Epstein's death ignited conspiracy theories that he had been killed because of his association with powerful, rich and famous people, including Prince Andrew of Britain.
Epstein's lawyers have said they are skeptical of the ruling of suicide, citing a report by a forensic pathologist hired by Epstein's brother who said the injuries to the late sex criminal were "more indicative of strangulation — homicidal strangulation."
Video surveillance footage of the jailhouse area outside of accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's cell from the time of his first suicide effort in July is now missing, federal prosecutors have said, according to new reports.
The New York Daily News and New York Post reported that prosecutors have told a federal judge that no one can locate the footage around Epstein's cell from that night in a special housing section in the Manhattan Correctional Center, which was weeks before what authorities have said was a successful suicide attempt by the wealthy investor Epstein.
After the suicide attempt in July, Epstein was briefly placed on suicide watch and then placed on psychological watch for several days.
Less than a month later, Epstein fatally hung himself in his cell, where he no longer had a cellmate, authorities have said.
Video surveillance shows no one entering or leaving Epstein's cell after he went into it on the evening of Aug. 9, according to federal authorities. He was found unresponsive there on the morning of Aug. 10.
Two guards from the jail were arrested in November on federal charges related to their alleged attempt to cover up their failure to check on Epstein in the hours before his suicide.
The federal judge who oversaw Epstein's case said in a letter to The New York Times "it is unthinkable" that any jail inmate — let alone one with such a high profile as Epstein — would die in custody.
Judge Kenneth Karas has asked prosecutors to continue investigating what happened to the footage.
Some of us wonder if this might be the reason??
