El 10 de agosto de 2019, Jeffrey Epstein amaneció sin vida en su celda solitaria del centro penitenciario de Manhattan, colgado con una sábana anudada al cuello, mientras las dos cámaras que debían vigilarlo directamente fallaron misteriosamente esa noche.T

On August 10, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein was found lifeless in his solitary cell at New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), hanging from a bedsheet tied to his bunk bed. The New York City Chief Medical Examiner ruled his death a suicide by hanging, a conclusion reaffirmed in 2025 by the Department of Justice and FBI, which stated there was no evidence of murder.

Yet, newly declassified files released in December 2025 under the Epstein Files Transparency Act expose a series of inexplicable lapses that continue to challenge the official narrative. Surveillance cameras outside Epstein’s tier malfunctioned or failed to record key angles, with the digital video system breaking down weeks earlier. Efforts to recover footage proved futile in some cases, and released videos show gaps or inconsistencies, fueling ongoing scrutiny.

Guards Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, assigned to monitor the Special Housing Unit, neglected required 30-minute checks for hours—reportedly sleeping and browsing online instead—before falsifying logs to claim compliance. They faced charges for record falsification, later resolved without admission of broader wrongdoing.

The autopsy revealed multiple fractures in Epstein’s neck, including the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage. While possible in suicidal hangings among older individuals, pathologist Michael Baden, observing on behalf of Epstein’s family, argued these injuries were more typical of homicidal strangulation. Official reviews, however, maintained consistency with suicide, citing no criminality beyond staff negligence.

Epstein, removed from suicide watch days earlier despite a prior incident, was alone in his cell after his cellmate’s transfer. These “operational failures”—as described in DOJ reports—combined with Epstein’s ties to powerful figures, have sustained conspiracy theories, even as investigations found no foul play.

Six years later, the 2025 disclosures, including chain-of-custody logs for a homemade noose and internal memos, offer transparency but few new bombshells on his death. They underscore systemic jail shortcomings while upholding suicide as the cause, leaving survivors and the public grappling with lingering doubts.