THE suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin has been receiving a stream of letters and hundreds of gifts from morbid fans glorifying his meticulous killing.
Luigi Mangione, 26, is being held in a tiny 15-by-6-foot brick wall jail cell in Pennsylvania, isolated from the general public since being arrested on December 9 for the murder of chief healthcare executive Brian Thompson.
Thompson was assassinated in cold blood outside the Hilton hotel in a bustling area of Midtown Manhattan on December 4.
Mangione, who was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on 11 criminal counts, including first-degree murder, is being held without bail as he awaits extradition to New York City.
However, the extensive media coverage and publicity of Mangione’s alleged crimes have aroused a pack of ghastly fans who have praised and even financially supported the suspected assassin from behind bars.
Mangione, who is being held in the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, has received at least 153 deposits into his commissary account, according to The Baltimore Banner.
Inmates use money deposited in their commissary accounts to buy items in prison and jail shops, including food, drinks, personal care products, and clothing.
An anonymous online fundraiser on GiveSendGo has raised nearly $150,000 for Mangione’s legal defense.
‘FROM SPAIN WITH LOVE’
The group responsible for the fundraiser gushed in an update about sending Mangione a letter and boasting about raising over $30,000 for his defense funds.
“The letter is on its way! Here’s what we wrote,” the statement read.
“Dear Luigi Mangione, you are going through a lot right now, but we wanted to let you know that we set up a legal defense fund for you and we have received over $30,000 and counting,” the group wrote in the letter,
The note continued by saying the donations came with “hundreds of messages of support for you.”
Hundreds of donors left comments under their contributions to Mangione, with one writing, “Words can’t begin to express how much, We The People, value and respect your sacrifice that shined a bright light onto the corruptive, abusive and lethal healthcare system.”
“Luigi, hang in there,” a second said after contributing $10.
Another shockingly commented under their $50 donation, “From Spain with love.”
The top donor contributed $1,300 to Mangione’s legal defense fundraiser.
New York City Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch condemned the people who praised Mangione’s actions as heroic during a press conference on Tuesday.
“There is no heroism in what Mangione did,” Tisch said.
“This was a senseless act of violence. It was a cold and calculated crime that stole a life and put New Yorkers at risk,” Tisch said.
“We don’t celebrate murders, and we don’t lionize the killing of anyone.”
‘FREE LUIGI’
Mangione’s fellow cellmates have also expressed their support for the suspect assassin, protesting against his supposed harsh incarceration conditions.
Inmates at the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon interrupted NewsNation reporter Alex Caprariello’s on-air reporting outside the jail complex on December 11, shouting “Free Luigi” from inside their cells.
Caprariello returned to the jail at 10 pm for host Ashleigh Banfield, who, from her newsdesk, asked the inmates questions.
When asked if Mangione had a TV in his cell, prisoners screamed “no” and flickered their lights to signal they had received Bandfield’s questions.
At one point, one prisoner was heard yelling, “Luigi’s conditions suck,” while another shouted, “Free Luigi.”
When Banfield read the prison’s menu for the day and asked if the food was good, a chorus of inmates screamed “terrible” and “BS.”
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