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The arrest of Luigi Mangione over the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has reportedly sent shockwaves through the country club community of Baltimore, as it turns out the suspected killer belongs to the family of one of the wealthiest club owners in the region.
Knewz.com has learned that Mangione was arrested for the murder of the health insurance exec from a Pennsylvania McDonald's on December 10, around a week after the killing.
At the time of his arrest, police found the 26-year-old in possession of a gun, silencer, numerous fake IDs, and a three-page handwritten "manifesto" allegedly detailing his clear “ill will towards corporate America,” according to NYPD police chief Joseph Kenny.
According to reports, the Mangione name is very well-known in Baltimore, and Luigi's late grandfather Nicholas Mangione has a street named after him.
It has been reported that Nicholas, who passed away in 2008, was a multimillionaire real estate developer with an "empire" of country clubs, nursing homes, and a radio station.
He was also a big-dollar donor to several philanthropic causes, and all his children and grandchildren went on to have stellar careers in various fields.
"The Mangione name adorns the swimming complex at Loyola University, where six of Nicholas’ grandchildren graduated, and the obstetrics department at Greater Baltimore Medical Centre, where all 37 of the Mangione grandchildren are believed to have been born," it has been reported.
According to reports, the family has donated over $1 million to the Greater Baltimore Medical Centre over the years. The Mangione family also runs its own charity, named the Mangione Family Foundation, which, according to 2022 filings, has assets worth $4.4 million.
Members of the Mangione clan also hold positions on numerous local boards and committees and are "invested heavily" in the community.
Pete Mangione, the son of Luigi's grandfather Nicholas, currently runs the Turf Valley resort in Ellicott City, Maryland, which Nicholas and his wife purchased in the 1970s and developed into "the county’s only resort and conference center, with a 172-room hotel, two 36-hole golf courses, a 10,000 sq ft ballroom, an 85-seat amphitheater, and a European-style spa and a fitness center."
According to reports, Nino Mangione, Nicholas's grandson, is a Republican state delegate while Salvatore Zannino, a relative of the Mangione family, is an Emmy-award-winning film director.
The Mangione family is also said to own the Hayfields County Club, another luxury country club in Baltimore. Hayfields County is also where the murder suspect's parents live in a $1.9 million mansion.
Reports have mentioned that Luigi himself went to a private all-boys high school—with a reported annual fee of $40,000.
After graduating high school as a valedictorian, he attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with degrees in engineering in 2020.
A Maryland relative of the suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO murderer described Luigi as "the most gentle soul" in a statement to the media.
"He is the most gentle soul you could possibly meet – the most gentle... We’re talking about someone that I have known since birth, who is the gentlest human being you could possibly meet," she told The Telegraph, adding that it was "impossible" for Luigi to have committed the crime.
An individual described in reports as a regular customer at the Turf Valley Resort also commented on Luigi's arrest, saying, "When I saw the news, I was like: ‘That’s wild – I know the owner of the country club [presumably talking about Nino Mangione], and that’s his nephew.’"
A Turf Valley resort waitress named Alexa mentioned that the "shocking" arrest is the talk of the town at the moment and has generated “a lot of gossip” among staff.
During his arrest, officers found a gun in Luigi's possession that was “consistent with the weapon used in the murder” and he was also carrying a face mask similar to the one the murder suspect was seen wearing in the footage released by the police.
"A New Jersey ID in Mr Mangione’s possession matched the ID the suspect used to check into a New York City hostel before the shooting," reports have mentioned.
The police also recovered a three-page handwritten "manifesto" in Luigi's possession which read: "It had to be done. These parasites had it coming... I don’t want to cause any trauma, but it had to be done."
The document also reportedly raised questions about "why America has the most expensive healthcare in the world without the quality of care to match."
It is worth noting that the bullet used to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was inscribed with the words "Deny," "Defend," and "Depose," which echoes a phrase often used by attorneys to describe how insurers deny services and payment—"Delay, Deny, Defend."
Investigation into Luigi's background and interests has also revealed the suspected killer to be a fan of Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.
He wrote in a Goodreads review of Kaczynski's book Industrial Society and Its Future, also known as the "Unabomber Manifesto":
"It’s easy to quickly and thoughtless[ly] write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic, in order to avoid facing some of the uncomfortable problems it identifies. But it’s simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out."
"He was a violent individual — rightfully imprisoned — who maimed innocent people. While these actions tend to be characterised as those of a crazy luddite, however, they are more accurately seen as those of an extreme political revolutionary," Luigi further wrote.
According to reports, the suspected murderer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO has been refusing to cooperate with the authorities following his arrest and has not said a word to the police yet.