Luigi Mangione, the charged killer within the Brian Thompson homicide case, took time from a trip in Thailand to go to a capturing vary … a call that now stands out to a few of his journey buddies.

Two German vacationers who traveled extensively with Luigi in Asia within the months earlier than the capturing look again on their interactions with Mangione in our new TMZ Investigates documentary, “Luigi Mangione: The Thoughts of a Killer.”

Luigi’s journey companions, Paul and Max, inform us Mangione hung again from a seashore day in Thailand to go to a capturing vary as an alternative … later reporting again to them that it was costly. However, that is not the one unusual factor Luigi did across the German vacationers.

Paul and Max inform us Luigi was obsessive about a guide from Indian creator Jash Dholani, “Hit Reverse: New Concepts From Previous Books” … a lot so, Luigi bought 400 copies and flew to Mumbai to satisfy Dholani and provides him suggestions.

The guide might present clues as to why Luigi turned radicalized to the purpose the place he allegedly gunned down a healthcare CEO … however our documentary additionally explores Luigi’s obsession with a second guide about company greed … which was his motive to kill.

What turns into clear in our doc … healthcare was not Luigi’s gripe … he was extra involved with company greed … and seen the American healthcare system as a major instance.

Our upcoming documentary additionally explains why Luigi did not have any explicit expertise with healthcare that led him to allegedly take out UnitedHealthcare’s CEO … quite, there have been indicators of psychological sickness with Luigi … which raises an attention-grabbing protection at trial.