Stephanie Gosk
Appearances
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
You know, I got the call and the person on the other end of the phone said, get to Altoona. We immediately hit the road. It was just get in the car.
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
Basically five hours to this town, to this remarkable turning point in this story where Luigi Mangione, whose name we had not heard, who had not been identified up until that point, was seen in a McDonald's. What have you learned about who this man is? So interesting background. He comes from a well-to-do family in Baltimore.
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
He then went off to the Ivy League, to the University of Pennsylvania, where he got a bachelor's and a master's in computer science. And then NBC News has reached out to the owner of what's called a co-living, I guess you would call it a hotel of sorts or something.
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
apartment complex, who became friends with him and said that he, interestingly, had a lot of back trouble, that it was tough for him to maintain a relationship because of the pain he was undergoing. We have also confirmed a Reddit account of his. And in some of these Reddit posts, he talks a bit about his back pain and
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
And surgery and all of this is a way to get into why he may or may not have issues with the health insurance industry, Andrea.
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
Well, according to three senior law enforcement officials, it was about 300 words or so. So it wasn't a ton. It was handwritten. It broadly criticizes the health insurance industry, also specifically mentions UnitedHealthcare. And he said something to the effect of these parasites had it coming. Yeah, strong words. He certainly seems to be alluding. to the murder there.
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
Were there any other targets? Nothing specific, but it is certainly a concern within the NYPD of copycats, potentially. There has been this kind of support for what he did. And the NYPD, again, speaking out, saying this guy's not a hero. He murdered somebody, a father of two from Minnesota. You may have anger towards the health insurance industry.
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
A lot of people do, but that does not warrant what he did that day in New York City.
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
In Pennsylvania, he was found with a weapon that was very similar to the one seen in the video of the shooter. So he is facing felony gun possession charges. He's also facing a charge of flying to police about his identity. And then in New York, it's the second degree murder charge case. as well as a gun possession charge or a few others. He has not entered a plea yet.
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
And, you know, you have this extradition process. And you may remember with the Idaho murder story, Andrea, that Brian Kohlberger was also arrested, interestingly, in Pennsylvania. And he did not fight extradition. And he was turned around and sent to Idaho prison. pretty quickly.
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
And in this case, you've got something of a surprise that his defense attorney, newly acquired, stood up in court yesterday and said that they were going to fight this extradition, which could slow it down for weeks. But law experts say it is something of an inevitability that he's going to end up in New York City.
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
It's really fascinating because we had been inside the courthouse trying to get a good seat early. And we started getting some messages about how he entered the courthouse. Now, he was escorted by armed sheriff's deputies in his orange jumpsuit. Our cameras were there and caught him going in. And he was really agitated. He was yelling out.
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
He said something about, you know, the American people are being insulted, their intelligence is being insulted. By the time he got into the courtroom and we were sitting there, he was calm. He was relaxed, even smiled a couple of times. There was also really an interesting moment during this hearing, which was pretty brief. But at one point, he tried to speak.
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
Mangione tried to say something rude. When he was not being addressed by the judge and his defense attorney whipped around and snapped, don't say a word. A little bit of tension between the defense attorney and his client.
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
They're still sorting through evidence. Hours and hours and hours, hundreds of hours of video. They are going through the forensics. We've just heard confirmation that they retrieved a print, some prints, they say, that are the same at the crime scene, that are the same as Luigi Mangione's.
Dateline NBC
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
You know, there are some outstanding questions that I have, and primarily they have to do with the planning of this. Brian Thompson was at a hotel down the street, which is not the hotel where the conference was being held. I'm very curious as to how he might have known that information.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
You know, I got the call and the person on the other end of the phone said, get to Altoona. We immediately hit the road. It was just get in the car and drive.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
Basically five hours to this town, to this remarkable turning point in this story where Luigi Mangione, whose name we had not heard, who had not been identified up until that point, was seen in a McDonald's. What have you learned about who this man is? Interesting background. He comes from a well-to-do family in Baltimore.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
He then went off to the Ivy League, to the University of Pennsylvania, where he got a bachelor's and a master's in computer science. And then NBC News has reached out to him.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
the owner of what's called a co-living, I guess you would call it a hotel of sorts or apartment complex, who became friends with him and said that he, interestingly, had a lot of back trouble, that it was tough for him to maintain a relationship because of the pain he was undergoing. We have also confirmed a Reddit account of his.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
And in some of these Reddit posts, he talks a bit about his back pain and And surgery and all of this is a way to get into why he may or may not have issues with the health insurance industry, Andrea.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
Well, according to three senior law enforcement officials, it was about 300 words or so. So it wasn't a ton. It was handwritten. It broadly criticizes the health insurance industry, also specifically mentions UnitedHealthcare. And he said something to the effect of these parasites had it coming. Yeah, strong words. He certainly seems to be eluding parasites. to the murder there.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
Were there any other targets? Nothing specific, but it is certainly a concern within the NYPD of copycats, potentially. There has been this kind of support for what he did. And the NYPD, again, speaking out, saying this guy's not a hero. He murdered somebody, a father of two from Minnesota. You may have anger towards...
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
The health insurance industry, a lot of people do, but that does not warrant what he did that day in New York City.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
In Pennsylvania, he was found with a weapon that would— It was very similar to the one seen in the video of the shooter. So he is facing felony gun possession charges. He's also facing a charge of flying to police about his identity. And then in New York, it's the second-degree murder charge as well as a gun possession charge or a few others. He has not entered a plea yet.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
And, you know, you have this extradition process. And you may remember with the Idaho murder story, Andrea, that Brian Kohlberger was also arrested, interestingly, in Pennsylvania. And he did not fight extradition. And he was turned around and sent to Idaho prison. pretty quickly.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
And in this case, you've got something of a surprise that his defense attorney, newly acquired, stood up in court yesterday and said that they were going to fight this extradition, which could slow it down for weeks. But law experts say it is something of an inevitability that he's going to end up in New York City.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
It's really fascinating because we had been inside the courthouse trying to get a good seat early. And we started getting some messages about how he entered the courthouse. Now, he was escorted by armed sheriff's deputies in his orange jumpsuit. Our cameras were there and caught him going in. And he was really agitated. He was yelling out.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
He said something about, you know, the American people are being insulted, their intelligence is being insulted. By the time he got into the courtroom and we were sitting there, he was calm. He was relaxed, even smiled a couple of times. There was also really an interesting moment during this hearing, which was pretty brief. But at one point, he tried to speak.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
Mangione tried to say something briefly. when he was not being addressed by the judge and his defense attorney whipped around and snapped, don't say a word. A little bit of tension between the defense attorney and his client.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
They're still sorting through Hours and hours and hours, hundreds of hours of video. They are going through the forensics. We've just heard confirmation that they retrieved a print, some prints, they say, that are the same at the crime scene, that are the same as Luigi Mangione's. You know, there are some outstanding questions that I have, and primarily they have to do with the planning of this.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Arrest in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Drama at a Georgia sentencing. And Josh Mankiewicz on "Deadly Mirage."
Brian Thompson was at a hotel down the street, which is not the hotel where the conference was being held. I'm very curious as to how he might have known that information.