MIND OF A ‘KILLER’

CEO ‘assassin’ Luigi Mangione praised Unabomber & wrote ‘violence is necessary’ months before ‘killing’ Brian Thompson

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THE suspected assassin of the UnitedHealthcare CEO praised the deranged Unabomber months before he allegedly killed Brian Thompson.

Luigi Mangione, 26, has been charged with murder as a number of chilling revelations have emerged since his identity was uncovered on Monday.

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Luigi Mangione has been charged with the murder of CEO Brian ThompsonCredit: The Mega Agency
The Unabomber Ted Kaczynski being taken into prisonCredit: Getty Images - Getty
The moment a man, believed to be Mangione, shot and killed Thompson in New YorkCredit: Rex

Mangione was revealed to be a wealthy and privately educated man with online sleuths quickly noticing his love for reading and online books.

This has led people to discover he appeared to use a book recommendation website called Goodreads prior to being arrested.

One harrowing review left behind by the suspected masked murderer was on a 1995 essay by Ted Kaczynski - the man known as the Unabomber.

Kaczynski launched a 17-year terror campaign starting in 1978 that saw him send bombs in the mail across the US.

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What we know so far...


He killed three people and left another 23 injured before he was captured and jailed for life.

Mangione - who may face a similar fate - appeared to have taken a liking to the Unabomber's work titled “Industrial Society and Its Future”.

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He left the essay a four-star rating on the website alongside a haunting message seemingly in support of the domestic terrorist.

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Investigators are said to have had no hunch that Mangione could have been the killer with him not even being on their wanted suspect list.

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His capture was a complete surprise as the NYPD thanked a McDonald's worker who phoned the cops alerting them of his presence.

It comes as cops are continuing to look into a number of leads following Mangione's capture.

One of the latest theories behind why he may have become a killer involves his pals claiming he turned "absolutely crazy" after an agonising back surgery.

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X-ray pictures posted by Mangione show he suffered with a misaligned spine which was reportedly made severely worse following a surfing accident.

Former classmates have appeared to tell reporters that an operation went wrong and that this could have driven the Maryland man to the brink.

Who is Luigi Mangione?

MANGIONE, 26, was regarded as a beloved, clever and wealthy man by his family, friends and all who knew him.

He was born and raised in Maryland where he was valedictorian of his high school graduating class at Gilman School in Baltimore. 

He had no prior criminal history and was said to have been a model student, footballer and all-round athlete at high school.

One former student from the Gilman School told The U.S. Sun Mangione was "popular" and had a "big circle of friends."

The former student, who asked not to be identified, said: "We went to the same school but didn't really have the same friends. I'm really shocked by this whole thing.

"I think he played soccer, it was an all-boys school, so being a good athlete got you social currency for sure."

After, Mangione graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied Computer and Information Science, according to his LinkedIn profile.

He also got his masters from the Ivy League school.

Mangione was reportedly a data engineer at a car company in California before moving to Hawaii.

His cousin is also Republican Maryland House of Delegates member Nino Mangione.

Luigi Mangione's official mugshotCredit: Altoona Police
The person of interest cops were looking for
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His friends say a botched operation may have turned him 'crazy'Credit: The Mega Agency
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