Luigi Mangione had lost touch with his family in the months before his arrest. In fact, he was reported missing by his mother Kathleen Mangione on Nov. 18, weeks before the 26-year-old was arrested at a Pennsylvania McDonald's and charged with the Dec.
4 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson , according to a missing persons report obtained by NBC News . Kathleen filed the report in San Francisco , with the document stating that she had last spoken to Luigi on July 1 and that he had been working for True Car, a car retail website. However, the report noted that that location was "permanently closed" and the "main number disconnected.
" It also added that "Kathleen does not know where Luigi frequents." Shortly after his Dec. 9 arrest, his family issued a statement obtained by NBC News, saying they were astonished by the news, but only knew what they had "read in the media.
" "Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi's arrest," they continued. "We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved." The Mangiones' attorney David B.
Irwin issued a followup statement to TMZ , saying that his family loves Luigi and they " wish him the best." Their lawyer noted that his relatives still do not "know all the facts," and are keeping up with the Ivy League grad's case through what they "read in the papers." As for Luigi, in addition to his murder charge in New York, he was also charged in Pennsylvania with the criminal possession of a.
