Watch: Moment prison guards discover Epstein’s body

Telegraph ^ | Feb 9 | Max Stephens International Crime Correspondent. Elliott Daly

[RandFan]

CCTV footage of the moment prison guards discovered Jeffrey Epstein’s body in his cell has been unearthed by The Telegraph.

Epstein was being held in the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York on sex trafficking charges when he was found unresponsive on Aug 10, 2019.

The circumstances of the financier’s suicide and his ties to high-profile public figures, including presidents, media tycoons and the Royal family, have fuelled conspiracy theories that his death may have involved foul play.

Until now, no footage of that moment has been published.

The FBI says Epstein took his own life and this was corroborated by supporting evidence from an autopsy conducted nine days after his death.

Investigators also said that from the time Epstein was locked in his cell at 10.40pm on Aug 9, up until around 6.30am the next morning, “nobody entered any of the tiers of the SHU [the special housing unit where he was held]”.

However, this suggestion was thrown into doubt after newly-released surveillance footage from the Epstein files show an orange-coloured shape moving up the staircases towards Epstein’s cell at 10.39pm.

The DoJ’s office of inspector general and the FBI have drawn different conclusions from the footage.

The FBI log describes the fuzzy image as “possibly an inmate”.

However, the inspector general has logged it as an officer carrying orange “linen or bedding”, noting it in their final report as “an unidentified [corrections officer]”.

[RandFan]

Very good point.

[Iron Munro]