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Accused CEO Killer Screams to Reporters Outside Court | Crime Alert Recap Saturday 12.14.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news.
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  Speaker 2: Now, I'm Drew Nelson. In Pennsylvania, the man accused of
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  Speaker 2: killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson can't keep his mouth shut,
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  Speaker 2: erupting in an outburst, heading into court for an extradition hearing,
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  Speaker 2: and then another outburst in court. In the ongoing investigation
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  Speaker 2: into twenty six year old Luigi Mangioni, a valedictorian from
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  Speaker 2: Maryland with an Ivy League degree. At his extradition hearing,
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  Speaker 2: Mangioni was shackled and dressed in an orange jumpsuit before
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  Speaker 2: going into court, shouting experience that is this is completely
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  Speaker 2: out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of
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  Speaker 2: the American people. His attorney, Thomas Dickie, said Mangioni would
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  Speaker 2: contest extradition and plead not guilty. Pennsylvania authorities now have
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  Speaker 2: thirty days to secure a governor's warrant to transfer him
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  Speaker 2: to New York. Central to the investigation is a handwritten
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  Speaker 2: manifesto that has drawn comparisons to the writings of the
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  Speaker 2: unibomber ted Kaczynskiigators revealed Mangoni had referenced Kazinski's ideology online
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  Speaker 2: and had participated in discussions about his manifesto. Mangioni's own
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  Speaker 2: document echoed anti corporate sentiments and disdain for technological overreach,
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  Speaker 2: mirroring themes in Kazinski's work. Online communities are debating his manifesto,
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  Speaker 2: with some hailing him as a symbol of resistance. A
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  Speaker 2: separate notebook found with Mangioni detailed plans for the assassination.
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  Speaker 2: It allegedly included reconnaissance notes and a to do list
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  Speaker 2: for the crime. He considered using a bomb, but decided
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  Speaker 2: against it, citing concerns about harming bystanders. He writes, quote
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  Speaker 2: shooting is more targeted. One chilling entry said, quote what
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  Speaker 2: better way than to kill the CEO at his own
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  Speaker 2: bean counting conference. Thompson was shot outside a Manhattan hotel
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  Speaker 2: where the company's annual investor conference was set to be held.
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  Speaker 2: Thompson's murders shocked corporate America. The fifty year old executive,
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  Speaker 2: a father of two, was a rising star in the
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  Speaker 2: health insurance industry. Colleagues described him as a practical leader
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  Speaker 2: and a quote unquote mid Western everyman. Under his leadership,
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  Speaker 2: United Healthcare saw record profits, but the company also faced
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  Speaker 2: criticism for its denial of claims and alleged prioritization of
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  Speaker 2: profits over patient care. Authorities worry that Mangoni's case could
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  Speaker 2: inspire copycats. Posters targeting other health insurance executives have appeared
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  Speaker 2: in Manhattan, and social media platforms are struggling to contain
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  Speaker 2: content glorifying the crime. The NYPD has increased security for
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  Speaker 2: corporate leaders in response. The use of three D printed technology.
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  Speaker 2: A three D printed firearm adds a layer of complexity
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  Speaker 2: to the prosecution's case. Ghost guns, which lack serial numbers,
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  Speaker 2: are difficult to trace. Mangioni's weapon may represent the highest
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  Speaker 2: profile use of such technology.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Nicole Parton. In the week's leading up to her disappearance,
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  Speaker 3: Suzanne Simpson, a fifty one year old mother of four
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  Speaker 3: from Texas, ominously informed her personal banker that if she
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  Speaker 3: would missing, they should search for her in a lake.
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  Speaker 3: As stated in a recent released police affidavit, Suzanne was
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  Speaker 3: last seen at her home in Almost Park on October six.
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  Speaker 3: Earlier in August, she confided in her banker about being
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  Speaker 3: a victim of physical abuse at the hands of her husband,
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  Speaker 3: Brad Simpson, who allegedly also would confiscate her cell phone
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  Speaker 3: from time to time. Brad has been charged with Suzanne's murder, and,
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  Speaker 3: according to the arrest warrant, investigators have found no evidence
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  Speaker 3: suggesting she is alive. The warrant details evidence linking Brad
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  Speaker 3: to Suzanne's suspected death, including surveillance footage of him driving
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  Speaker 3: to a landfill with garbage bags and a large item
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  Speaker 3: covered with the tarp the day of her disappearance. On
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  Speaker 3: October seventh, at nine to twelve am, he was captured
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  Speaker 3: on video at a WATA Burger in Bernie, where he
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  Speaker 3: was seen with trash bags, a heavy duty trash can,
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  Speaker 3: an ice chest, and a sizable object wrapped in a
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  Speaker 3: blue tar sarp secured with a firewood rack in his truck.
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  Speaker 3: On that same day, he reportedly purchased cement, Clorox's disinfectant
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  Speaker 3: spray and Instinct repellent with cash at a nearby home depot.
