Mother of suspect in CEO's killing told police person of interest could be her son, sources say

The family of the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO had reported him missing last month, and his mother told police her son could be the person seen in surveillance photos one day before his arrest, law enforcement sources told News. 

 The family of Luigi Mangione, the man police believe killed CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, reported him missing to San Francisco police on Nov. 18, around two weeks before the Dec. 4 ambush shooting, a missing persons flyer shows. 

 Mangione’s mother said she last spoke to her son on July 1 and that he had been working in San Francisco, the flyer says

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 Mangione, 26, has been charged with murder in New York in Thompson's killing, which police say was targeted and may have been motivated because of Thompson’s position with the health insurance company. 

 The killing sparked a large manhunt that included the wide distribution of surveillance photos of a person of interest, and a $60,000 reward.

 After the killing, a San Francisco police officer thought the images of the person of interest had similarities to the image of Mangione from the missing person report, multiple law enforcement officials said. San Francisco police contacted the FBI about the possible identity of the man in that photo, the FBI said.

A missing poster of Luigi Mangione. A missing poster of Luigi Mangione. The tip from San Francisco police came on Dec. 6, and police contacted Mangione’s mother two days later, on Sunday, two law enforcement sources familiar with the matter told News. She told investigators the man in the image could be Mangione, they said.

 The next day, Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after he was recognized at a McDonald's restaurant, officials have said.

 Mangione’s mother, relatives and his attorney in Pennsylvania did not respond to multiple requests for comment Friday