The former financier’s body was discovered early Saturday morning.
according to prison officials, after reportedly hanging himself in a Manhattan jail, where the former financier was held after being indicted in July on federal sex trafficking and sex conspiracy charges, but the medical examiner has not yet released his official cause of death.Sunday, but the results are pending. The medical examiner released a statement:"[Our] determination is pending further information at this time.
The Bureau of Prisons issued a statement confirming Epstein's suicide: “On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at approximately 6:30 a.m., inmate Jeffrey Edward Epstein was found unresponsive in his cell in the Special Housing Unit from an apparent suicide at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York."U.S. attorney general Bill Barr said in a: “I was appalled to learn that Jeffrey Epstein was found dead early this morning from an apparent suicide while in federal custody. Mr.
:"Today’s events are disturbing, and we are deeply aware of their potential to present yet another hurdle to giving Epstein’s many victims their day in Court. To those brave young women who have already come forward and to the many others who have yet to do so, let me reiterate that we remain committed to standing for you, and our investigation of the conduct charged in the Indictment – which included a conspiracy count – remains ongoing.
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