Pathologist hired by Epstein family says pedo's death wasn't suicide

Pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein’s family still insist his death wasn’t a suicide after autopsy photos were revealed showing his bloodied neck and cell where he died as the pedophile’s brother now fears for his own life

• Dr Michael Baden was hired by Jeffrey Epstein’s brother Mark to oversee the millionaire’s autopsy after he was found dead in his prison cell in August
• The death was officially ruled a suicide, but Baden has challenged that ruling
• Baden told CBS This Morning Monday that Epstein’s family ‘just want the truth’
• He said Mark fears that his life may be in danger if his brother was murdered 
• The interview came hours after graphic images from Epstein’s autopsy were aired on a 60 Minutes segment Sunday night
• The images show Epstein’s bloodied neck and broken neck bone 
• Photos taken inside the prison cell show the bedsheet noose he apparently used 
• WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES 

The private pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein’s family to investigate the pedophile’s death has repeated his insistence that it wasn’t a suicide after graphic photos from the autopsy were released. 

Dr Michael Baden, who was paid by Epstein’s brother Mark to oversee the autopsy following the millionaire’s death in his New York City prison cell in August, says the family ‘just want the truth’.  

‘There is no advantage to the family whether it’s a homicide or suicide,’ Baden told CBS This Morning on Monday.  ‘There is no money involved. They just want the truth. 

‘The brother or the estate would just as soon have this to be a suicide, because there is no advantage to them to be a homicide. 

‘Mark Epstein is now concerned about a homicide if his brother was killed because he knew too much, is he also at jeopardy? Are other people at jeopardy?’ 

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Dr Michael Baden, the private pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein to investigate the pedophile’s death, appeared on CBS This Morning on Monday and repeated his insistence that it wasn’t a suicide, contrary to the New York City medical examiner’s conclusion 

Baden’s conclusion that Epstein didn’t die by suicide is based on the fact that he suffered multiple fractures, which the pathologist said he’s never seen before in the thousands of prison suicides he’s reviewed in his career. Baden also noted that there were marks on Epstein’s neck that couldn’t have come from the bedsheet noose he allegedly used (pictured)

Baden rejected the notion that he made the homicide determination because he’s being paid by Epstein’s family and that’s what they believe. 

Citing his time as New York City medical examiner in the late 1970s, Baden said his professional opinion has never been influenced by who is paying him. 

His conclusion that Epstein didn’t die by suicide is based on the fact that he suffered multiple fractures, which the pathologist said he’s never seen before in the thousands of prison suicides he’s reviewed in his career.  

Epstein’s death at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center – while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges – was officially ruled as a suicide by hanging 

‘There were multiple fractures of the Adam’s apple, the thyroid cart lamb and the hyoid bone that are more indicative of a homicidal strangulation than a suicidal strangulation,’ he said.   

‘[With] hanging suicide 90 percent of the time there are no fractures, maybe 10 percent, 15 percent, they have hyoid or thyroid fracture. 

‘You don’t have three fractures with the weight of the body on the ligature. You to have a lot more pressure by ligature or by hands to get those fractures.’

Baden also noted that the wounds on Epstein’s neck did not match the bedsheet noose he allegedly used. 

He said there was an imprint on Epstein’s neck that could not have come from the smooth sheet.  

‘There is nothing on the bed sheet that blood or that would indicate it was around his neck,’ he added.   

Baden also questioned the fact that investigators have not said what position Epstein’s body was found in or whether there was DNA on the noose. 

‘The FBI or the medical examiner would have done swabs for DNA on the ligature. Whose DNA is on it? Was it Epstein alone ore Epstein and somebody else?’ he asked. 

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES 

Photos of the inside of Epstein’s jail cell were revealed for the first time during a 60 Minutes segment on Sunday 

The photos reveal that fragments of material were found hanging from a window, while a large strip of bedding was also looped through a hole on the top bunk bed

The 60 Minutes segment also featured graphic photographs from Epstein’s autopsy

The photos were taken by the New York City medical examiner’s office 

Epstein’s autopsy report found his neck had been broken in several places, including the hyoid bone located near the Adam’s apple. Pictured above is his broken hyoid bone 

Graphic photographs from Epstein’s autopsy were revealed for the first time  during a 60 Minutes segment on Sunday – along with other images taken inside his prison cell which showed several nooses fashioned from bed sheets, pills and electrical cords.

The images were taken by the New York City medical examiner’s office after Epstein was found dead in his cell at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center in August. 

His death was officially ruled a homicide but prompted widespread conspiracy theories and speculation that he had instead been murdered. 

The photos from inside his cell reveal that fragments of material were found hanging from a window, while a large strip of bedding was also looped through a hole on the top bunk bed.

