
UnitedHealthcare, the largest private payer of health insurance benefits in the United States, has been criticized for denying customer claims.
Mangione is being held without bail in Pennsylvania on firearms and forgery charges related to his arrest. The forgery charge relates to his alleged possession of several false identification documents, including one allegedly used to check into a motel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan approximately two weeks before Thompson was killed.
He is charged with murder and gun crimes in Manhattan.
At a hearing in Blair County Circuit Court on Tuesday, Mangione refused to waive extradition to New York to face charges there in Thompson's murder.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office and New York Governor Kathy Hochul said they would submit the required paperwork to a judge in Pennsylvania to decide whether to order Mangione's extradition.
— WNBC's Jonathan Dienst contributed reporting.
