Body of disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein leaves hospital after apparent suicide

Record ID: 1426577

  • Title: Body of disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein leaves hospital after apparent suicide
  • Date: 10th August 2019
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 10, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF THE "METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER", THE MANHATTAN JAIL WHERE EPSTEIN WAS BEING HELD, INCLUDING VIEWS OF THE JAIL WINDOWS AND BARBED WIRE (6 SHOTS) NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 10, 2019) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF THE SAME WHITE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S VAN DESCRIBED IN SHOTS 1-5, FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY WHEN VAN WAS STILL PARKED ON THE STREET OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL GENERAL VIEW OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE HOSPITAL GENERAL VIEW OF THE SAME VAN NOW PARKED AT THE LOADING DOCK WITH A WHITE PRIVACY CURTAIN PLACED ALONGSIDE SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WALKING AWAY FROM A NYC MEDICAL EXAMINER'S BLACK SUV WHICH IS LABELED FORENSICS OPERATIONS, BLACK SUV DRIVES AWAY SAME WHITE MEDICAL EXAMINER VAN AS IN SHOT 5 PULLING AWAY FROM THE HOSPITAL
  • Embargoed: 24th August 2019 18:34
  • Keywords: Jeffrey Epstein's body Medical Examiner coroner federal sex trafficking charges committed suicide lower Manhattan jail cell Donald Trump
  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA002ARMXVLZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on Saturday (August 10) after an apparent suicide in the New York jail cell where he was being held without bail on sex-trafficking charges, and a source said he was not on suicide watch at the time of his death.
    Epstein, 66, was found unresponsive in his cell in the Special Housing Unit of the Metropolitan Correctional Center and transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which operates the lower Manhattan jail, said in a statement.
    Epstein, who was arrested on July 6, had pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of underage girls as young as 14, from at least 2002 to 2005.
    Last month, Epstein was found unconscious on the floor of his jail cell with marks on his neck, according to media reports, and officials were investigating that incident as a possible suicide or assault.
    Despite that, Epstein had been taken off suicide watch, a special set of procedures for inmates deemed in danger of taking their own life, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. He was on suicide watch as late as Thursday, the source said.
    The financier was in a cell by himself when his body was found, the source said.
    (Production: Mana Rabiee)
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