Despite being America’s most high-profile prisoner, Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in federal custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York on August 10, 2019.
The financier, awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking of underage girls, was found in his cell shortly after 6:30 a.m., having apparently used a piece of orange sheet tied to the cell bunk to hang himself.
Throughout the previous night, the cameras in the Secure Housing Unit where Epstein was being held were not recording, prison guards slept, and Epstein was left without a cellmate despite direct orders from prison psychologists.
Then-Attorney General Bill Barr would later call the situation a “perfect storm of mistakes.”
Within a week, a medical examiner ruled the death a suicide, meaning no further investigation was necessary. Ultimately, the Justice Department produced a 128-page report that concluded that prison staff made mistakes and attributed Epstein’s death to “longstanding operational challenges.”
However, some have consistently questioned the official version of events, including Epstein’s brother Mark, 69, who is campaigning for more information to be made public, including video from the cell block.
Jeffrey Epstein’s brother Mark has questioned the official version of his infamous brother’s suicide. David McGlynn
“I just want to look at the facts, but when we consider the available facts, we have more questions,” the developer told The Post.
“It seems there was no investigation once it was ruled a suicide, they saw no reason to dig deeper.
“It seems like a cover-up. Why can’t I find your pre-hospital care report and why can’t I receive the 911 call?
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The following is a compilation of publicly available information about Epstein’s death, as well as the findings of Mark’s four-year investigation:
Mark Epstein told The Post that the suicide story “looks like a cover-up.” Patrick McMullan via Getty Image
the autopsy
Two medical examiners were present at Epstein’s autopsy, Dr. Kristin Roman and Dr. Michael Baden. Mark sent the latter to independently supervise the procedure.
They agreed to list the manner of death as “pending,” saying more investigation was needed.
This was overturned a week later by New York’s chief medical examiner, Barbara Samson, who changed it to suicide.
Samson said he had seen “additional evidence” but never said what that evidence was.
Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Manhattan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019. JUSTIN LANE/EPA-EFE/REX Mark sent Dr. Michael Baden to Epstein’s autopsy to independently supervise the procedure. AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File
Baden said Epstein had two breaks on either side of the thyroid cartilage near his Adam’s apple, and one above it on the left side of the hyoid bone, which were “extremely unusual in suicidal hangings” and “may occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulations.” ”. .”
Baden added: “I haven’t seen that happen in a suicide hanging case in 50 years.”
Additionally, no photograph was taken of the position of Epstein’s body when it was found, which several medical examiners have agreed is key evidence in determining exactly how he died.
Autopsy photos show that the marks on Epstein’s throat from the ligature were in the middle and lower part of the neck, and were straight, not raised, and pointed toward the side and back of the throat in a more consistent with hanging.
A rope made from bedsheets was found in Epstein’s cell. CBS 60 minutes
Epstein’s cell
The Justice Department’s investigation into Epstein’s death says he was found “suspended from the top bunk in a near-sitting position, with his buttocks approximately 1 inch to 1½ inches off the floor” and his legs in front of him.
This means that most of his body weight was hanging from the ligature around his neck.
The guard who found him, Michael Thomas, claimed he tore the sheet and cut it, then began performing chest compressions until prison doctors arrived.
Two nooses were found in the cell, according to CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
Epstein’s cell after the suicide. CBS 60 MINUTES
The rope taken as evidence was not the one that the prison guard tore or cut from Epstein’s body.
The noose presented and photographed was a whole piece of fabric with a hemmed edge and no stains or fluids, even though it was supposedly around Epstein’s neck when he died.
In photos of Epstein’s cell, you can see his sleep apnea machine, which Mark points out has an electrical cord that would have been easier to use to hang himself than a bed sheet.
Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who attended the scene were not interviewed, which is standard protocol in such cases.
Especially in high-profile cases, police interview EMTs and hospital staff, but in this case, neither did. Additionally, according to hospital staff, a report of Epstein’s pre-hospital care “cannot be found.”
The autopsy showed that Epstein was dead for at least two hours before he was found, and possibly up to six hours.
However, even though he had clearly died, he was taken to a hospital and placed in a hospital gown on a stretcher.
Meanwhile, the 911 call made from the prison and its content have also not been revealed.
A CPAP machine that was in Epstein’s cell. CBS 60 minutes
Prisoners and evidence
On July 23, while Epstein was in jail, guards were called to the cell he shared with former police officer and now convicted murderer of four Nicholas Tartaglione due to an incident in which he had suffered neck injuries.
