Graphic photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy reveal his bloodied neck – as other images from inside his prison cell show nooses made from bed sheets, prescription pills and electrical cords
Graphic photographs from Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy have revealed for the first time his bloodied neck wound – as other images taken inside his New York prison cell show several nooses fashioned from bed sheets, pills and electrical cords.
The images, which were obtained by 60 Minutes and shown publicly for the first time on Sunday, were taken by the New York City medical examiner’s office after Epstein killed himself in his cell last August.
The millionaire pedophile’s death at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center – while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges – was officially ruled as a suicide by hanging.
His death prompted widespread conspiracy theories and speculation that he had instead been murdered.
The photos from inside his cell reveal that fragments of material were found hanging from a window, while a large strip of bedding was also looped through a hole on the top bunk bed.
The images, which were obtained by 60 Minutes and shown publicly for the first time on Sunday, were taken by the New York City medical examiner’s office after Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in his federal prison cell
Multiple nooses fashioned from the orange bedding were found on the floor of Epstein’s cell
A noose fashioned from the orange bedding was found on the floor, as well as a handwritten note complaining about prison conditions.
The photos from inside the cell also showed multiple prescription pill bottles, several electrical cords and enough bed sheets for several inmates dumped on the floor.
Dr Michael Baden, who was hired by Epstein’s brother to look into the death and was present during the autopsy, said there was no image taken of the 66-year-old inside the cell.
He said that without that photo it was difficult to determine Epstein’s cause of death and said the official ruling was ‘premature judgment’.
Dr Baden believes the forensic evidence released so far in Epstein’s death points more to murder than suicide.
He pointed out that the noose found in Epstein’s cell did not appear to have any blood on it despite the image from his autopsy showing a wound around his neck.
Graphic photographs from Epstein’s autopsy have revealed for the first time his bloodied neck wound after he killed himself on August 10
Epstein’s autopsy report found his neck had been broken in several places, including the hyoid bone located near the Adam’s apple
Epstein’s autopsy report found his neck had been broken in several places, including the hyoid bone located near the Adam’s apple. Pictured above is his broken hyoid bone
Dr Baden said the wound across Epstein’s neck was more common with someone who has been strangled with a wire instead of a hanging. He said that in most hangings, it was common for the ligature to slide up towards the jaw bone and not rest in the middle of one’s neck.
He also pointed to the multiple fractures Epstein sustained in his neck.
Epstein’s autopsy report found his neck had been broken in several places, including the hyoid bone located near the Adam’s apple.
Forensic experts have previously said that breakages to that specific bone could occur when people hanged themselves but were more commonly seen in victims who had been strangled.
‘I have never seen three fractures like this in a suicidal hanging,’ Dr Baden told 60 Minutes.
‘Going over a thousand jail hangings, suicides in the New York City state prisons over the past 40–50 years, no one had three fractures.’
Dr Michael Baden, who was hired by Epstein’s brother to look into the death and was present during the autopsy, said there was no image taken of the 66-year-old inside the cell