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Photos of the prison cell where the convicted sex offender was held Jeffrey Epstein Deaths by suicide in 2019 reflect a chaotic scene but fail to answer long-lasting questions About Epstein’s deathwhich has been around for a long time Subject to conspiracies.
photos, Acquired by CBS And 60 minutes In 2020, Metropolitan Correctional Center staff were taken after hours new york The city discovered Epstein, but not before FBI agents arrived on the scene.
When the 2023 Justice Department report is linked The prison surveillance that led to Epstein’s deathThe photos raise questions about whether those immediately responding to Epstein’s death may have failed to properly preserve the scene for federal investigators.
Forensic experts and former law enforcement officers say the photographs are missing key crime scene imaging strategies, such as the typical sequence of photographs and evidence markers.
In several images, Epstein’s cell bunk bed appears to be in disarray, with mattresses and bright orange linens scattered across the bed and floor below. But the photos provide no information about where Epstein was found or how he died.
“In those photographs, it was clear that things had gone haywire,” former New York Police Department detective Herman Weisberg told CBS News. “I definitely felt like the scene was, for lack of a better word, a little bit staged.”
Wide-shot photos of Epstein’s bunk bed show his personal items, such as toilet paper, medications and books, lined up on the top bunk bed. Epstein’s CPAP machine mask is not seen in the wide shot images, but later, other photos show the mask on the floor. Yet, the CPAP machine is not visible even in later photos.
Officials of the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Justice concluded Epstein died by suicide while in prison on federal child sex trafficking charges. the office said Epstein died due to “numerous failures” by federal prison staff, Such as allowing him to be alone in the cell, not constantly checking on him, failing to fix the broken surveillance camera system, and much more.
The final report indicated that Epstein hanged himself, and while the photos show an “excessive” amount of linen, they do not indicate which was used.
One photo shows a bed sheet tied into a noose, but the photo appears to have been somewhat faked as it is placed next to a defibrillator and is on a completely different floor from Epstein’s cell. Yet a DOJ report that depicts a photo of Linens tied in a noose also says that “the noose shown is not the ligature that Epstein used to kill himself.”
Forensic analyst Nick Barreiro told CBS, “The FBI literally has all the best tools. I mean, no expense was spared. They have every tool you can imagine. And as far as we can tell, they didn’t use any of it.”
“There’s some really shoddy work here, if you can even call it that. I mean, there’s a lack of work here,” Barreiro said.
The DOJ’s Office of Inspector General said there was no criminality involved in Epstein’s death. Those findings have certainly been Former Attorney General William Barr said As well as the administration of President Donald Trump.
The photographs also do not indicate any foul play in the death of the infamous financier.
But online, conspiracies about Epstein’s death are circulating, with many believing that people associated with Epstein have hatched an elaborate plot to kill him to prevent him from being implicated in his crimes.
Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, has said that he does not believe his brother died by suicide.
“It was never properly investigated as a proper murder,” Mark Epstein recently told CBS News.
Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was found guilty of child sex trafficking in 2021. He has also said that he believes Epstein was murdered.
Those rumors have been fueled by the Trump administration’s recent refusal to release the so-called Epstein files – which contain all documents related to the government’s investigation into Epstein. Some have speculated that the files contain information about Epstein’s relationships with high-profile, wealthy individuals that could provide insight into his death.
The release of has also increased public interest in the circumstances surrounding Epstein’s death. prison surveillance footage This shows the area near Epstein’s cell block hours before his death. The footage also includes a missing segment, which has been attributed to a long-standing problem with the technology.
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