A new ABC documentary revisits Jeffrey Epstein’s August 2019 death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center and gives substantial attention to people who reject or question the official ruling of suicide by hanging. Epstein lawyer David Schoen said Epstein had denied trying to kill himself during the earlier July 2019 incident that landed him on suicide watch, claiming instead that a cellmate had put a rope around his neck and pulled it. Schoen also said Epstein remained determined to fight the federal sex-trafficking case against him and argued that his state of mind shortly before his death did not fit someone preparing to commit suicide. The documentary also returns to the extraordinary failures inside MCC that night: Epstein was left alone despite the earlier incident, officers failed to perform required checks for hours and later falsified records, and surveillance problems complicated efforts to reconstruct exactly what happened. Those failures were documented by the Justice Department inspector general, although the OIG said it found no evidence contradicting the FBI’s conclusion that Epstein’s death was not the result of criminal activity.
Forensic pathologist Michael Baden, who observed Epstein’s autopsy on behalf of Epstein’s brother, again focused on the physical evidence he believes makes the suicide ruling questionable. Baden pointed to what he described as a horizontal ligature mark and three fractures in Epstein’s neck, including two fractures of the thyroid cartilage and one of the hyoid bone, injuries he said were more consistent in his experience with homicidal strangulation than suicidal hanging. Other forensic experts have disputed the significance of those findings and noted that such fractures can occur in hangings, particularly in older individuals, so Baden’s interpretation does not establish that Epstein was murdered. Epstein’s brother Mark nevertheless told the documentary that he believes Jeffrey was killed and that a more serious investigation could determine what happened. The documentary therefore does not overturn the official finding of suicide, but it assembles the medical questions, Epstein’s reported statements before his death and the spectacular breakdown of jail procedures into a renewed challenge to an explanation that has never satisfied a large portion of the public.
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