Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're going to continue talking
about the death of Jeffrey Epstein, and this time we're
taking a look at the investigation report that was filed
by the Medical Examiner's Office. And this portion of the
report was prepared by someone named Kathleen Liggio. So let's
jump in and let's see what she had to say
about the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Case synopsis. The decedent
is a sixty six year old white male prison inmate
who was found hung by the neck within his cell
and was later pronounced dead at the hospital despite resuscitative efforts.
D NOKA does not object to an autopsy. PMH information
is pending on receipt of the correction facility. Medical Health
Services records subjective findings. As per doctor dejer of the
ed at New York President Materian Lower Manhattan Hospital, EMS
found the decedent to be in cardiac arrest with the
ligature markings of the neck following an unknown downtime at
the Metropolitan Correctional Center. The decedent was innovated and was
given epinephrine times four and biocarbonate times two along with
CPR ACLS was continued at THEED. The decedent was given
an additional epinephrine times one and biocarbonate times one. However,
the decedent was in acetol by cardiac monitor and the
cardiac standstill by ultrasound. He was pronounced dead at seven
thirty six hours so seven thirty six in the morning.
Ligature markings of the neck were observed by doctor Dejur
in the ED as well as by EMS. However, no
ligature material was observed by either EMS or doctor Dejure
in the E. No bloods were drawn and no fennyl
was administered in the ED or by EMS. Doctor de
Jur was instructed to submit to OCME a complete clinical
summary worksheet the EMS, ACR and ED notes. These were
received except the ACR. An email was sent to Evidence
request with ccs to evidence pickups and OCME tour commanders
requesting that the ACR be obtained. The undersign was accompanied
by Nicholas Schultz, Deputy Director of Forensic Investigation and Operations
for a MLI. Scene Investigation. Special Agent redacted were also
present at the scene conducting their investigation. As per Redacted
at MCC. The decedent was detained at MCC since seven six,
twenty nineteen on charges of sex trafficking, conspiracy, and sex
trafficking of minors as inmate number seven sixty three one
eight zero five to four. He was placed in a
cell on seven seven, twenty nineteen, but was moved for
psychological evaluation on seven eight, twenty nineteen through seven ten,
twenty nineteen. This psychologist was redacted. He was then moved
a special housing unit from seven ten, twenty nineteen to
seven twenty three, twenty nineteen. However, on seven twenty three,
twenty nineteen, the decedent attempted suicide by hanging in the
early morning hours this date, the deceded cell mate inmate
Nicholas Tartaglione, was awakened by a sound and saw the decedan.
He started banging on the cell door to alert the
corrections officers. Redacted responded that had won twenty seven hours
and observed the decedent to be either seated or laying
in a fetal position on the cell floor, with a
loose homemade noose around his neck made from torn orange
bed sheet. At this time, the decedon was found to
have arrhythmia around two thirds of the circumference of his
neck two inches wide, with sparing of the back of
the neck. There were also some friction marks. The decedon
was transferred to Suicide Watch from seven twenty three, twenty
nineteen to seven twenty nine, twenty nineteen. He was transferred
to the Shoe again on seven twenty nine, twenty nineteen,
where he remained until the DoD He was in cell
number two O six originally this last time in Shoe,
but was switched to sell to twenty at an unknown
date and time. The decedon had a cell mate, in
mate Rayes. However, on the morning of eight nine, twenty nineteen,
in made rays went to court and was released through
the court. No cellmate was present at the time of
the incident leading to the Deceedon's death. Information was taken
from redacted and redacted regarding this incident. Regular rounds of
the inmates cell are conducted by the corrections officers every
thirty minutes, but no longer than at forty minute intervals.
It's unknown when the decedent was last seen alive. Pending
interview of MCC personnel. On the morning of eight ten,
twenty nineteen at six thirty three hours. During these regular rounds,
officers Redacted found the decedent hung by the neck within
his cell number two twenty. However, the location within the
cell and the position of the decedent or unknown pending
interview of MCC personnel. Redacted removed the decedent from an
unknown fixed object and placed them on the cell floor.
