Luigi Mangione, the suspect at the center of the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting, has received over 100 pieces of mail just over a week after he was taken into custody.
A spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections confirmed the news to The Independent.
As of Thursday morning, Mangione has received 54 emails, 87 pieces of mail and 163 deposits into his commissary account, an account that allows inmates to purchase items from behind bars.
The suspect was being held in pre-trial detention at a state correctional facility in Huntingdon before he was extradited to New York, where he is facing a murder charge in connection with the killing of Brian Thompson, the healthcare company’s CEO.
The alleged assassin has drawn wide attention from internet admirers after he was taken into custody at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. After his arrest, his Pennsylvania attorney told reporters he declined offers to fund Mangione’s legal bills. Even so, his supporters have managed to raise over $100,000 for a defense fund.
Mangione appeared in court on Thursday, where he waived his right to extradition. He’s now being transported to New York to face charges of murder in the first degree in furtherance of terrorism and two counts of murder in the second degree.
Upon his arrest, Pennsylvania officials hit him with charges of forgery, firearms not to be carried without a license, tampering with records or identification, possessing instruments of crime and false identification to law enforcement authorities.
This is a developing story…