Brian Thompson assassin ‘planned to throw MONOPOLY MONEY over CEO’s body as backpack stuffed with fake cash found’
According to a forensic psychiatrist, the assassin of Brian Thompson intended to cover the CEO’s body with the Monopoly money that was discovered in his backpack.
In a frightening event captured on CCTV, the 50-year-old UnitedHealthcare CEO was slain in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday.
According to police, the gunman left his suitcase behind when he was leaving New York after being spotted at a bus stop.
Police searched Central Park, discovered what they thought was the shooter’s rucksack stuck between two rocks close to the carousel, and examined a suspected suspect’s burner phone.
The backpack included monopoly money and a blazer, according to sources close to the investigation who spoke to Bloomberg and NBC News.
Whether the jacket is the same one that was on the suspect during the attack has not been verified.
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Dr. Carole Lieberman, a forensic psychiatrist, thinks the strange object found provides a disturbing clue to the killer’s mental state as the manhunt for the murderer continues.
On the bullets the murderer used to kill Thompson in cold blood, forensics teams found a terrifying message.
According to reports, live rounds and shot casings at the scene had the words “deny,” “depose,” and “defend.”
According to Dr. Lieberman, the hints are deliberate and ominous, serving as a critique of UnitedHealthcare and its operations.
“The Monopoly money sends messages that UnitedHealthcare is a monopoly and that it is a ripoff that steals money from patients to pay its executives millions,” she told The Daily Beast.
“He may have planned to scatter the Monopoly money around the CEO’s body after he shot him, but he forgot to take the bills out of his backpack.”
The idea that the culprit had long-standing problems with UnitedHealthcare is supported by Dr. Lieberman’s opinions regarding the murder.
“This wasn’t just about taking a life,” she continued.
“This was about sending a message – a deeply twisted, deeply calculated one.”
It has been disclosed that the residences of CEO Thompson’s family were the subject of a “suspected swatting” just hours after he was murdered on the streets of New York City.
According to the Maple Grove Police Department, early on Wednesday evening, they got “a report of a bomb threat” involving two residences.
According to Hennepin County property records obtained by The Minnesota Star Tribune, the late Thompson owned one house, and his wife Paulette owned the other.
Police stated that the case “is considered an active investigation, while the incident appears to be a hoax” and that “no devices or suspicious items were located during the investigation.”
An unsettling email claiming that Thompson’s home was the site of a deadly pipe bomb was sent to the City Attorney of Maple Grove.
However, the sent bomb squad cleared Thompson’s wife’s neighboring house and discovered no bomb.
An ID for the alleged murderer will be released “in days,” according to an FBI chief.
As of right now, authorities don’t know who the suspect is or where he is, only his appearance.
Only two pictures of the suspect’s entire face were previously made public. One of those pictures showed him checking into a hostel a few days prior to the shooting and removing his mask to mingle with the receptionist.
However, recent images depict a man gazing through the partition of what looks to be a taxi in New York City while sporting a blue medical mask and a black sweatshirt.
The man is on the sidewalk in the second picture, which is taken from inside a car.
Once more, he is dressed in a black puffer jacket, a hood over his head, and a face mask.
A veteran FBI profiler, however, thinks the assassin may soon be identified and doesn’t think he can remain at large.
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“I think we’re going to know who this is within a matter of a few more days, if that,” Mary Ellen O’Toole told CNN.
There are far more people than him.
“They will find the information that identifies him if they have that much muscle behind them.
“The ability to stand up against that kind of an investigation, one person can t do it, no matter how arrogant you are.”
The NYPD and FBI have offered prizes for information that leads to an arrest in the case as police call for more information.
When the FBI joined on Friday, the initial $10,000 offer from New York police to anyone with important information on the culprit was increased to up to $50,000.
The Atlanta Police Department’s revelation on Friday that they had entered the probe further strengthened it.
It follows the suspect’s association with the state.
He reportedly took a Greyhound bus from Atlanta to New York City in November, and he reportedly took a bus back to Atlanta following the assassination.
Although a motive has not yet been disclosed, authorities think Thompson was “specifically targeted” in the murder.
According to an expert, this statements inscribed on the bullet casings may have been “for show” and related to the shooter’s weapons malfunction.
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The murderer calmly fired the lethal rounds that struck Thompson in the leg and back while holding the gun in both hands.
Detectives think the assassin may have used a rare WW2 spy gun with 9mm bullets, therefore police are trying to determine what kind of handgun he used.
Timeline of Brian Thompson’s murder
The 50-year-old CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, was shot and killed, and his killer is being sought desperately.
Here is everything we now know regarding Thompson’s murder.
December 2: Thompson leaves his Minnesota home to drive to New York City for a Midtown Manhattan investor gathering.
At 6:45 a.m. on December 4, Thompson crosses the street from his hotel to the New York Hilton Midtown, where he is killed by a masked shooter. The culprit was spotted riding away toward Central Park after the execution was captured on camera. A citywide search for the assassin is started by police.
Later that morning on December 4, news surfaced that Thompson, the CEO of the biggest private healthcare provider in America, had been shot. Police posted graphic pictures of the execution, promised a reward for information, and pleaded with New Yorkers to keep an eye out.
Paulette, Thompson’s estranged wife, disclosed on the afternoon of December 4 that her husband had been threatened before to his shooting.
On the afternoon of December 4, police published further unsettling pictures of the suspect placing an order at Starbucks, some of which showed his face. It’s unclear when he visited, but the U.S. Sun revealed the coffee shop was only two blocks from the shooting.
December 5, morning: According to reports, the assassin left behind live shots and shell casings with the phrases “deny,” “dispose,” and “defend” etched on them. The book Delay, Deny, Defend, which discusses the shortcomings of the healthcare sector, is echoed in these remarks.Regarding the reports, the book’s author had nothing to say.
The suspect is believed to have stayed at a hostel in New York City’s Upper West Side, which is raided by police early on December 5. He is thought to have spent the majority of his time there wearing a mask.
A person of interest in Thompson’s murder is depicted in the morning of December 5. Even though he is wearing a hood in the picture, a bright smile can be seen on his entire face. The probe has yet to result in any arrests.
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