https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/luigi-mangione-pal-reveals-rapid-172400493.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Luigi Mangione appeared carefree while enjoying a trip across Asia just months before he allegedly gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, suggesting he suffered a rapid unraveling in the lead-up to the brazen slaying.
\nOne of a pair of friends who were vacationing across Asia told TMZ that they met 26-year-old Mangione by chance at a Muay Thai fight in Krabi, Thailand in April of this year. The trio quickly hit it off and decided to travel together.<\/p>\n
After exploring Krabi together, the group parted ways when Mangione went to Phuket, while the pair of friends visited Malaysia. But they later reconnected for a road trip across Thailand, stopping off in Khao Sok and Bangkok, according to TMZ.<\/p>\n
All the while, the source told TMZ, the software engineer did not show any signs of being a cold-blooded killer\u2014in fact, he seemed like the typical young man enjoying the chance to explore a different country.<\/p>\n
The source\u2019s characterization of Mangione as a \u201csuper friendly, communicative, and open\u201d person aligns with other accounts from people who had encountered the Ivy League graduate before he entered the public eye this week.”<\/p>\n
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“There have been some signs, though, that in the months leading up to the shooting Mangione took a dark turn. His social media presence has revealed a suite of health struggles\u2014as well as a penchant for radical political and social texts, including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski\u2019s manifesto.<\/p>\n
Loved ones had expressed concern about Mangione on social media days before the murder, and The New York Post reported that his mother filed a missing-persons report for him last month.”<\/p>\n
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