Luigi Mangione’s Alleged ‘To-Do List’ Revealed in Court as Defense Probes Missing 11 Minutes of Bodycam Footage

Luigi Mangione was carrying an apparent to-do list while he was on the run from authorities — detailing how he planned to escape from justice after allegedly shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson to death.

The list included what appeared to be a hand-drawn map of Pittsburgh — to which he had a bus ticket under a fake name — as well as a reminder to check for “red eyes” out of the Steel City and towards either Columbus or Cincinnati in Ohio. It also included a note to break “CAM continuity,” likely to prevent law enforcement from being able to follow his movements.

Mangione, 27, was in court Monday, Dec. 8, for the fourth day of evidence suppression hearings ahead of his trial in connection with the death of Thompson, who was fatally shot on a Midtown Manhattan street last year. He has pleaded not guilty to murder charges at the state and federal level.

The disclosure about the note came during testimony from Altoona Police Officer Christy Wasser, who conducted the initial search of Mangione’s large black backpack.

Wasser testified on direct examination Monday that she started searching Mangione’s bag in the McDonald’s in which he was located out of fear it may contain a bomb, despite the fact a search warrant hadn’t been obtained. Altoona police and Manhattan prosecutors contend the warrantless search of the backpack was allowed because it was “incident” to his arrest.

Bodycam footage showed that Wasser discovered a fully loaded magazine wrapped in a pair of underwear in the backpack, at which point another officer can be heard saying, “it’s f—ing him, 100%.” A red notebook prosecutors say contained Mangione’s “manifesto” against the health insurance industry was also found.

Later, at the police station, she found a loaded handgun and a suppressor.

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Mangione’s defense contends that the backpack was illegally searched without a warrant, and aggressively sought to discredit Wasser, whose testimony is some of the most crucial of the marathon hearings for the prosecution.

Karen Friedman Agnifilo, the lead defense attorney, portrayed Wasser as conducting the search under the pretense Mangione was suspected of shooting Thompson, even though at that point, he was technically only facing forgery charges for giving a fake name and ID to police.

Altoona police officers were filmed on bodycam disagreeing on whether a warrant was necessary to search the bag, while Agnifilo pounced on one officer saying they could leave the bag for the FBI to “do their thing” with it — suggesting they expected the evidence would be taken by the feds.

Agnifilo also wasn’t buying that Wasser thought there was a bomb in the backpack, as cops made no efforts to clear the restaurant or call the bomb squad.

But the tensest exchange came over 11 minutes of missing bodycam footage, specifically of the transport of the evidence from McDonald’s to the police station, when Wasser allegedly turned her camera off. At some point during the transport, Wasser and an officer named Fox traded custody of a bag of evidence separate from the backpack, but the exchange wasn’t captured on camera.

When the bodycam is turned back on, Wasser — still wearing the gloves she wore to search the bag — is arriving at the police station. Once she enters the building, it shows her set the backpack down on a table and, after starting to open the main pouch she had previously searched, quickly open up the front compartment where she finds the gun.

“You and Officer Fox were … slicing things open [at McDonald’s], but somehow didn’t see the gun right on top,” an incredulous Agnifilo said as she suggested Wasser had actually found the gun while pulled over with Fox — which Wasser denied.

Earlier on Monday, an assistant district attorney from Blair County, Pa., testified about the procedures for obtaining a warrant hours after the search. Previous testimony has come from the other officers who arrested Mangione, as well as prison guards who chatted with him while he was in solitary confinement.

Prosecutors have also played bodycam footage from various other officers, as well as the 911 call from the McDonald’s and uncensored video of the Dec. 4, 2024 shooting.