Surveillance video of Jeffrey Epstein’s first suicide attempt goes MISSING from Manhattan jail where he was found dead
- Surveillance video of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide attempt in jail has vanished, prosecutors revealed Wednesday
- They could not locate the footage from outside Epstein’s cell at Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City from his suicide attempt on July 23
- Authorities have no explanation for how or why the footage went missing
- In that attempt Epstein was found with neck injuries and accused his cellmate Nick Tartaglione of attacking him
- Tartaglione requested that jail footage be preserved as evidence
Surveillance video of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide attempt in jail has mysteriously vanished, prosecutors revealed Wednesday
Surveillance video of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide attempt in jail has vanished, it was revealed Wednesday, as the mystery into the millionaire pedophile’s death deepens.
In court on Wednesday prosecutors revealed that they could not locate the footage from outside Epstein’s cell at Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City when he attempted to take his own life on July 23.
In that attempt he was found with neck injuries and was moved to suicide watch at the prison.
Two weeks later Epstein was found dead in his cell of a suicide, as ruled by the Medical Examiner’s report.
However, authorities have no explanation for how or why the footage from the July 23 attempt went missing. They said they simply could not find it, according to TMZ.
In court on Wednesday prosecutors revealed that they could not locate the footage from outside Epstein’s cell at Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City when he attempted to take his own life on July 23
A judge told prosecutors to look further as to how the footage disappeared.
Epstein’s cellmate at the time Nick Tartaglione, who was awaiting trial for four counts of murder, had formally requested that video be preserved two days after the suicide attempt as evidence.
Tartaglione, a former cop, was accused of attacking Epstein the night of July 23. He claimed he tried to save Epstein from his suicide attempt.
The missing footage could mean trouble for Epstein’s cellmate at the time Nick Tartaglione (left and right). Epstein accused Tartaglione of attacking him that night, but the ex-cop claims he tried to save Epstein
Epstein ultimately was found dead on August 10 and his death was called an apparent suicide but no formal determination has been made. The circumstances of his death are now under investigation by the Justice Department.
Two prison guards on duty the night Epstein died are accused of falsifying records in which they lied about making required checks on the financier when in reality they hadn’t. Those guards have pled not guilty.