Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide, which some readers may find distressing.
It's been nearly six years since Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center while awaiting trial for sex trafficking. The official cause of death was ruled as suicide by hanging, although many conspiracy theories have swirled since.
We've previously covered these claims amid supposedly 'missing' metadata from the night he died, but with a continuous release of the Epstein files and even more wild theories being shared, one internet-famous mortician has given her thoughts on what really happened in August 2019.
Known for her videos breaking down everything from Charlie Kirk's autopsy to the horrors of Ed Gein's house, Lauren Eliza has made quite a name for herself with her "Lauren the Mortician" channel. Now, she's given her thoughts on Jeffrey Epstein's death.
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Watching an interview with Jeffrey Epstein's brother, Eliza says she saw new autopsy pictures of his neck area, adding: "When I saw it, I paused. I actually questioned if it was real, but his brother provided the photos, so they have to be real."
While placed in the special housing unit, Epstein was told he'd have to have a cellmate, although one was transferred out on August 9, and no new one took his place.
On the night of his death, federal prosecutors say that assigned officers didn't conduct the continuous 30-minute checks that Epstein was supposed to be receiving.
Eliza points to allegations that Epstein was left on his own for eight hours and the mention that cameras immediately outside his cell door were malfunctioning, then highlights that Mark Epstein apparently found out about his brother's death from CNN instead of jail officials.
Mark Epstein hired Dr. Michael Baden to observe the autopsy, with Eliza saying that Baden deemed the time of death was around two hours before he was found. Baden supposedly noted three fractures in Epstein's neck, although the medical examiner's office stood by its conclusion that these types of fractures can be found in both suicide suspension and manual compression.
Getting graphic, Eliza maintains that the marks on Epstein's neck aren't consistent with those she's seen from other hangings: "What stands out to me is that the marking appears more mid-neck and pretty much horizontal, right? It doesn't present with that strong upward tracking that I am used to seeing in cases where someone has leaned forward into a suspension point."
Although she admits that "complex and different materials behave differently," Eliza also questions why Epstein's body was photographed in the back of an ambulance, as well as saying the autopsy pictures don't look like someone who'd been dead for as long as Baden asserted.
She reiterated: "I'm not saying I know exactly what happened in that cell, but I am saying that when I look at the totality of this medically, mechanically, procedurally...it does not feel clean."
Saying that Mark Epstein knows where his brother is buried, and there's potential for an exhumation for a second report, she also asked why it hasn't been done.
Eliza concluded: "Whether you believe the official ruling or if you question it, the reason this case won't go away is because it feels unresolved. Coincidence after coincidence after coincidence."
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