The search for the suspect in the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare continues on the 5th day.

New photos have been released of the suspect's recovered backpack.

The search for the suspect in the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare continues on the 5th day.
The search for the suspect in the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare continues on the 5th day.

The search for the suspected murderer of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson has been ongoing for five days nationwide.

The police released new photos of the suspect on Saturday night, depicting him in the back of a taxi. Additionally, they found a backpack connected to the murderer that contained a jacket and Monopoly money, but no firearm. The police suspect that the gunman left New York City on a bus following the shooting.

On Saturday, a New York Police Department dive team searched a Central Park pond, close to where the backpack was discovered.

Police tape cordoned off an area near Bethesda Fountain in a lake known as the Lake, where divers were seen behind the tape.

NYPD
The NYPD released new images of the suspected gunman in the killing of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson. (NYPD)

The NYPD has been searching Central Park since Wednesday.

The NYPD initially offered $10,000 for information leading to the suspect's arrest and conviction, while the FBI later announced it was offering up to $50,000 for the same.

On the day of the shooting, investigators were aware that the assassin escaped through Central Park and reached the location four minutes after shooting Thompson. According to a detailed timeline provided by Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny at a press conference on Friday, the assassin exited the park at 77th Street on the Upper West Side at 6:56 a.m.

A map shows the known locations of the suspected killer of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare.
A map shows the known locations of the suspected killer of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare. (Planet Chronicle)

At 7:04 a.m., he was seen on foot and then getting into a taxi cab.

The police believe that the suspect is no longer in New York City because footage shows the cab dropping him off at Port Authority bus station. However, detectives were unable to locate footage of him leaving the station. The station offers routes that could have taken him to New Jersey, north towards Boston, or south towards Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

CEO Brian Thompson's killer's backpack found in Central Park
A Peak Designs backpack found by NYPD last in a leaf pile in Central Park, Friday, December 6, 20204. The bag appears to match the description of the one worn by the gunman who killed United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson on Wednesday morning.   (Obtained by New York Post)

The backpack will be sent to a lab in Queens for forensic examination, where it will undergo trace evidence processing, as stated by retired FBI agent Scott Duffey.

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Planet Chronicle' Landon Mion and Christina Coulter contributed to this report

by Anders Hagstrom

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