On the one year anniversary of the murder of United Healthcare CEO...
Lorena O'Neil@lorenaoneil
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Dec 04, 2025
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On the one year anniversary of the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, prime suspect Luigi Mangione will be back in Manhattan court for day three of his suppression hearing.
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There's a bigger police presence than normal outside of the NY State Supreme Court in Manhattan today
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Here's my recap of day one of the suppression hearings: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
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On day two we heard from one of the arresting officers who first responded to the McDonalds 911 call: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
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ICYMI I did a deep dive into Mangione's life and upbringing back in the spring, here's my story for @RollingStone: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
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@RollingStone And last week I published a look at Luigi Mangione's most fervent supporters: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
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@RollingStone Prosecution and defense have arrived
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@RollingStone Luigi Mangione has walked in, grey suit looks like white button down shirt
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@RollingStone Photographers let up to take pictures of him
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@RollingStone Come to order, Judge Carro arrived.
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@RollingStone Mangione looks back, smiles hello at Sofia Agnifilo
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@RollingStone Carro asks attorneys to approach the bench.
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@RollingStone LM watching the attorneys speaking to the judge, leans forward
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@RollingStone Al Baker called up to the front, I'm assuming this is about the sealing of evidence the press is contesting.
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@RollingStone I am not sure though, we are waiting to hear. On Tuesday a reporter was thrown out of court when she stood up to object to the sealing of evidence the defense argued would prejudice Mangione. Usually the press is allowed to be heard/object. Baker walks away from the front.
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@RollingStone DAs call up Officer Tyler Frye, the second police officer who initially responded to the McDonalds 911 call. He was with Detwiler who was training him on traffic law.
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@RollingStone LM watches as Frye is sworn in.
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@RollingStone Frye says he's a "little bit" nervous. He's 26-years-old and has been with Altoona two years, was a parole officer before then. (Jan 2 2024 is when he started at Altoona PD)
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@RollingStone The defense is seated differently than before. Usually it's been, from left to right, KFA, Marc, Mangione, J Kaplan. Today it's J. Kaplan, Marc, Mangione, KFA.
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@RollingStone LM takes his yellow note paper out of the envelope and is looking down and reading it, flipping through the pages
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@RollingStone LM jotting down notes, KFA looking over his shoulder as he writes.
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@RollingStone LM still head down, writing notes. Seidemann is questioning Frye and the bodycam footage from the cops arriving at the Altoona McDonald's on Dec. 9 is playing on the courtroom monitors
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@RollingStone "He's back here." we hear someone say as they walk in (in footage)
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@RollingStone About 21 members of the public here today. Someone asked me if there are empty rows in court and yes there are a few.
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@RollingStone We're watching Frye run the fake NJ Mark Rosario ID. LM still taking notes. Looks up at courtroom monitor briefly then starts writing again
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@RollingStone In the footage, LM asks the police officer "What's going on?" he explains they were called because he looked suspicious. "I mean I’m just trying to use the wifi.” -LM
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@RollingStone I can't remember if I mentioned this but when they approached LM he had a laptop in his lap
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@RollingStone 9:34:49, same song, LM munching on hashbrown holding it in his right hand. "What brought you to Altoona from Jersey? What's here?" "I havent been to Jersey for a little bit." Another hash brown bite.
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@RollingStone "He knows if you've been bad or good" lyrics play 9:36 LM keeps eating hashbrown. "My receipt from's 8:55. They should have just told me I would have gotten up and left"
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@RollingStone IRL LM is jotting down notes.
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@RollingStone We are now at the part where Detwiler tells LM the steak sandwich is his favorite and LM responds, "It's good."
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@RollingStone LM gives Detwiler a small smile after he asks him "What should I do next time?" (referring to why police got called). His beanie is still on, he's eating the sandwich now. 9:39 Jingle Bell Rock starts
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@RollingStone IRL LM watches the courtroom monitor as Detwiler whistles along to Jingle Bell Rock and video LM keeps eating his sandwich, yellow wrapper in his lap. He puts it up on the table as another officer arrives to take ID from Detwiler. 9:41:01
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@RollingStone "Did you ever tell him he was under arrest?" No. "Did you ever tell him he wasn't free to leave?" No.
