Forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden spoke with “Fox & Friends” Wednesday where he revealed findings from his investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy. Epstein was found hanging in his prison cell at the high-security Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan and was later declared dead.
The body of disgraced money man and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his Manhattan federal prison cell in August, bore telltale signs of homicide despite an official ruling that he killed himself, reported Fox News.
Dr. Michael Baden, a former New York City medical examiner who has worked on high-profile cases during a five-decade medical career, is certain to reignite suspicions that surfaced immediately after Epstein, who was awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges involving underage girls, was discovered dead in his cell on Aug. 10. Baden, who was hired by Epstein’s brother and observed the autopsy, told Fox News its findings are more consistent with homicidal strangulation than suicidal hanging. He noted that the 66-year-old Epstein had two fractures on the left and right sides of his larynx, specifically the thyroid cartilage or Adam’s apple, as well as one fracture on the left hyoid bone above the Adam’s apple, Baden told Fox News, as per Fox News.
“Those three fractures are extremely unusual in suicidal hangings and could occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulation,” Baden said. … “I’ve not seen in 50 years where that occurred in a suicidal hanging case.” [Emphasis added].
The ligature, or item used to tie something tightly, allegedly was made from a sheet that had been twisted and put around Epstein’s neck, Baden said. Evidence on the cloth material could help prove whether or not someone else was involved in Epstein’s death.
“Whoever it is would have their DNA all over the ligature,” Baden said. “We don’t have those results yet,” he added, saying those results “should be reported quickly to give an idea and lessen the speculation.” (Continued Below)
“It appears that this could have been a mistake,” Baden said. “There’s evidence here of homicide that should be investigated, to see if it is or isn’t homicide.”
Epstein previously was discovered on July 23 — over two weeks before his death — on the floor of his prison cell with marks around his neck, after which he was placed on suicide watch. He was taken off suicide watch a week later and put in another cell with a roommate, Baden said — but the second inmate was taken out a few days after that, leaving Epstein alone in the cell, per Fox News.
On the day Epstein was found dead, the prison security had experienced a “total breakdown” in procedure, according to Baden. “It was determined that the two guards who were supposed to be working in that area of the prison had allegedly fallen asleep and hadn’t made their 30-minute rounds for more than 3 hours,” he said. (Video Below)
Mark Epstein, Jeffrey’s brother, hired Baden to perform an independent investigation because the family wasn’t getting answers — and if his brother’s death was, in fact, a homicide, “he and others may be at risk,” Baden said, “because of somebody not wanting knowledge given out.”
Dr. Michael Baden’s full remarks:
https://youtu.be/LxYstvg3SaE
(H/T Fox News)
(Related: Dr. Siegel Evaluates If It Was Suicide Or Murder Amid Reports Epstein Had Broken Neck Bones)
