Luigi Mangione’s notes to self: ‘Pluck eyebrows,’ ‘Keep momentum, FBI slower overnight’

By MICHAEL R SISAK NEW YORK AP Pluck eyebrows Buy less conspicuous shoes Take a bus or a train west toward Cincinnati and St Louis Move around late at night Stay away from surveillance cameras A to-do list and progress plans determined during Luigi Mangione s arrest and revealed in court this week shed new light on the actions he may have taken or planned to take to avoid capture after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson s killing last year Keep momentum FBI slower overnight disclosed one note Change hat shoes pluck eyebrows explained another The notes including a hand-drawn map and tactics for surviving on the lam were shown on Monday at a pretrial hearing as Mangione s bid to prevent prosecutors from using evidence seized during his Dec arrest at a McDonald s in Altoona Pennsylvania Excerpts of body-worn camera footage of the arrest previously unseen by the press or the community were issued on Tuesday FILE This image taken from video issued by Pennsylvania State Police shows Luigi Mangione a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson at a McDonald s in Altoona Pa on Dec Pennsylvania State Police via AP This image taken from video published by Pennsylvania State Police shows Luigi Mangione a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson at a McDonald s in Altoona Pa on Dec Pennsylvania State Police via AP Show Caption of FILE This image taken from video published by Pennsylvania State Police shows Luigi Mangione a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson at a McDonald s in Altoona Pa on Dec Pennsylvania State Police via AP Expand Police commented they discovered the notes in Mangione s backpack along with a mm handgun that prosecutors declared matches the one used to kill Thompson five days earlier a loaded gun magazine and silencer and a notebook in similar handwriting which he purportedly described his intent to wack a robustness insurance executive Mangione s lawyers haven t disputed the authenticity of the notes or the provenance of the gun pocket knife fake ID driver s license passport credit cards AirPods protein bar movement toothpaste flash drives and other items seized from him and his backpack But they argue that anything detected in the bag should be barred because police didn t have a search warrant and lacked the grounds to justify a warrantless search Prosecutors contend the search was legal officers declared they were checking for a bomb and that police eventually obtained a warrant The notes along with other evidence highlighted at the pretrial hearing underscore that Mangione s stop in Altoona a city of about people about miles west of Manhattan was only meant to be temporary One note mentioned to check for red eyes from Pittsburgh to Columbus Ohio or part way to Cincinnati get off early it reads The map drawn below shows lines linking those cities as well as other workable destinations including Detroit Indianapolis and St Louis Thompson was killed as he walked to a Manhattan hotel for his company s investor conference on Dec Surveillance video demonstrated a masked gunman shooting him from behind and then fleeing the area Over the next hours and days police issued photos of a suspect first showing him in a mask and hooded coat and then his face and thick eyebrows Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges The pretrial hearing which resumes for a sixth day on Thursday applies only to the state situation His lawyers are making a similar push to exclude the evidence from his federal situation where prosecutors are seeking the death penalty NEW YORK NEW YORK DECEMBER Luigi Mangione appears with defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on December in New York City Mangione s lawyers will argue to have the evidence thrown out because police officers allegedly did not read Mangione his Miranda rights and did not have a proper warrant when they searched his backpack at a Pennsylvania McDonald s last December He is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and faces state and federal murder charges Photo by John Angelillo-Pool Getty Images Among the notes revealed this week was one with a heading and a starred entry that announced buy black shoes white stripes too distinctive Another also written in to-do list style suggested spending more than three hours away from surveillance cameras and using different modes of transportation to Break CAM continuity and avoid tracking Below that it reported check reports for current situation a doable reference to news reports about the search for Thompson s killer According to prosecutors Mangione fled to Newark New Jersey instantly after the shooting and took a train to Philadelphia Among the evidence shown at the pretrial hearing was a Philadelphia transit pass purchased at p m a little more than six hours after the shooting and a ticket for a Greyhound bus booked under the name Sam Dawson leaving Philadelphia at p m and arriving in Pittsburgh at p m Related Articles OpenAI names Slack CEO Dresser as first chief of revenue as ChatGPT maker aims to make a profit Cracker Barrel lowers revenue forecast as traffic falls after logo blowup Shooting at Kentucky State University leaves dead hurt and a suspect in custody leaders say Mexican president says Mexico will send more water to US but not straightaway San Diego representatives approve M settlement for family of teen killed by police A note with the heading lists a number of tasks including an apparent trip to Best Buy to purchase a digital camera and accessories hot meal water bottles and trash bag s Under the day of Mangione s arrest the note lists tasks including Sheetz an Altoona-based convenience store chain masks and AAA bats Under Future TO DO it listed intel checkin and survival kit Mangione had a Sheetz hoagie in his backpack when he was arrested along with a loaf of Italian bread from a local deli according to police officers testifying Monday and Tuesday It had been raining and the bag and items inside it were wet the officers declared They were heard on body-worn camera footage played in court theorizing that Mangione had gotten soaked walking from the city s bus station Police responded to the McDonald s after a manager called to relay concerns from customers who thought that Mangione eating breakfast in a back corner resembled the man required for killing Thompson On the call played in court the manager could be heard saying that because Mangione was wearing a therapeutic mask she could only see his eyebrows and that she searched online for a photo of the suspect for comparison Altoona Police Officer Stephen Fox testified on Tuesday that Mangione the Ivy League-educated scion of a wealthy Maryland family expressed concern for the caller s wellbeing Fox revealed Mangione demanded if police had planned on releasing her name which they didn t The officer recalled him saying It would be bad for her and there would be a lot of people that would be upset At another point Fox explained a shackled Mangione stumbled while trying to keep up with the brisk-moving officer Fox announced he apologized and explained I forgot you were shackled He stated Mangione responded It s OK I m going to have to get used to it