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@RollingStone 9:41:13 We see Detwiler grab the black backpack from the ground and move it. IRL LM starts jotting down notes. He goes back and starts reading his notes, which are written in two columns it looks like.
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@RollingStone 9:42, LM is sitting with his arms crossed and no longer has the beanie on. Officer McCoy "Do you have any weapons on you? Is this your property here?" McCoy moves the backpack on to the other table. We see him pick up laptop and move to other table.
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@RollingStone 9:43 seconds, "Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh"
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@RollingStone "Do you know what all this nonsense is about?" - McCoy "We're going to find out I guess" -LM
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@RollingStone I can't really hear the mumbling on screen, LM smiles up at McCoy but keeps his arms crossed. McCoy moves the CVS bag to the other table
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@RollingStone More police officers are arriving at the scene 9:45. LM is calmly sitting with his arms crossed, back against the corner of the wall. Looking down. "Walking in a winter wonderland" playing but it's a different version than original.
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@RollingStone On screen LM shifts around in his seat, Detwiler walks up to him "You're under official police investigation right now." Tells him he shouldn't give another false name again, LM tells him his real name. M-A-N ... G-I ... O-N-E
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@RollingStone "I clearly shouldn't have." -LM when asked why he lied. Asked again "That was the ID I had in my wallet." You had a fake ID someone asks? He nods and says yes. Someone says mirandize him. Detwiler walks over and does that. LM keeps his arms crossed with back to wall
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@RollingStone Detwiler asks if he understands the Miranda warning "Yes, sir," LM says with a nod. He's very solemn. IRL Karen is whispering to Luigi as footage plays.
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@RollingStone It's hard to hear what LM is saying but he has his hands up against the wall to the left. He mentions he has a pocket knife on him.
"Can I take off my jacket sir?" (they don't let him, put his hands back and cuff him)
"Can I take off my jacket sir?" (they don't let him, put his hands back and cuff him)
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@RollingStone I'll be home for Christmas starts playing as they cuff him. IRL KFA and LM whispering to each other.
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@RollingStone We see a pocket knife folded up on the table 9:51:42
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@RollingStone "When Detwiler frisked the defendant did he recover anything?" "He did not." - Frye This is now 9:51:24 seconds (mistyped before)
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@RollingStone That was in reference to the first frisk. The knife was found on the second frisk. Frye picks up the knife and puts it with his other property. The DA employee comes up in a black hoodie and light baseball hat and takes a photo of LM with his phone
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@RollingStone "Ever been in trouble before?" - officer asks LM. He shakes his head no.
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@RollingStone They can't read the officer's handwriting and LM respells his last name, cop realize it had been wrong originally and corrects it to dispatch
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@RollingStone LM stands with his chin up, kind of swaying back and forth while cuffed. A lot of police are now at McDonald's.
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@RollingStone The only thing in front of LM on the table at McD is a blue medical mask, napkins, brown paper McD bag with receipt on front and the brown beanie. (That I can see... I never saw jar of peanut butter, must have missed it)
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@RollingStone 9:56:30 "Can I ask why there are so many cops here? - LM "We're just trying to figure it out." -McCoy
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@RollingStone Sleigh bells ring. Are you listening? (Now it's the regular walking in a winter wonderland playing.) LM stands, chin up with hands cuffed behind him.
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@RollingStone 9:58 “Anything in that bag I should know about?” - Fox. I don't see/hear a response from LM. Cops start going through LM's property, Fox and Wasser (sp). Frye reaches into LM's right pocket and pulls out black glove, jar of peanut butter
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@RollingStone The jar of peanut butter looks like it was maybe Skippy? teal blue? I don't know hard to tell. They pull a string out of another pocket. Holly Jolly Christmas playing as they peel back LM's jacket layers.
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@RollingStone We are watching I think Frye's bodycam footage as they search LM, we are not really seeing his property being searched it's off to the right of the camera angle.