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  Speaker 3: Investigators noted that he inquired about the nearest landfill while
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  Speaker 3: in the home depot parking lot, then deliberately shut off
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  Speaker 3: his cell phone service and activated the lockdown mode on
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  Speaker 3: his device. Police tracking data indicated that Brad traveled to
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  Speaker 3: a site near a waste facility in Kendall County. Subsequently,
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  Speaker 3: he was recorded on another surveillance camera cleaning his truck
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  Speaker 3: at a car wash in San Antonio. During a search
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  Speaker 3: by Texas rangers on October ten, dried cement splashes and
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  Speaker 3: blood stains were discovered in the truck bed, which belonged
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  Speaker 3: to Brad Simpson. He reported Suzanne missing on the evening
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  Speaker 3: of October seven, but this was only after one of
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  Speaker 3: her friends contacted authorities. Initially, bradca he last saw Suzanne
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  Speaker 3: on the night of October six, but later changed his story,
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  Speaker 3: saying he had seen her asleep in a different room
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  Speaker 3: on the morning of October seven. This all came to
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  Speaker 3: light after a neighbor reported hearing screaming outside his window.
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  Speaker 3: For more, here's Crime Onlines Dave Mack.
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  Speaker 1: An hour after Brad and Suzanne Simpson return home from
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  Speaker 1: dinner at the Argyle, a neighbor hears loud arguing from
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  Speaker 1: their home. The yelling seems to get louder, and the
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  Speaker 1: neighbor peeks out of their window, shocked to see the
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  Speaker 1: Simpsons in a physical fight outside their home. It looks
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  Speaker 1: like Suzanne, still dressed from dinner, is trying to get away,
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  Speaker 1: but Brad Simpson keeps pulling her back. The couple eventually
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  Speaker 1: moves out of the neighbor's sight line.
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  Speaker 3: Brad was arrested on October nine for family violence and
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  Speaker 3: unlawful restraint. He has since been charged with murder and
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  Speaker 3: is currently being held in the Bexar County Jail with
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  Speaker 3: a bond set at three million dollars, along with a
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  Speaker 3: federal hold by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
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  Speaker 3: and Explosives that to a weapons charge.
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  Speaker 4: I'm Jennifer Gould. A pair of twin real estate tycoons
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  Speaker 4: are accused of using their wealth and social status to
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  Speaker 4: prey on vulnerable women. Luxury brokers or in an Aylon
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  Speaker 4: Alexander appeared in a Miami court room to face charges
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  Speaker 4: of sexual assault and sex trafficking. The duo stood before
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  Speaker 4: the judge via video, dressed in protective green vests and
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  Speaker 4: with their arms exposed. Here's Urn pleading for his release,
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  Speaker 4: Your honor.
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  Speaker 2: My wife is nine months pregnant to do any day
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  Speaker 2: now with our first child. Her families in Brazils. She's
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  Speaker 2: counting on me to be with.
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  Speaker 3: Her during labor.
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  Speaker 4: But the judge did not budge, citing the twins' access
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  Speaker 4: to private jets and yachts, making them a flight risk.
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  Speaker 4: The Alexander brothers co founded the luxury real estate firm
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  Speaker 4: Official in twenty twenty two. They listed properties for celebrities
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  Speaker 4: like Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, and Lindsay Loewen. They also
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  Speaker 4: had deep ties to the social elite, frequently appearing glamorous
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  Speaker 4: events and parties around the world. The thirty seven year olds,
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  Speaker 4: officials say, used that to lure young women into a
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  Speaker 4: sinister web of abuse. Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed
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  Speaker 4: and indictment this week detailing a scheme in which the
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  Speaker 4: Alexander brothers targeted women and lured them to high end
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  Speaker 4: international parties where they were drugged and assaulted. The victims,
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  Speaker 4: many of whom were aspiring models and actresses. Some were
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  Speaker 4: recruited via dating apps and social media, others sourced through
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  Speaker 4: party promoters, but all, according to the indictment, were subjected
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  Speaker 4: to horrific sexual assaults that often involved multiple perpetrators and
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  Speaker 4: drugs so they could not fight back. The incidents reportedly
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  Speaker 4: spanned from twenty ten to twenty twenty one and include
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  Speaker 4: dozens of victims. The twins were arrested in Miami. They've
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  Speaker 4: been charged with multiple felonies, including sexual battery and conspiracy
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  Speaker 4: to commit sex trafficking. They're also accused of conspiring with
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  Speaker 4: their older brother, tal Alexander, two traffic women for sex.
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  Speaker 4: Federal authorities have charged him with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking,
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  Speaker 4: as well as trafficking by force. The thirty eight year
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  Speaker 4: old will face a detention hearing in New York on
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  Speaker 4: Friday or in an alon will remain in custody. Their
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  Speaker 4: next bail hearing is also on Friday in Miami. If convicted,
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  Speaker 4: each brother faces up to fifteen years to life in prison.
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  Speaker 4: The investigation is ongoing. For the latest crime and justice news,
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  Speaker 4: app with this Crime Alert. I'm Jennifer Goold