Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein‘s death last August in a New York City jail cell after his arrest on sex-trafficking charges may not have been a suicide despite the coroner’s ruling, according to a pathologist hired by the disgraced financier’s brother.
“I think the evidence points to homicide rather than suicide,” Dr. Michael Baden, the city’s former chief medical examiner, said Wednesday on the TV show Fox & Friends.
Authorities who investigated had earlier concluded that Epstein died after hanging himself Aug. 10 in his federal jail cell at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center almost a month after he was arrested for allegedly sex-trafficking girls as young as 14.
Baden, now a private consultant and Fox contributor who observed the autopsy, said his own observations are not conclusive. But he specifically cited two bone fractures on the left and right sides of Epstein’s larynx, plus a third fracture on a bone above Epstein’s Adam’s apple, he told Fox News.
“Those three fractures are extremely unusual in suicidal hangings and could occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulation,” he said.
He added: “I’ve not seen in 50 years where that occurred in a suicidal hanging case.”
Dr. Barbara Sampson, the current chief medical examiner of New York City who ruled Epstein’s death to be suicide, strongly disputed the findings by Dr. Baden, reports The New York Times.
After being found in his jail cell around 7:30 a.m. in cardiac arrest, Epstein was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
The incident occurred two weeks after Epstein had been discovered lying in a fetal position with marks on his neck in his cell, NBC 4 reported.
At the time he died, Epstein had been denied bail following a search warrant that revealed he had a fake passport and stacks of cash hidden in his safe. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman said Epstein was considered a flight risk and danger to the community, and had ordered him to remain behind bars pending a trial date, which had not yet been set.
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He was arrested July 6 at a New Jersey airport as he returned to the U.S. in his private plane. According to a federal indictment unsealed two days later and obtained by PEOPLE, Epstein “sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his homes.” The incidents occurred in several locations, including Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida. The indictment alleged Epstein paid some victims to recruit additional victims.
In 2008, Epstein had pleaded guilty in Florida to soliciting a person under 18 for prostitution. PEOPLE confirmed he was sentenced in that case to 13 months in jail, although he served much of the time in work release at his office in Palm Beach. He was required to register as a sex offender.
Credit: People.com
Wow..Shocker‼️
GOOD ??????
How many years will Trump be president?
Could this be for real!?!?!?!?! Wow
Well duh
Hellooooo
Shocker! Now find the killer
Michele Towers Murphy same one that took Pac. & Biggie.
Whispering sweet nothings?
Who cares…he’s one less perverted sicko on the planet
Chelle Shell the problem is his perverted sick secrets died with him. He has a club of pervs and now that all remain nameless.
Chelle Shell who cares???…. The children and women that are still being abused bc he was killed before he could testify… That’s who cares!!
Highly doubt he was gonna testify against anyone
Chelle Shell point being.. somebody who was afraid of getting ratted out had him killed. Clinton…
Joe Amzler Clinton’s are always involved lol
He deserve to die but I feel sorry for all the young girls that he molested and didn’t get a chance to face that animal in court and we know the clintons had something to do with that because Bill Clinton’s the biggest pervert of all He was on the plane with him 27 times the pervert island so they call it sick sick sick
Joseph Clappsy Sr. Very very disturbing..and those flight logs..27x ?
Please don’t insult an animal that way.
Major plot twist-not. Another “unsolved” murder for the ages. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Who cares?
In other news…I’d like to offer my condolences to Dr. Baders family on his upcoming suicide…
We already knew this
Clinton body count alive and well
Tyler Belostock
Really!!!!
Doesn’t matter at this point. Suicide proves he was a coward and a predator. Jail house murder was jail house justice since pedos do not last long in prison
I stopped reading this nonsense when it said he’s a Fox contributor. ?
Abby Smith did CNN tell you that?
Russ Dee no the article did ?
There’s a shocker?
We ALL already knew this.
Took’em long enough
No shit..?
Just ask the Clinton’s
Who ??cares!
Kevin Coleson
Cynthia Coleson-schue
Shocker
well, DUH
So of he disent kill himself then what fucking guard aloud another inmate (not being watched and doing the job as a co) to aloud this to happen
Maybe it was the guard or somebody else? Money talks, people can be paid off.
Ami Iuzzini sadly
Robb Smith the guards fell asleep for 3 hours supposedly
John Kornas oh wow how covient. Why are they sleepin when they have tons of work to do.. Termination
They were fired. If they ever even existed ?
Shocker!!
Does anybody really care? He got what was coming to him. Pig
Taking that back about the Pig.. pigs are decent animals, unlike this f- in waste
who fucking cares
I always said it was murder not suicide…. just another cover up.
Who cares? He was evil!!
Plz who cares
I’d rather read about what someone had for breakfast this morning
Who cares?? You should ask why they wanted him dead! Very powerful evil people connected to this ahole aka Clinton’s!!
Was just to detract the sheeples
Coverup for other people
We all already know this
Do we care? Look at the lives that man destroyed.
No shit and the clinton gang are responsible. Lock that cunt up.
That’s if he’s even dead…
I’m not surprised. I do however, want to express my condolences to Dr Baden’s for his apparent suicide in the coming weeks
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With the exception of those who would stand to benefit from insurance policies who will pay on homicides vs not paying on suicides; or perhaps those who are sympathetic to or share his perversions… absolutely no one cares how he died. Why in Gods name would anyone give a single fukk that this POS is dead???!!!
Victoria Cambridge he most likely would have squealed on everyone in his lil perv club so I’m pretty sure one of them is responsible. Now their secret is safe. But who give a “single fukk” right?
John Kornas right. That’s exactly what I said. EXCEPT for those who stand to benefit. Either by money or silence NOONE CARESSSSSSSSS
There’s stuff coming out showing that he was actually working to get blackmail on powerful people by offering them young girls
And these people would love him dead
Victoria Cambridge I care, cause if he was murdered I want this murderer to pay for the crime, and to sing about who paid them off so the Clinton’s can pay for all they are guilty of with Epstein
Tom Christian
What a surprise!?
Barbara Pendyk Bradey I know I’m totally shocked ?
Shocking
Duh
Hm didn’t catch this on the OC scanner
Lucas Howland
Wonder who
Don’t care if he had chainsaw marks on him. Scum of the earth. Hope it was a painful suicide
Oops. Now another person shall end up dead ??
Well duh
This past August not last August. And this is not a surprise we all knew
Yeah no shit Sherlock
I said it was a clear case of Arkencide right from the gate.
Clintons did it
I called it….
Why do people care?? Just let it go
Why don’t the Clinton’s like Jehovah witnesses?
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. They don’t like any witnesses!
The Mafia say when that happens look at his friends and whomever had the most to gain or lose, that’s who you look at.
No surprise here…