Luigi Mangione, the prep school valedictorian and University of Pennsylvania alumnus from a wealthy Maryland family who is now charged with the ambush murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is drawing comparisons to Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.
“Both sent messages through their violent killings,” said John Kelly, a criminal profiler and the president of System to Apprehend Lethal Killers. “The Unabomber sent a message to and about the technology industry and how it would destroy the country.”
Kaczynski’s case was the first that Kelly worked. The Unabomber, FBI shorthand for the university and airline bomber, sent 16 bombs over a span of nearly 20 years, including one that exploded on a plane after it reached a certain altitude.
“The UnitedHealthcare suspect sent his message to the insurance industry, and I don’t think it would be his last if he didn’t get caught,” he added…