Burden of Proof: Luigi Mangione, from ABC Audio
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What is the premise of the “Burden of Proof” series and who is the case about?
Hey listeners, Vanessa here. I'm sharing something special with you this week, and it's from our friends at ABC Audio and 2020. This comes from their new podcast, Burden of Proof, Luigi Mangioni. So on September eighth, Luigi Magioni will be in a Manhattan courtroom standing trial for the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was shot dead in New York City in December twenty twenty four. So in this five part podcast series, ABC News legal analyst Brian Buckmeier examines this case. It captivated the country, and he explores how Thompson's murder affected the conversation around health care in America. You've likely heard of Brian Buckmeyer before because he previously covered the case of Sean Diddy Combs in season one of this show Bad Rap The Case Against Diddy.
Now he's back covering another high profile case that has obsessed the American public. Whatever you feel or think you know about the case of Luigi Magioni and Brian Thompson, this podcast will make you think more critically. Keep listening to your episode one, and if you like it, follow Burden of Proof Luigi Magione on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Or listen ad free on Apple Podcasts by subscribing to twenty twenty True Crime Plus. Again, that's Burden of Proof Luigi Magione. Now here's the episode. Letter number one, what is the address of your emergency?
It's December ninth, twenty twenty four in Altoona, Pennsylvania, a small town between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg.
Not really an emergency. I just I'm a manager at Plank Road McDonald's out here on the boulevard.
A McDonald's manager says there's a guy eating a hash brown and steak McMuffin in the corner of her restaurant. He's sitting by the bathroom wearing a tan beanie and a blue medical mask.
I have a customer here that some other customers were suspicious of that he looks like the CEO shooter of New York.
Okay. The CEO shooter from New York. The one whose face has been all over the news for five days, ever since he allegedly shot and killed an executive in Midtown Manhattan. She says she's not sure it's him. But she's calling it in anyway because she says customers keep bringing it up to her.
So they're just really upset and they're like coming to me and I was like, Well, I can't approach them, you know. No, of course not. I could try to calm them down a little bit. Uhhuh.
And I'm like, guys, it's kinda hard to tell with his eyes and his eyebrows. I was like, I don't know what to do here, guys.
No, you're fine. You're fine. Less than five minutes into the call, the operator tells the manager that police officers have been notified. Two patrolmen are on their way to the Plank Road McDonald's. Just keep an eye on him. If he leaves, just give us a call back and let us know, okay? Alrighty, we'll do. Alright, thank you.
Thanks. Uh bye bye. Bye.
When patrolman Joseph Detweiler gets the call to respond to the McDonald's, he's also skeptical. Is someone snacking on a McDonald's sandwich in Detweiler's small town? He thinks no way this guy's the CEO's shooter. In fact, he is so sure he says he makes a bet with his supervisor. If it really turns out to be the guy wanted for murder in New York, I'll buy you hoagie at your favorite sandwich shop. That's my colleague Aaron Katersky, Chief Investigative Correspondent at ABC News. He's been following this case closely from the very beginning. In state court, he heard officers testify about the McDonald's call. Officer Detweiler, a veteran on the force, said he spent the morning driving around Altoona with rookie cop Tyler Fry.
Det Wir was training Fry in traffic stops when they got the call. They arrived at the McDonald's around nine twenty nine AM. It was decked out for the holidays. The Christmas tree painted on the window. Matched the golden arches, there was Christmas music playing in the background. We reviewed body camera footage from when the officers first walk in. And if you listen closely. You can hear that Christmas music. As the officers walk inside, you can see touch screens for self-checkout, garland decorating the registers, and signs for $5 meal deals.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the premise of the “Burden of Proof” series and who is the case about?
0:00–6:13
2
How did a 911 call about a suspicious customer start the manhunt in Altoona?
6:13–11:20
3
What did Officers Detweiler and Fry discover when they arrived at the McDonald’s?
11:20–16:14
4
How was Luigi Mangione finally identified and arrested at the restaurant?
16:14–22:22
5
What evidence did police find in Mangione’s backpack and on his person?
22:22–27:48
6
How did prosecutors build the murder case and what charges were filed in Pennsylvania?
27:48–33:55
7
What was the public’s reaction to the CEO’s assassination and the ensuing media coverage?
33:55–38:29
8
How does this case illustrate broader issues in the U.S. healthcare system?
38:29–39:22
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