People are obsessing over the man charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO. Why?
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🗓️ 11 December 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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USA TODAY Wellness Reporter Charles Trepany takes a closer look at the fascination some have over a murder suspect.
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| 0:00.0 | Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's The Excerpt, ad-free right now. |
| 0:05.6 | Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app. |
| 0:12.4 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson. |
| 0:14.8 | And today is Wednesday, December 11, 2024. |
| 0:18.1 | This is the excerpt. |
| 0:26.0 | Today, we discuss why people are so fascinated by the murder suspect in the killing of health care CEO Brian Thompson, plus the latest from Syria and how more |
| 0:31.8 | workers are getting dry promotions. The suspect charged with murder and the killing of United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson |
| 0:40.7 | will fight extradition to New York. Luigi Mangione indicated that yesterday through his lawyer |
| 0:46.3 | at a court in Pennsylvania. He was denied bail, which the judge said he could contest as well |
| 0:51.4 | within 14 days. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office confirmed a USA today that it would seek a governor's |
| 0:57.4 | warrant for Mangione's extradition, and Mangione's lawyer made it clear he would oppose it. |
| 1:03.0 | Handcuffed and wearing an orange jumpsuit, Mangione arrived at the courthouse in a police vehicle |
| 1:07.4 | and yelled out a statement that appeared to include the phrase, quote, |
| 1:11.0 | completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people, unquote, |
| 1:16.0 | as sheriff's deputies led him away. Meanwhile, some people are obsessing over the murder suspect. |
| 1:22.2 | Why? I spoke with USA Today wellness reporter Charles Trepany for more. |
| 1:27.2 | Hello, Charles. Thanks for making |
| 1:28.5 | some time on this. Hi, thanks for having me. So let's just kind of start with the basics, Charles, |
| 1:33.5 | for folks who maybe need to catch up. Who is Luigi Mangione? And what have we learned about this |
| 1:38.2 | suspect? He was arrested in a McDonald's in Pennsylvania after he was recognized and people |
| 1:43.6 | alerted authorities. He's currently |
| 1:45.4 | being detained. How are some people really showing this fascination or obsession that you |
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