Ask HN: Did Luigi Mangione's background as a SD help him evade capture?

by l2silver on 12/10/2024, 7:03:03 PM with 9 comments
Were there software developer skills that he used to evade capture, or is it more or less trivial to pull off this kind of attack for regular people?

  • by not_your_vase on 12/10/2024, 7:19:09 PM 

      Step 1 - Shoot insurance CEO
  Step 2 - Escape from the police by reversing a binary tree
  Step 3 - ???
  Step 4 - Profit!

  • by rawgabbit on 12/10/2024, 7:21:21 PM

    He used a ghost gun reportedly printed on a 3D printer and had several fake IDs. That was the extent of his evasion.

    He was valedictorian of his elite private high school and attended an Ivy League university. He was also an athlete. By all accounts, he was an accomplished, ideal young man. The news accounts from there are sketchy. He had spinal fusion surgery "back home" before returning to Hawaii. His family lost contact with him for over six months. In short, I doubt his SD career had much to do with his physical/mental situation and his murder of the UHC executive.

  • by balderdash on 12/10/2024, 7:05:35 PM

    It seems like he didn’t really do too much besides wear a mask and not use a real ID?

  • by toomuchtodo on 12/10/2024, 8:46:41 PM

    If you think like a hacker, you will always be able to evade and exploit weak systems to some degree.

  • by paulpauper on 12/10/2024, 7:16:30 PM

    it only took a week to catch him. this is not unprecedented in murder cases