A New York state man was criminally charged for allegedly stalking and harassing family members of slain healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, authorities mentioned Wednesday.
Shane Daley, 40, was arrested and accused of “sending harassing and threatening voicemail messages to a member of the family of murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson,” based on a press release by federal prosecutors in Albany.
The menacing calls have been made between Dec. 4 and Dec. 7 final 12 months within the hours simply after Thompson was gunned down within the Midtown neighborhood of New York Metropolis.
“In a collection of voicemail messages, Daley used threatening and harassing language that centered on, amongst different issues, Thompson’s killing, expressed satisfaction over the actual fact and method of his demise, and said that the sufferer and Thompson’s youngsters deserved to fulfill the identical violent finish,” prosecutors mentioned.
Thompson’s slaying sparked waves of callous reward for his killer, instantly after taking pictures.
Daley is from Galway, New York, which is about 35 miles northwest of the state capital of Albany.
It wasn’t instantly clear if Daley had employed or been assigned an lawyer to talk on his behalf.
Christopher Raia, assistant director in command of the FBI’s New York workplace, mentioned the suspect’s calls have been “greater than callous and cold-hearted. They have been threatening and terrified a household already struggling following the violent demise of their cherished one,” he mentioned.
