The New York Police Department (NYPD) and Altoona Police Department (APD) did not immediately respond to press inquiries from The Pennsylvania Daily Star seeking answers regarding the authenticity of the alleged leak of the handwritten “manifesto” reportedly found in the backpack of Luigi Mangione, who has been charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The FBI referred The Daily Star to the NYPD.
Independent reporter Ken Klippenstein on Tuesday reported he “obtained a copy of suspected killer Luigi Mangione’s manifesto,” stating, “Major media outlets are also in possession of the document but have refused to publish it and not even articulated a reason why.”
According to Klippenstein, outlets that have obtained the manifesto he published include The New York Times, CNN, and ABC.
The writings published by Klippenstein appear to be transcribed from the three-page, handwritten document authorities say they found with Mangione at the time of his arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania, but despite the apparently widespread leak of the alleged killer’s writings to the media, no law enforcement agency contacted by The Daily Star confirmed they are in possession of the physical pages.
The NYPD, FBI, and APD similarly did not answer whether digital images have been captured of the three pages, which law enforcement agencies are in possession of such files if they exist, or whether they were leaked by law enforcement to members of the press.
The Daily Star additionally filed Right to Know requests with APD, seeking both an inventory list from the arrest and body-worn camera footage from responding officers, but has yet to receive a response.
The manifesto published by Klippenstein is addressed, “To the Feds,” and claims the author was working alone.
“I do apologize for any strife of traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming,” Mangione allegedly wrote. “A reminder: the US has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy.”
After declaring United and other companies “have simply gotten too powerful,” and accusing them of abusing “our country for immense profit because the American public has allowed them to get away with it,” the author framed the killing of Thompson as the result of “power games at play.”
“But many have illuminated the corruption and greed (e.g.: Rosenthal, Moore), decades ago and the problems simply remain.” The author wrote, “It is not an issue of awareness at this point, but clearly power games at play. Evidently I am the first to face it with such brutal honesty.”
Klippenstein did not immediately respond to inquiries from The Daily Star about the provenance of the manifesto he published.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Luigi Mangione Arrested” by Altoona Police Department.
