Epstein found dead in cell at 6:30 AM - cameras malfunctioned, guards slept, ruled suicide

| Importance: 10/10 | Status: confirmed

Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his Metropolitan Correctional Center cell at approximately 6:30 AM. Critical surveillance cameras had malfunctioned overnight, guards assigned to check on him had fallen asleep, and his cellmate had been removed the previous evening. Despite these suspicious circumstances, authorities quickly ruled it a suicide by hanging.

Key Actors

Jeffrey Epstein MCC prison staff FBI investigators Medical examiner Attorney General William Barr

Tags

witness-elimination cover-up suicide-ruling surveillance-failure prison-death suspicious-circumstances

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