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@RollingStone By golly, have a holly jolly Christmas this year playing as LM is led outside of the McDonald's 10:55am
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@RollingStone We are getting another bodycam view of the search pulled up. LM leans toward left and says something to Marc. Left hand, two fingers and thumb on chin. He whispers again to Marc who is responding.
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@RollingStone We are watching muted footage from Detwiler, audio starts at 9:58 back to Fox(?) asking LM anything in that bag I should know about. Lots of cops looking on. LM's blue and white Hawaiian floral print wallet taken out of left jacket. To his right on the table backpack searched
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@RollingStone I think McCoy is searching front of LM while Detwiler is to his left and Frye is to his right. Wasser(sp?) and Fox are searching his bag. McCoy finds a piece of paper folded up multiple times and places it on LM table near beanie
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@RollingStone LM faces forward, solemn and chin up, we can see his black scarf (thing that skiers use I cant remember the name around his neck) as he's searched. IRL LM sipping water
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@RollingStone New angle we haven't seen before. McCoy's camera as he is picking up McDonald's trash on table and starts putting it away. "We can take him in for custody" - McCoy says, citing PA law about forgery
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@RollingStone 9:59:05 McCoy called into dispatch and marked LM in custody. LM is about two feet away from backpack which is starting to be searched by Wasser. He glances over to his right while they unzip then faces forward again. IRL LM whispering to KFA
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@RollingStone Christy Waffer wearing blue gloves as she's searching. LM kind of looks over to the backpack search and then shakes his head a little and faces forward while the three cops search him.
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@RollingStone Sorry Christy Wasser wearing blue gloves as searching backpack with Fox.
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@RollingStone LM faces forward and then looks over briefly to right again as they search. IRL LM keeps talking to KFA.
"This is from a long time ago" I hear a cop say onscreen. Don't know about what.
"This is from a long time ago" I hear a cop say onscreen. Don't know about what.
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@RollingStone 10:53 McCoy has walked over to the backpack search. LM eyebrows furled looking over at Seidemann questioning Frye about whether or not there was conversation in the car while he drives LM over to station "Very little"
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@RollingStone Frye says LM asked for officers names in car. "I believe he apologized for the inconvenience caused at McDonald’s" Frye said he responded by telling LM the fake ID was "ridiculous" Five min recess, LM led out side door.
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@RollingStone Come to order. LM walks in cuffed. stretches his hands when cuffs are removed. Still sitting between the Agnifilos.
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@RollingStone Prior to the break the supporters had two rows on the right (behind defense) and one on left (behind prosecution). Now most of them on left, presumably to get better diagonal views of LM. There's about 21 today, many in green
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@RollingStone One supporter is wearing an "Italians do it better" shirt, another "People for Luigi Mangione". The police officers have some of the press move up a row so that there's an empty row between public and press on the left. (Already empty between those on the right)
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@RollingStone Now Frye is talking about jewelry not permitted for detainees, specifically asked about a necklace. Austin Homan bodycam footage starts on screen (he was the turnkey officer at Altoona)
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@RollingStone Ambulance on screen was there for "a homeless gentleman that was throwing a fit" according to Frye. This is the man we see later on being escorted out by paramedics as LM being searched again at the station.
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@RollingStone We see LM's shoes off and placed underneath the table at the intake area as an officer fills out a form. "We were given two different names" so they are asking if someone has a real name on him.
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@RollingStone LM still has all of his jackets on, zipped open. He is placed up against the wall of the precinct, on screen we see him glancing over his right shoulder back at a police officer speaking. "What is your name?" Luigi. Luigi what? Mangione.
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@RollingStone The medical patient is removed. "No they have the passport."-LM "It's in the bag?" -police "Yeah"-LM
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@RollingStone Ask LM for his DOB and if he knows his social security . "Yes sir." (muted for privacy) He says he's right-handed. "What color are your eyes?" "Um, brown."
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@RollingStone We can't see LM it's facing the shoes which are sneakers, white black and maybe grey with red/orange inside. Cop tells him he can only have one jacket on 10:13:57
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@RollingStone I think they are taking his jacket layers off. He's now in blue sweater. He's like pulling out his blue longsleeve shirt and kind of like moving it around, maybe to air it out. They are trying to get him down to one layer.
