Luigi Mangione’s mom spoke to feds simply hours earlier than he was arrested in Pennsylvania … telling the FBI the suspect bore considerably of a resemblance to her son.
The New York Publish reported … members of the Joint Violent Crimes Activity Drive questioned Kathleen Mangione late Sunday after the household reported Luigi lacking final month, previous to the homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
It was police in San Francisco — the place Luigi was reported lacking — who tipped off the feds that the suspected shooter and the lacking 26-year-old may very well be one and the identical.
Per the Publish … Kathleen was not 100% positive it was in reality her son from the surveillance footage that had been wildly circulated.
Luigi was nabbed the following morning whereas consuming at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania when prospects instructed an worker he seemed just like the man from the nationwide manhunt.
Kathleen reported him lacking mid-November … on the time telling police she hadn’t spoken to Luigi since July 1.
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For the reason that arrest … Luigi employed high-powered NY lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo to signify him as he faces homicide fees for the slaying of Thompson. His preliminary lawyer was Pennsylvania-based Thomas Dickey.
Luigi could also be extradited again to NYC as quickly as subsequent week.
