Despite being the most high-profile prisoner in the US, Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in federal custody at the Manhattan Correction Center in New York on August 10, 2019.
The financier, awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking underage girls, was found in his cell just after 6:30 a.m. having apparently used a length of orange bed sheet tied to the cell’s bunk bed to hang himself.
Throughout the previous night, cameras in the Secure Housing Unit where Epstein was being held weren’t recording, prison guards slept and Epstein was left without a cellmate despite prison psychologists’ direct orders.
Then-Attorney General Bill Barr would later call the situation a “perfect storm of screw-ups”.
Within a week a medical examiner had ruled the death a suicide, meaning no further investigation was required. Eventually, a 128-page report was produced by the Department of Justice which concluded prison staff made errors and blamed “long-standing operational challenges” for Epstein’s death.
However, some have consistently challenged 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.
David McGlynn “I only want to look at facts, but when we consider the facts available we get more questions,” the property developer told The Post.
“There appears to have been 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 his pre-hospital care report and why can’t I get the 911 call?”
Mark Epstein told The Post the suicide story "seems like a cover up." 12 The following is a compilation of publicly available information about Epstein’s death as well as findings from Mark’s four-year investigation:
The Autopsy Two medical examiners were present for Epstein’s autopsy, Dr. Kristin Roman and Dr. Michael Baden. The latter was sent by Mark to independently oversee the procedure.
They agreed to list the manner of death as ‘pending’, saying further investigation was required.
That was overruled a week later by New York Chief Medical Examiner Barbara Samson, who changed it to suicide.
Samson said she had seen “additional evidence” but has never said what that evidence was.
Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Manhattan Correction Center on Aug. 10, 2019. 12
Dr. Michael Baden was sent to Epstein's autopsy by Mark to independently oversee the procedure. 12
Baden said Epstein had two breaks on each side of his thyroid cartilage near his Adam’s apple, and one above it on the left side of his hyoid bone, which were “extremely unusual in suicidal hangings” and “could occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulation.”
Baden added: “I’ve not seen in 50 years where that occurred in a suicidal hanging case.”
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