The front desk worker said Mangione acted skittish and "cagey" when the suspected CEO killer tried to book a room less than a mile from where he later was arrested.

John Kuklis, a clerk at the Horseshoe Curve Lodge in Altoona, Pa., told ABC News that Mangione, who never pulled his mask down or identified himself at the hotel, was turned away because there were no clean rooms available.

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspected of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York, allegedly attempted to book a hotel room in Altoona,