The 26-year-old, the main suspect in the murder of the head of the US social security giant, had with him a handwritten manifesto expressing his anger at the sector, a police officer revealed today.
“I read this manifesto (…) It is handwritten. He’s hinting that he’s angry with the health care system in the US.” explained New York City Police Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenney on ABC’s Good Morning America.
“More specifically, Mangioni explains that the health care system is the most expensive in the world, while the life expectancy of an American is in 42nd place worldwide. He wrote a lot about his disdain for corporate America and especially the healthcare industry.”he added.
One day, the president and CEO of UnitedHealthCare, there are still many questions about the suspect’s motives. Maggioni comes from a wealthy family and studied engineering at a private university in Pennsylvania.
Mangioni was arrested at a McDonald’s store in Altoona, about 500 kilometers west of New York. A Pennsylvania court ordered his pretrial detention, pending his transfer to New York.
The mysterious X-ray
The police are concerned about the photo of an X-ray that the suspect had posted on his profile on the X platform.
According to reports, Mangioni had undergone surgery on his back and was in excruciating pain.
Last Wednesday morning, the suspect approached , 50, and shot him in cold blood outside a Manhattan hotel. The killing was caught on security cameras.
Thomson’s death caused a lot of emotion but also a lot of hateful comments against US health insurance programs. Some users on social networking sites expressed anger at the for-profit system, accusing the companies of getting rich off the backs of patients.
“We don’t kill people in cold blood for political reasons or to make a point,” said Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro.
