Luigi Mangione: New details emerge about suspect in high-profile US killing [Video]

Months before UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot to death on a Manhattan sidewalk, suspect Luigi Mangione went dark and loved ones desperately tried to find him.

They reached out to former classmates and posted pleas on social media for any word on his whereabouts.

Rumours about his disappearance began circulating among his former classmates.

After months of silence and growing worry from his family and friends, Mangione finally resurfaced Monday when he was captured by police in Pennsylvania as the suspect in Thompson’s killing.

Authorities said he was carrying a backpack containing a ghost gun, fake IDs, and a notebook and other writings detailing his grievances with the health care system.

Until he disappeared, the high-achieving young man from a prominent Baltimore family had led what many would consider a charmed life, finishing as valedictorian at an elite Maryland high school and travelling the world after graduating from the …