90A-NY-3151227 Serial 1¶
FD-1057 (Rev. 5-8-10)¶
UNCLASSIFIED¶
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION¶
Electronic Communication¶
Title: (U) Opening EC¶
Date: 08/12/2019¶
From: NEW YORK¶
NY-C19¶
Contact:¶
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Case ID #: 90A-NY-3151227¶
(U) UNSUB(S);¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN - VICTIM;¶
DEATH INVESTIGATION¶
Synopsis: (U) To open assign full investigation.¶
Details:¶
On Saturday, 8/10/2019, JEFFREY EPSTEIN was discovered unresponsive in his jail cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Facility (MCC), 150 Park Row, New York, NY. EPSTEIN was discovered with a fabricated noose around his neck in what was an apparent suicide.¶
Preliminary investigation revealed a series of protocol failures by MCC personnel, as well as technical failures/deficiencies within the MCC at the time EPSTEIN was discovered.¶
As a result, a death investigation was initiated.¶
UNCLASSIFIED¶
EFTA00130149¶
FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10)¶
90A-NY-3151227 Serial 2¶
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION¶
Date of entry 08/14/2019¶
On August 10, 2019 at approximately 1345 hours the reporting investigator met with BOP Lieutenant in an administrative office on the 9th floor opposite of the “L” tier. During that time a review of EPSTEIN’s inmate records and activity conducted with the following information obtained:¶
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According to computer inquiries conducted at that time by EPSTEIN had no phone calls on file with BOP. Found that inquiry to be odd because she was informed that EPSTEIN had in fact made a call on 08/09/2019. An inquiry of another inmate was conducted to ensure the database was operating correctly or that the inquiry was submitted correctly and phone records were revealed for the “test” inmate run. EPSTEIN’s 08/09/2019 call was provided by BOP supervisor who also reported the call. Informed that the call was made on an unsecure line or “legal line” which is not recorded. Informed that the reason the call was placed in that manner was because EPSTEIN related to that there was an issue with his phone account and he could not make a “normal call”. When asked to utilized EPSTEIN’s code to make a “test” call to determine the validity of the reason for the unsecure call, Informed that it would be impossible to test because the system is voice recognizable and voice activated. Further informed that inmates are given calls once per every 30 days. It is one call that may last 15 minutes max. All calls are made from within the cell and BOP personnel bring in a receiver or headset for the inmate to utilize.
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Records indicate BOP supervisor notified EPSTEIN next of kin; Mark Epstein at # at 1100 hours on 08/10/2019.
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Review of EPSTEIN’s commissary yielded him to have funds in the amount of $566.27 at the time of his death.
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EPSTEIN had no “authorized persons” or any persons listed on his call log.
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■. ■ was able to finally retrieve a record of EPSTEIN’s last call. The call was placed on the unsecure line at approximately 1900 hours and was made to ■ According to ■. ■ EPSTEIN indicated he was calling his mother. ■. ■ informed that EPSTEIN’s mother is deceased.
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EPSTEIN’s last cellmate was Efrain REYES (date of birth
Investigation on 08/10/2019 at New York, New York, United States (In Person)¶
| File # | 90A-NY-3151227 |¶
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| Date drafted | 08/13/2019 |¶
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