Overview
- Recent coverage citing The New York Times reports that Luigi Mangione told friends via WhatsApp he was assaulted by a group of transgender women in Bangkok in March 2024 and shared a photo of scratches on his arm.
- Accounts from travelers and a Japanese innkeeper describe Mangione backpacking through Thailand, Japan and India, spending days in Tenkawa writing in a journal and expressing surprise at lower medical costs abroad.
- Prosecutors obtained journal entries from August 2024 in which Mangione allegedly wrote he "finally" felt confident about what he planned to do and referenced learning more about UnitedHealthcare; police also recovered shell casings engraved "delay," "deny" and "depose."
- Mangione has pleaded not guilty and remains held in New York on federal and state charges; federal prosecutors have noticed intent to seek the death penalty, and a New York judge last month removed terror-related counts, leaving a second-degree murder charge at the state level.
- Newsweek reports his next New York state court date is December 1 and his next federal appearance is January 9, as defense attorneys press motions arguing prejudicial public commentary and seeking to dismiss the indictment or strike the death-penalty notice.