Manhunt Ends: Police Question Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder

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Although his image was captured by security cameras throughout the city, he was masked in most of them. In one photograph the suspect had his mask pulled down and he was reportedly smiling and flirting with a hostel worker.

Law enforcement believe the killer spent at least 10 days in the city. Then he ambushed Thompson outside the Midtown Hilton with witnesses in plain view.

Authorities say the alleged killer spent some of his time before the killing by hiding out in a hostel, where he allegedly checked in using a fake New Jersey ID and paid for his stay in cash.

The still unidentified man was found 280 miles away from scene of the crime in New York City.

NYPD the killer believed the killer had left the city by bus.

Key Evidence Found 

The 26-year-old suspect was picked up at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania after an employee thought he looked like the man in New York Police Department photos and called police, sources report.

NYPD detectives are in-route to the area to question the man.