The officer started CPR. In the meantime, Redacted entered the cell.
Redacted took over performing CPR, and the decedent was taken
to the Medical Health Services Area. EMS arrived and took
over care for the decedent. There seen investigation details. The
scene was within the decedent cell number two twenty on
tiers L of the shoe within the MCC of the
scene photos I NV Scene zero zero three depicts the
sealed cell door to two twenty. Photos zero zero four
depicts a straight ahead view from the now open cell door.
Photos zero zero five represents the left side of the
room beyond the right side wall of photo zero zero four.
The right side of the room can be viewed in
photo zero zero nine. There's betting materials strewn in the
middle of the floor, including a mattress presumably from the
top bunk, and orange blanket and sheets. There was a
cepat machine on the floor with an electric cord reportedly
provided by the MCC staff at bedtime twenty two hundred
hours and plugged into an outlet to the right outside
of the cell door. Adjacent to the toilet and sync
is a small table and stool On the right side
of his cell. There was a handwritten note. It was
not a suicide note, but its content vented frustrated about
conditions and experiences at the facility. There was a bunk bed,
The mattress was removed and personal items were kept on
the top bunk. Amongst these were medications and supplements, including
vitamin C five hundred milligrams, pulled fil eight cream one
percent viseeppa Omega three, two boxes of a set of
mitafin five hundred milligrams which were both seal closed multi vitamins,
A sealed container of milk magnesia was also sealed, and
dacusate sodium one hundred milligrams. The bottom bunk had rumpled
up orange bedding. There were strips of orange cloth, presumably
from betting, located in different spots in the room. Included
amongst these was what appeared to be a makeshift clothes
line between the bunk bed post with a pair of
orange underpants hung from it. Measurements of the bunk bed
are set as follows. The height from the floor to
the top bunk was fifty eight and a half inches.
The length of the bed set was seventy nine and
a half inches. The width across the bed. Photo zero
fifty two depicts the bottom bunk mattress was twenty five inches.
Photo forty nine shows the heights of the wrongs of
the latter to the top bunk. Redacted of the Medical
Health Service arrived to the scene and presented the ae
D with defibrillator pads used on the decedents, along with
the ligature, which appears to be a strip piece of
an orange bed sheet. As per Redacted, the ae D
revealed no shockable rhythm on the decedent. The ligature was
collected by the undersigned and entered into the evidence locker
cage at redacted in Manhattan. As per Redacted, he was
made aware by m c C staff that the deceded
cell mate rais left. It is believed that some of
the items in the cell may have been his which
were not removed. Additional information as per adacted confirmed that
the decedents and okay as brother Mark Epstein redacted was
notified of the decedent's death. The undersigned called the brother
and discussed OCME policy and procedure with regard to an
ME case. He does not object to an autopsy. However,
he's requested to have present private independent physician pathologist as
a second opinion for the findings at the OCM autopsy.
Doctor Jason Graham has agreed to allow this as a
courtesy to the family, with the following conditions. The physician
must be a forensic pathologist. He she must arrive at
OCME at five point twenty First Avenue in Manhattan before
or by nine am. On eight eleven, twenty nineteen, Mark
Epstein was made aware of this and he understood he
was instructed to call OCME with his choice of the
private pathologist. Beforehand, he was pro with the Manhattan OCME
office address, telephone number, and the decedent's OCME case number.
He expressed that following completion of the autopsy, he intends
to have the decedent's body ship to Florida. The visual
identification process was also discussed with the brother. Note the
discedent cell at MCC is being held pending the preliminary
autopsy results. It's requested that the assigned me discuss the
preliminary autopsy findings with FBI Special Agent redacted disposition ME
case hospital with mL scene investigation. NOKA does not object autopsy,
and OKAY plans to retain an independent forensic pathologist to
observe the autopsy. The information provided above is true and
correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Electronically
signed by Kathleen Liggio on August eleventh, twenty nineteen. All
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