After the incident, Epstein told prison staff that he had been attacked by his cellmate. He later said that he “didn’t remember” how he got hurt and refused to talk further about it.
After the incident, on July 30, the prison’s psychology department said Epstein must have a cellmate at all times and must be monitored.
The new cellmate, Efraín “Stone” Reyes, was assigned but transferred out of MCC to another facility less than 24 hours before Epstein’s death.
Epstein shared a cell with the now convicted murderer of four Nicholas Tartaglione.
Reyes told his family that Epstein seemed “depressed” and “didn’t want to live anymore,” according to the New York Daily News, which also cited another inmate who said Epstein “was saying he was going to kill himself because the government is trying to Kill him anyway.”
Video evidence from the night of Epstein’s death was “limited.”
What we know about Jeffrey Epstein’s list of 170 associates
- Documents were released Wednesday naming 170 associates of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The list included Michael Jackson, magician David Copperfield, Stephen Hawking, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and former President Bill Clinton, who one Epstein victim said “likes young women, meaning girls.”
- Disgraced royal Prince Andrew, a known friend of Epstein, was named in the documents and was previously sued by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, who accused Andrew of sexual misconduct toward her. According to an expert on the royal family, the Firm “will stand by” the Duke of York “no matter what happens.”
- Epstein’s former lawyer and friend Alan Dershowitz defended associates of the late billionaire sex offender, saying: “None of us knew about his private life that he kept secret.” Dershowitz, who is on the list, added that no one should be automatically convicted in the court of public opinion simply for appearing in court documents.
- Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, told The Post that the former business mogul said he could have altered the 2016 election because of what he knew about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton: “Here’s a direct quote: ‘If I said the what I know about both candidates, they would have to cancel the elections. That’s what Jeffrey told me in 2016.”
- Only a few of the 170 names and their relationships with Epstein have been made public. The rest of the documents will likely become public records over the next week.
Stay up to date with The Post’s live blog on the revelations about Epstein associates revealed in the newly released documents here.
According to the Justice Department investigation, “video evidence recorded on August 9 and 10 for the SHU area where Epstein was held was only available from a prison security camera due to a malfunction of the surveillance recording system.” MCC New York digital video.”
However, it also notes that “between approximately 10:40 p.m. on August 9 and around 6:30 a.m. on August 10, no one was seen entering Epstein’s cell level from the SHU common area.” ”.
Despite Freedom of Information Act requests being filed, footage from the camera in operation, particularly showing when Epstein’s body was removed from the level in the morning, has never been made public.
Epstein’s body is transferred to Downtown Hospital in Manhattan on August 11, 2019. William Farrington
sleeping guards
Prison guards Tova Noel and Michael Thomas were stationed 15 feet from Epstein’s cell.
However, they fell asleep and did not control the prisoners in the Secure Housing Unit at all on August 9, the night Epstein died.
They later admitted to falsifying records that said they had completed the checks.
MCC Correctional Officer Tova Noel leaves federal court in New York on Jan. 30, 2020. Matthew McDermott Michael Thomas leaves federal court on Nov. 25, 2019. AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File
Both were charged federally, but reached a deal where, in exchange for admitting guilt and cooperating with the federal investigation into Epstein’s death, the charges were dropped.
Neither of them has ever spoken publicly about Epstein or what happened that night.
The indictment against the officers also lists the presence of two other prison guards, “Officer-1” and “Officer-2”, who were also on duty for at least part of their shift and were supposed to accompany Noel in their rounds. Their identities have never been revealed.
A bag containing Epstein’s body is removed from Downtown Hospital. William Farrington
Mark says he has nothing to gain from his brother’s death, which was not part of his will, that he has incurred legal fees and has had to spend money to protect his family since 2019.
“They had a hearing coming up a few days after his death to appeal the bail restrictions…why would Jeffrey commit suicide a few days before that hearing? Because if he got bail, he would be out of jail, awaiting trial in his house with an ankle monitor,” he told investigative journalist Declan Hill on his “Crimewaves” podcast.
“Why commit suicide then? If I was denied bail again, then I could understand it.
“Believe me, it would have been easier if [the pathologists] “If I had come out and said, ‘It looks like suicide,’ then I could put this whole thing behind me,” he added.
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