Sounds like maybe they know who he is.
When asked why the NYPD is not releasing the name of the person of interest, Cardinale said the public is on a need to know basis and that right now, there are certain elements of this case they do not need to know.
“They’re giving as much as they can without compromising a case that once he is caught needs to move forward and get a conviction. So they can not, just for the sake of putting it out there to the public, blow their case before it’s even formed,” Cardinale said.
If they know who he is, why haven’t they issued an APB? I mean, get everybody looking for the guy.
Instead, we’re entering day six without an arrest or much new information. When it first happened, I thought it could be one of three things, in decreasing likelihood:
- It’s a personal beef with UnitedHealthcare, but not necessarily CEO Brian Thompson. Something like a denied claim or coverage for a family member.
- It has to do with a Department of Justice investigation alleging that Thompson and three other executives engaged in insider trading.
- It had to do with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being nominated to run the Department of Health and Human Services and he knew something that needed to be kept quiet.
After staying current with most of what’s out there about the hit, I think it’s the first. If it was a contract killing, we wouldn’t have seen the shooter, or he would’ve taken greater pains to make sure he wasn’t seen. I don’t think if it was a contract hit that the hitman would’ve chosen to get away on a … bike. Not a professional’s MO. Plus, the killer dropped live rounds on scene with the words, “Deny,” “Defend,” and “Depose” inscribed on them.
He’s sending a message. A contract killer doesn’t do that.
But there’s no doubt that whoever this guy is, he put plenty of thought into it.
“I’m still not convinced that this is somebody who just happened to be, you know, upon him on that morning. I think he had intimate knowledge of where Mr. Thompson would be at that hour. Now, how did he get that knowledge? That is the big million-dollar question right now,” Cardinale said. “He’s leaving these clues, he’s discarding it, he planned it from the beginning.”
That’s my question. How did the killer know to wait right where he did, right at that time in the morning? Makes me wonder if he’s an employee or ex-employee of UHC, or if he had inside contacts. And if not, how did he get his information?
More curious, how has he been able to stay a step ahead of the authorities? I sort of expect that I’m going to turn on the news and there will be an announcement that they’ve captured the “person of interest” and have brought him in for questioning.
That’s the internal tension we all live with, right? We want to know who it is and why he did it. It’s what keeps us glued to the news.
It’s a true whodunit.