A handwritten note found in Epstein’s cell, which was found alongside a ball point pen, contained complaints he seemingly had about prison conditions including that a guard had kept him locked in a shower stall for an hour

The photos from inside the cell also showed multiple prescription pill bottles and food on the top bunk

Prescription pill bottles with Epstein’s name on them were also found inside his cell

Another noose that appeared to be made out of bed sheets was found elsewhere in Epstein’s cell after his death

Multiple nooses fashioned from the orange bedding were found on the floor, as well as a handwritten note complaining about prison conditions.   

The photos from inside the cell also showed multiple prescription pill bottles, several electrical cords and enough bed sheets for several inmates dumped on the floor.  

The handwritten note found in Epstein’s cell, which was found alongside a ball point pen, contained complaints he seemingly had about prison conditions. 

The procedures that should’ve been followed in Epstein’s jail unit:  

The two guards were required to jointly conduct institutional counts at 4pm, 10pm, 12am, 3am and 5am of the prisoners in the unit.

Both officers are required to walk the six levels of the unit to count and observe every inmate.

They then have to each fill in and sign a form with the date and time the counts were performed.

The slips are then collected and taken to the prison’s control center where officers double check them to make sure every inmate is accounted for. 

In addition to the count, officers assigned to the unit Epstein was in are required to walk around every 30 minutes to ensure inmates are ‘alive and accounted for’, according to the indictment. 

They are also required to sign forms saying they carried out these 30-minute checks. 

In total, the two guards were required to carry out five institutional counts. 

Prosecutors say surveillance video shows the officers did not conduct a single count despite them logging that they did.

They are also accused of falsely signing off that they had carried out more than 75 separate 30-minute checks.  

Among the complaints were that one guard had ‘kept me in a locked shower stall for 1 hour’ and another ‘sent me burnt food’. 

Epstein also wrote: ‘Giant bugs crawling over my hands. No fun!!’ 

The circumstances surrounding Epstein’s death continue to raise questions about protocol at the federal prison.  

The two prison guards who were responsible for checking in on Epstein the night he hanged himself have since been charged with falsifying records and conspiracy.

Tova Noel, 31, and Michael Thomas, 41, – who have pleaded not guilty – were allegedly shopping online for furniture and napping instead of checking on the millionaire pedophile in his jail cell just 15 feet away from them.

After they discovered Epstein dead, the officers allegedly told a supervisor they had ‘messed up’ and ‘didn’t do any checks’ in the hours before he killed himself, according to a criminal complaint.

Noel and Thomas, who were assigned to Epstein’s Special Housing Unit at the federal jail, are accused of failing to check on him every half-hour, as required, and of fabricating log entries to claim they had.

The two guards were required to jointly conduct institutional counts at 4pm, 10pm, 12am, 3am and 5am of the prisoners in the unit. They were supposed to walk the six levels of the unit to count every inmate. 

In addition to that count, officers assigned to the unit Epstein was in were required to walk around every 30 minutes to ensure inmates are ‘alive and accounted for’, according to the indictment.

Prosecutors said surveillance video showed the pair did not conduct a single count despite them logging that they did. 

The two prison guards – Tova Noel, 31, (right) and Michael Thomas, 41, (left) – who were responsible for checking in on Epstein the night he hanged himself have since been charged with falsifying records and conspiracy

The two prison guards who were responsible for checking in on Epstein the night he hanged himself and ultimately found him dead have since been charged with falsifying records and conspiracy. Pictured above is Epstein’s jail cell after his death 

The two guards were allegedly shopping online for furniture and napping instead of checking on the millionaire pedophile in his jail cell just 15 feet away from them. Pictured above is the gate that separated the guards from the hallway where Epstein’s cell was

After they discovered Epstein dead, the officers allegedly told a supervisor they had ‘messed up’ and ‘didn’t do any checks’ in the hours before he killed himself, according to a criminal complaint

The charges brought against the two officers were the first in connection with Epstein’s death while awaiting trial on charges of sexually abusing teenage girls. 

Epstein had been on suicide watch after he was found July 23 on his cell floor with bruises on his neck. 

He was taken off suicide watch about a week before his death, which meant he was less closely monitored but still supposed to be checked on every 30 minutes.

The city’s medical examiner ruled Epstein’s death a suicide but that didn’t stop the conspiracy theories from swirling.

Both Epstein’s brother and the lawyers who represented him in his criminal case expressed doubts about the medical examiner’s conclusion. 

Epstein’s death ended the possibility of a trial that would have involved prominent figures and it sparked widespread anger that he wouldn’t have to answer for the allegations.

He had pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing girls as young as 14 and young women in New York and Florida in the early 2000s.

Epstein had once counted the rich and powerful, including U.S. President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew, among his associates. 

The circumstances surrounding Epstein’s death continue to raise questions about protocol at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (pictured) 

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