Epstein's Autopsy 'Points to Homicide,' Not Suicide, Pathologist Claims

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/nyregion/michael-baden-jeffrey-epstein.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

The pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein’s brother said evidence suggested strangulation. The authorities disputed the claim.

By Azi Paybarah
Oct. 30, 2019, 9:02 a.m. ET

A forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein’s brother claimed on Wednesday that evidence suggested that Mr. Epstein did not die by suicide, but may have been strangled.

The authorities, including the New York City medial examiner, have concluded that the death of Mr. Epstein, the financier who was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, was caused by hanging in his jail cell.

But the pathologist, Dr. Michael Baden, said on the morning TV show “Fox & Friends” that Mr. Epstein, 66, experienced a number of injuries that “are extremely unusual in suicidal hangings and could occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulation.”

“I think that the evidence points to homicide rather than suicide,” Dr. Baden said, who observed the autopsy, which was conducted by city officials.

Dr. Baden, a former New York City medical examiner and a Fox News contributor, added, “I’ve not seen in 50 years where that occurred in a suicidal hanging case.”

The findings by Dr. Baden were strongly denied by the city’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Barbara Sampson, who previously ruled Mr. Epstein’s death on Aug. 10 in the Metropolitan Correctional Center a suicide.

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[alittlelark]

1. I was hoping he had a 'dead mans switch'

That would engage - guess I was wrong.

[get the red out]

2. "Fox News contributor"

All I need to see to prove to me for sure that the evil SOB hung himself.

[ramen]

7. I mean, yes, fuck fox,

EDIT 2: here is a non-fox source about this issue:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/autopsy-finds-broken-bones-in-jeffrey-epsteins-neck-deepening-questions-around-his-death/2019/08/14/d09ac934-bdd9-11e9-b873-63ace636af08_story.html

EDIT: yes.. yes, I am misreading it. The forensic pathologist is a fox news contributor. Leaving my earlier comment below for transparency.


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original post:

but the forensic pathologist doesn't work for fox, right? Or am I misreading it?

His death being a suicide is extraordinarily suspicious to me, so I have some inherent bias towards believing other explanations first, but how would the injuries consistent with strangulation rather than hanging work if he hung himself?

[gab13by13]

3. I'm sure it's just coincidence that Barr

seems to have his nose in this.

[triron]

11. Barr is complicit in murder.

[Jarqui]

4. What's Trump's position? He died screaming, whimpering & crying like a cowardly dog?

Epstein probably had dirt on too many powerful people who joined in his sexcapades.
His death has to be suspicious.

[spanone]

5. K&R...👍🏼

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. Interesting...

[malaise]

8. Oops!

So those of us who doubted the story have a point. Ah well. Now who would have wante him dead?

[gibraltar72]

9. Shocker!!

[PSPS]

10. Aw, geez.

The guy, a "a Fox News contributor," is paid by Fox to provide a distraction. He didn't do the autopsy. "may have been strangled." "unusual in suicidal hangings" doesn't mean it never happens or happened here.

But the conspiracy-theory movie-watching Wurlitzer will get some steam out of this.

[Gothmog]

12. Who is surprised by this?

[jberryhill]

13. I don't think anyone should be surprised a Fox News contributor would say this