Financier and alleged pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, whose death was ruled a suicide by the New York City Medical Examiner’s office, was likely murdered, famed forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden said Wednesday on Fox & Friends after examining Epstein's body.
"I've not seen in 50 years where that occurred in a suicidal hanging case," he said of the particular fractures found on Epstein’s neck.
Epstein was found hanging in his Manhattan prison cell on August 10 and was later declared dead. After rampant speculation, New York's Chief Medical Examiner Barbara Sampson cautioned against taking details out of context.
"In all forensic investigations, all information must be synthesized to determine the cause and manner of death. Everything must be consistent; no single finding can be evaluated in a vacuum," Sampson said on August 15.
But Baden's autopsy — especially of the combination of fractures in Epstein's neck —raised a number of key questions about Epstein's cause of death.
"Those three fractures are extremely unusual in suicidal hangings and could occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulation," Baden said Wednesday.
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