FBI Report - MCC Circumstances of Death
From: FBI New York Field OfficeTo: DOJ Inspector General
MCC DeathInvestigationSecurity Failures
FBI INVESTIGATION — DEATH AT MCC NEW YORK\n\nInvestigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Jeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019.\n\nFindings:\n- Security cameras near Epstein's cell malfunctioned or had footage quality issues\n- Two guards assigned to his unit failed to conduct required checks\n- Epstein had been removed from suicide watch on July 29\n- His cellmate had been transferred, leaving him alone\n\nThe investigation was referred to the DOJ Inspector General for further review of institutional failures.\n\nSource: FBI / DOJ IG
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The Epstein Case in 2019
The year 2019 was the most consequential in the Epstein case. In July, Epstein was arrested by the FBI on federal sex trafficking charges in the Southern District of New York. He was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019, in a death ruled a suicide by the medical examiner but disputed by independent pathologist Dr. Michael Baden. The documents from 2019 are among the most extensive in the archive, including the indictment, bail hearing transcripts, autopsy reports, Bureau of Prisons records, and the beginning of the Maxwell investigation.
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