Luigi Mangione arrested at McDonald's, police find notes that say ‘Pluck eyebrows,’ ‘Keep momentum'

#luigimangione #crime #trial Pluck eyebrows. Buy less conspicuous shoes. Take a bus or a train west toward Cincinnati and St. Louis. Move around late at night. Stay away from surveillance cameras. A to-do list and travel plans found during Luigi Mangione’s arrest and revealed in court this week shed new light on the steps he may have taken — or planned to take — to avoid capture after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing last year. “Keep momentum, FBI slower overnight,” said one note. “Change hat, shoes, pluck eyebrows,” said another. The notes, including a hand-drawn map and tactics for surviving on the lam, were shown on Monday at a pretrial hearing as Mangione’s bid to prevent prosecutors from using evidence seized during his Dec. 9, 2024, arrest at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Excerpts of body-worn camera footage of the arrest, previously unseen by the press or the public, were released on Tuesday. Police said they discovered the notes in Mangione’s backpack, along with a 9 mm handgun that prosecutors said matches the one used to kill Thompson five days earlier; a loaded gun magazine and silencer; and a notebook in similar handwriting which he purportedly described his intent to “wack” a health insurance executive. Mangione’s lawyers haven’t disputed the authenticity of the notes or the provenance of the gun, pocket knife, fake ID, driver’s license, passport, credit cards, AirPods, protein bar, travel toothpaste, flash drives and other items seized from him and his backpack. Read the full story here: https://www.eastidahonews.com/2025/12/luigi-mangiones-notes-to-self-pluck-eyebrows-keep-momentum-fbi-slower-overnight/ ► Support East Idaho News: https://www.eastidahonews.com/donate/ ► Subscribe to East Idaho News: https://www.youtube.com/c/Eastidahonews?sub_confirmation=1 ► Get East Idaho News merch: https://www.eastidahonews.com/shop/ ► Download our free app: http://marketplace-redirect.doapps.com/3236 ► Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EastIdahoNews ► Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/EastIDNews ► Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastidahonews/ ► Subscribe to our free newsletter: https://www.eastidahonews.com/newsletter/