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Luigi Mangione Went Dark in 2023. He Returned Transformed

PAINFUL YEAR

Lingering back issues and a layoff left the onetime prep-school valedictorian changed forever.

Harry Lambert
Harry Lambert 

Special Correspondent

A photo illustration of Luigi Mangione.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Facebook/X/Altoona Police
Harry Lambert

Harry Lambert

Special Correspondent

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