Two Luigi Mangione documentaries are already in the works

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shot dead outside a Manhattan hotel on December 4, with the killer remaining at large for several days afterwards. The suspect, initially described as a white man wearing a mask, fled the scene.On December 9, police arrested Mangione at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania after an employee recognised him from New York Police Department images.

A three-page manifesto was found in his possession, in which he criticised the American healthcare system.Mangione, 26, has since been charged with second degree murder, three counts of illegal weapons possession and forgery.

He is currently being held in prison in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and has been denied bail.In the days that he was on the loose and since his arrest, Mangione became the subject of widespread attention online, with a cult-like following developing as people tried to understand the nature of his alleged crime.

It also led to a wider conversation about the current state of the health insurance system.It has now emerged that two separate documentaries are in production about the saga, with Emmy nominee Stephen Robert Morse, known for his work on Netflix’s documentary Amanda Knox, working on one that will focus on those directly involved in the murder, including Thompson’s family and Mangione himself.