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Gray backpack linked to murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompsonfound dumped in Central Park by authorities, reportedly gave up a jacket and some Monopoly money, but no gun.
The backpack, which was found in Central Park West on Friday, contained the jacket, according to Bloomberg. NBC News reported Saturday that Monopoly money was also found in the backpack.
The new information came as authorities began to wrap up the fourth day of the hunt for Thomson’s killer. The businessman was shot with a silenced pistol around 6:45 a.m. Wednesday outside a midtown Manhattan hotel.
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The Peak Designs backpack that was last found by NIPD in a pile of leaves in Central Park on Friday. The bag appears to match the description of the one carried by the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Wednesday morning in Manhattan. (Obtained by the New York Post)
Thompson was walking toward a Midtown hotel when a masked suspect opened fire from behind and then fled the scene. Police believe the attacker left New York by bus that same day.
Police have not officially confirmed that the newly found backpack is the same one the suspect was carrying during the murder, which was caught on surveillance camera.
Signs posted around midtown Manhattan are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect wanted in the Wednesday death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Fox News)
Retired FBI agent Scott Duffy told Fox News Digital that he will be taken to a lab in Queens for forensic testing, where he will undergo trace evidence processing.
“(It’s) a process for hair, fiber (and) DNA,” Duffey explained Saturday. “If he has his hand on the belt and tightens the buckle like most of us, that’s where DNA is most likely to be found. And zippers.”
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The suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is seen leaving the scene. (Amar Abdelmullah)
Investigators are also analyzing clues left behind by the suspect, such as a water bottle at the scene and a discarded cell phone. Shell casings with the words “reject”, “dispose” and “dispose” were also found.
Former Washington DC homicide detective Ted Williams said the Monopoly money in the backpack was “a killer playing with the authorities. “It’s all part of the cat and mouse game,” he said.
“This killer knew he was most likely to find the backpack, and he’s leaving crumbs to let (authorities) know he’s in control, not them.”
Fox News Digital’s Christina Coulter contributed to this report.