Investigation Discovery's Luigi Mangione documentary: Everything we know so far 

Investigation Discovery is developing a true crime documentary on Luigi Mangione, as reported by Variety on December 16. The film will cover the high-profile murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York.

With the working title, Who Is Luigi Mangione? Investigation Discovery has set a tentative release date of the documentary for February 2025. Behind the hour-long special is TV host, reporter, and Law & Crime founder Dan Abrams who has said that the documentary will explore the lingering questions around Mangione’s motivations and arrest for such a heinous crime.

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What do we know about Who Is Luigi Mangione?

Produced by Wheelhouse’s Twist Media in partnership with Law & Crime for Investigation Discovery, the documentary will the December 4, 2024, murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel.

The documentary comes from Dan Abrams, CEO and Founder of Abrams Media. He is also the chief legal affairs correspondent for ABC News and acts as the host of NewsNation’s Dan Abrams Live and Reelz’s On Patrol: Live. Who Is Luigi Mangione? will feature Abrams along with other experts in the field of media and journalism, as well as industry insiders.

People close to Mangione have also been reportedly interviewed to get a glimpse at his mental state when he committed the crime and investigate if there are any other theories surrounding the event.

Who Is Luigi Mangione? is the third project related to the incident that has been announced. Stephen Robert Morse, who produced Netflix's Amanda Knox is also reportedly focussing on a project related to the murder of the United Healthcare CEO. Anonymous Content and Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Prods have also reportedly confirmed their documentary project on the same case.

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What did Luigi Mangione do?

Brian Thompson was killed by a masked shooter outside a Manhattan hotel on December 4, 2024. On December 9, Mangione was arrested in relation to the crime at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

At the time of his arrest, he was allegedly in possession of a gun, bullets, multiple fake IDs, and cash. The incident sparked a huge controversy regarding the normalization of violence in the US and the state of the healthcare system.

Luigi Mangione belongs to a prominent Maryland family. He had an elite private education and also went to an Ivy League college. His action has deeply shocked friends and family and according to a law enforcement bulletin, Mangione was allegedly motivated by resentment towards what he terms "parasitic" health insurance companies.

According to the police, there also exists a handwritten document that expressed his "ill will" towards corporate America. According to investigators, the words "deny", "defend" and "depose" were found written on the shell casings recovered from the crime site.

Law enforcement sources have said that the three words may be a reference to the "three Ds of insurance," which are the tactics that insurance companies use to reject claims by patients.

Mangione's resentments stem from his own health issues allegedly. He was a member of a surfing community in Hawaii but had to give that up owing to his debilitating back pain. But how much of his own health issues and experience with insurance companies shaped his motivations, is yet to be discovered.

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As of now, Mangione is being held at a Pennsylvania prison and he is awaiting extradition to NYC where he will be tried on a charge of second-degree murder.