Accused millionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein commits suicide
By:
Jim Parker
Posted: Aug 10, 2019 07:07 AM MDT

Updated: Aug 10, 2019 07:19 AM MDT


NEW YORK, NY - Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has committed suicide, according to ABC News.

The millionaire was found unresponsive early Saturday morning in a jail cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan -- the federal lockup where he was being held without bond awaiting trial.

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Medical examiner performs autopsy on the body of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein
By Mark Morales, CNN

Updated 7:58 PM ET, Sun August 11, 2019

New York (CNN)A medical examiner on Sunday performed an autopsy on the body of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who died of an apparent suicide over the weekend while in custody, officials said.

Epstein's cell was not regularly monitored the night he is believed to have killed himself, a source with knowledge of Epstein's time at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York told CNN.
The medical examiner's determination is pending further information, Dr. Barbara Sampson, chief medical examiner of the City of New York, said in a press release. A private pathologist observed the autopsy examination at the request of Epstein's representatives, which is routine, Sampson said.
Epstein, 66, was in the special housing unit in a cell by himself when he was found dead early Saturday. He initially had a cellmate, but that person was removed for reasons unknown, the source said.


Epstein, 66, was in the special housing unit in a cell by himself when he was found dead early Saturday. He initially had a cellmate, but that person was removed for reasons unknown, the source said.
It's protocol for inmates coming off suicide watch not to be placed alone in a cell, according to the source.
Protocol within the federal detention center's Special Housing Unit is for guards to check on inmates every 30 minutes. If the inmates appear to be asleep, protocol states guards should make sure they're OK, the source added.


If guards falsified documents saying they made rounds when they didn't, there's a chance for criminal prosecution, the source said.
The two guards that were at the Special Housing Unit were both on overtime, according to the source. One was working a mandatory overtime shift. The other was working his fifth overtime shift
of the week.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons declined to comment Sunday.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/12/us/jeffery-epstein-witness-intimidation/index.html