Washington. The death of American sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein in 2019 is still shrouded in mystery. Forensic pathologist Dr. Michelle Baden has made a shocking claim regarding this suspicious death in New York jail. Dr. Baden believes that Epstein’s death was not due to hanging, but due to strangulation. After careful analysis of the post-mortem report, they declared it a case of murder rather than suicide.
In a recent interview, Dr. Baden clarified that the marks and fractures found on Epstein’s neck were not consistent with typical suicide cases. He said that during the post-mortem, fractures were found at three different places in Epstein’s neck. According to Dr. Baden, he has not seen such serious fractures in any case of hanging in his long career. Additionally, three marks were found on the neck—two at the front and one at the back—indicating strangulation.
Although the then Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Barbara Sampson, had officially declared it a suicide, Dr. Baden has raised questions on it. He claimed that Sampson was not even present at the time of post-mortem and the death certificate was hastily issued just five days after the death. Dr Baden said other experts who conducted the post-mortem agreed that a more thorough investigation was needed to determine the real cause.
Epstein’s lawyers have also previously expressed dissatisfaction with the Medical Examiner’s report. The high-profile death inside the prison in August 2019 drew worldwide attention because Epstein had ties to many powerful figures. These new claims of Dr. Baden have once again sparked the debate whether there was a big conspiracy behind Epstein’s death.