EFTA00035986.pdf

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EFTA00035986

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Investigation and Review of the Federal Bureau
of Prisons' Custody, Care, and Supervision of
Jeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correctional
Center in New York, New York
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March 202'3
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EFTA00035987

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breakfast to Epstein through the food slot in his locked
cell door, Epstein did not respond to Thomas's verbal
commands. Thomas unlocked the cell door and saw
Epstein hanged. Thomas immediately yelled for Noel
to get help and call for a medical emergency.
Thomas told the OIG that when he entered Epstein's
cell, Epstein had an orange string, presumably from a
sheet or a shirt, around his neck that was tied to the
top portion of the bunkbed. Epstein was suspended
from the top bunk in a near-seated position, with his
buttocks approximatel…

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