The mother of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who was arrested last week for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, filed a missing person’s report in San Francisco weeks before his arrest. Kathleen Mangione reported her son missing to the SFPD on November 18, after she had not heard from him since July.
According to a police source close to the investigation, Kathleen Mangione reported her last communication with her son was on July 1, 2024. She told the authorities that her son worked for TrueCar, a company based in Santa Monica, assigning him to San Francisco at 124 Montgomery Street. But it has since emerged the location she mentioned is permanently closed, and the main line has been disconnected.
In the missing persons report, Kathleen said she had no idea where her son hung out in the city. There were no reports of threats or medical issues. A second source said that, despite the gravity of the claim, San Francisco police still need to follow up with Mangione. The police have not released further information on the investigation, and it is not known if at that time they linked his disappearance to any criminal activity.
A TrueCar spokesperson told the San Francisco Chronicle that Mangione hadn’t worked for the company since 2023. As of Tuesday, his active LinkedIn profile still showed him working as a data engineer at TrueCar, and police said he was living in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was not clear if he had been working from home or elsewhere.
Mangione’s moves since his arrest on Monday are shrouded in light when he was taken to police custody at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s on firearms charges, later to be brought into custody for the murder of a New York City man. According to police, this New York City man, by the name of Brian Thompson, was gunned down last week. Cops said Mangione has connections to San Francisco, but they would not define exactly what those were.
Stanford University’s spokesperson told CNN that Mangione had indeed worked as a head counselor in its Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies from May to September 2019. However, faculty members at the program could not speak to CNN about whether they knew Mangione personally.
Before the murder charges, Mangione had brushes with law enforcement. In November 2023, he was cited for trespassing at the Nuuanu Pali Lookout in Honolulu, where he was fined after pleading no contest to the misdemeanor charge.
Following his arrest, Mangione’s family reacted with shock and devastation. A cousin, Delegate Nino Mangione, issued a statement extending the family’s prayers to the Thompson family while asking for prayers for everyone involved in the tragedy.
As the investigation into Brian Thompson’s murder continues, piece by piece, a picture of Mangione’s background and connections begins to emerge, including the alleged ties to San Francisco and Honolulu.
