They took down the gofundme. He’s got a bit of an online footprint that’s being actively picked over. Apparently, he got picked up in Pennsylvania, for “being weird”, presumably from staying awake most of the last week. . So far he has not said anything. Whatever manifesto they got him with has not made the rounds, and frankly I’m not overly enthused about getting ahold of it, but yeah., If I have an excess of time and money in the coming seasons . We’ll be hearing from him and helping Mr. Mangione out.
Like I said, extensive online footprint that is being picked over as we speak. I saw a LinkedIn profile that has since been deleted, but of course it was screenshot. People disappear in a lot of the important ways when they go to prison, but we’ll do what we can.
Oh my god, his mother’s story is nearly identical to mine, down to the same tests and meds (steroids don’t work, and now I take gabapentin and tizanidine, along with enough acetaminophen to thoroughly wreck my liver). My neuropathy is secondary to other things, but there’s no hope of relief because care has become too expensive.
I know too well we’re all just one health incident away from ruin. I was in tech and had a good career, which is gone now – along with my health insurance, since it was tied to my job. Medicare is broken, and I can’t afford the required gap insurance. I’ve become destitute, can’t afford food or copays, and am now staring down homelessness. Of course the stress of it all just makes my health worse.
I fully understand and empathise with him. It’s unfair and tragic that the system has pushed him to this, all so greedy sociopaths can become richer.