Mangione comes from one of the wealthiest families in Baltimore and was valedictorian at the elite Gilman School in Towson.

Now, less than a decade later, Mr Mangione has been charged as a suspect in the high-profile killing of a UnitedHealth executive in New York City – a brazen shooting that set off a tense five-day manhunt that culminated in his capture.

The clean-cut streets outside Baltimore where Luigi Mangione grew up are a picture of suburban idyll: Tidy lawns, flowering bushes, stately Colonials and Capes in muted colors. Mangione enjoyed all the trappings of that privilege.

Luigi Mangione appeared in court Monday to face his New York state charges in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Monday to state charges in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Luigi Mangoine, who is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has pleaded not guilty. However, what online speculators noticed was the matching outfits of Mangione and his attorney as both of them appeared in court in clothes that seemed like a planned ‘twinning’.