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@RollingStone IRL LM is making notes. "You married at all?" No. "Single?" Yeah. You have all your teeth? Mmmhmm. military service? no have you been arrested before? No
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@RollingStone LM instructed by Frye to remove necklace. "What was on the necklace?" "A USB." "Where did he place it?" "On the table." Has watch and placed it on table.
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@RollingStone "What's your home address?" "Umm.." pause. "Or somewhere you get mail?" [mute/redacted as Luigi responds] Bodycam footage still facing down at form. "Are you employed anywhere?" "Not currently" Do you have any scars marks or tattoos?
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@RollingStone Wasser comes up and tells someone they found a gun.
10:16:26 Is that the only scar? Any other tattoos? Do you have an emergency contact. Umm... pause.. "No." Do you have any medical conditions. [can't see if responds] Any medications you're on? "No."
10:16:26 Is that the only scar? Any other tattoos? Do you have an emergency contact. Umm... pause.. "No." Do you have any medical conditions. [can't see if responds] Any medications you're on? "No."
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@RollingStone LM leans on wall. He's taking off his pants and there are blue jeans underneath. Blue peanut butter jar on table. Really almost positive it is Skippy. He's cuffed again now in his blue long sleeve shirt and blue jeans
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@RollingStone IRL LM holds his left hand two fingers to his neck and watches the courtroom monitor. "{What are you doing there?" Asks Seidelmann. "Unshackling the defendants legs" why were yo udoing that "to get him down to one layer of clothing"
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@RollingStone "Which do you prefer your long johns or your blue jeans?" "Blue jeans" - responds LM "You're going to have to switch 'em" says the cop. "Okay." You can only have one pair "I can't do that without my hands." Cop helps LM take his jeans off and he has black leggings on.
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@RollingStone LM is still cuffed as screen is blurred and they change his pants. He is spelling his last name once again.
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@RollingStone Cop walks up, says they can take LM's handcuffs off him. He has his hands up on the wall in front of him. Light blue (boxers?) blurred out at the bottom and they are talking about doing an in-depth search. In-depth search means he'd bd taken into another room naked. no body cams
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@RollingStone Frye says they don't do in-depth searches very often. On screen. someone says something like he had multiple pants on "Do you want one?"
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@RollingStone On screen LM has kind of an awkward expression on as they talk about the indepth search. Bodycam is muted. Then LM takes off his long sleeve blue shirt and is maybe just in boxers. Homan steps outside of door to make sure nobody comes in.
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@RollingStone Footage now of Homan outside of Altoona PD looking at rainy parking lot. Presumably, LM being searched inside. IRL LM takes notes.
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@RollingStone We hear cop outside cough and spit then reurn inside as LM has long sleeve shirt on and jeans and is barefoot. Ask him again for an emergency contact and another officer says he didnt have one. They ask him something else and he gives his mom's name. Kathy Mangione.
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@RollingStone Is that where she actually lives? "I don't know the new address." [LM's family had moved over the summer.]
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@RollingStone I think the something else they asked him was if something were to happen to him who they could contact. They also asked him to spell her last name and he said same as mine and then he had to re-spell it again.
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@RollingStone What was your last employer? TrueCar. It's a software engineering company." unemployed how long has that been since. Like about a year.
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@RollingStone "The homeless man that was taken out defecated in the cell and we were not going to put the defendant in that cell." Sounds like they called him poopy pants on video. Someone adds: "His poop pants are still in the hallway."
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@RollingStone After handing LM black socks he puts on and discussing what cell to put him in, we see LM led out. Now Detwiler's bodycam footage starts from when LM gets to station.
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@RollingStone To clarify the mom's address thing, LM's parents moved away from his childhood home to a new house in (if I'm remembering correctly) summer 2024, which is likely why he didn't have the new address memorized. He had given the old address then they asked if she still lived there
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@RollingStone ICYMI LM had been estranged from his family prior to his arrest, his mom had filled out a missing person's report in November saying she hadn't spoken to him since July. She filed it in SF, where she thought his last employer was based.
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@RollingStone More on that, including my interview with the SF officer who identified him as UHC suspect from missing person's report: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…