Expert flags ‘most significant clue’ yet in manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin

A flirty moment at a hotel counter could turn out to be the lucky break that led police to the man suspected of the brutal New York City execution of UnitedHealthCare’s CEO early Wednesday morning. A fingerprint lifted from items the killer left behind while fleeing the crime scene gave investigators new evidence, but more substantial for the immediate investigation is surveillance video of a man police are hoping to identify, according to John Miller, CNN’s chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst, who called the moment “the most significant clue” yet. “That little flirtation between the two of them in some good-humored way actually yielded what is so far the most significant clue to identifying him.” Miller also dropped new details about the suspect's route that led him to a Manhattan sidewalk where he gunned down 50-year-old insurance executive and father of two, Brian Thompson, outside a hotel. "They're going to have to figure out at what point he appears, you know getting on the bus for the first time, and that means working with other jurisdictions along that bus route to say, ‘Go dump this video go through it, this is what we're looking for.’ It will come together.” Miller noted that the suspect appeared to have been in New York for 10 days before the brazen killing.