According to his widow, the murdered head of an American insurance company had been threatened by several people for some time. Everything points to a targeted assassination attempt on 50-year-old Brian Thompson. A masked perpetrator robbed the manager in front of the Hilton Hotel in the Manhattan borough of New York and shot him several times, leaving the victim with no chance of survival. Researchers have now found several messages engraved into the shell casings.
Thompson died from his serious injuries half an hour after the shots were fired. Meanwhile, the killer has run away. Surveillance camera recordings have now been published. This shows both the attack itself and the escape on an e-bike. With this, the killer went to Central Park, where his tracks were subsequently lost. The search for him is in full swing.
But now the matter becomes even more mysterious. The words ‘Deny’, ‘Depose’ and ‘Defend’ are said to have been engraved on the shell casings found at the crime scene.
“Why the insurance companies don’t pay”
It is possible that these messages provide clues about the perpetrator or his motive. Interestingly enough, these words are the title of a critical book about insurance companies and why they ‘don’t want to pay’, as the subtitle of the work puts it.
Corruption investigations against murdered people
The killer also left other traces. A discarded mobile phone and a water bottle that had been purchased before the attack were found, news channel CNN reported on Thursday. According to the New York Post, in addition to the threats, the murdered man also faced investigations into corruption and insider trading. The researchers are also following these leads.
Source: Krone
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