FBI situational report on Epstein's death investigation, August 14, 2019

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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION¶

08/14/2019¶

SITUATIONAL REPORT (SITREP)¶

Jeffrey Epstein – Victim;¶

Irregularities in a Federal Penal Institution; Death Investigation; 90A-NY-3151227¶

(U//FOUO) In an effort to obtain all of the pertinent video, which includes video that may have been captured on corrupted hard drives, NYO CART in coordination with OTD, has initiated efforts to retrieve the entire video system from the MCC. This includes all hardware and software related to the video recording system. The MCC has an entirely new system ready to be installed. The removal of the old system will be coordinated with the installation of the new system to minimize any loss of current video recording capabilities within the MCC.
(U//FOUO) NYO CART, along with NYO Agents, will assume 24/7 on scene (within the MCC’s video monitoring room) coverage until such time as the video system is removed.
(U//FOUO) Case Agents have begun the review of video that has been downloaded and staged on OpWAN. ___
(U//FOUO) The interview of continues to be tentatively scheduled for Friday, 8/16/2019.
(U//FOUO) A proffer of Efrain Reyes continues to be tentatively scheduled for Friday, 8/16/2019.

(U) Current Situation of the search of Epstein’s private island, Little St. James, as it relates to the ongoing Sex Trafficking investigation.¶

The 08/14/2019 proposed plan is as follows:¶

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(U//FOUO) Members of the NYO’s VCTF will continue efforts to complete the interviews of all the members of the MCC that is pertinent to the death investigation.
(U//FOUO) Members of the VCTF will continue attempts to interview Efrain Reyes.
(U//FOUO) NYO CART will continue efforts to download any usable surveillance video from MCC.
(U//FOUO) Members of the VCTF will continue to coordinate with the SDNY to facilitate the interview of
(U//FOUO) Members of the VCTF will seek to begin review of MCC video staged on OpWAN.

(U//FOUO) On 7/6/2019, Epstein was remanded to the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), 150 Park Row, New York, NY.
(U//FOUO) On 7/8/2019, Epstein was placed on suicide watch and evaluated by MCC Psychologist and underwent observations until 7/10/2019.
(U//FOUO) On 7/23/2019, Epstein first attempted suicide via hanging, and was discovered unconscious in his cell at approximately 1:27 a.m. EDT. Epstein was placed on suicide watch until 7/29/2019.
(U//FOUO) In the morning hours of 8/9/2019, Epstein’s cell mate, Efrain Reyes, was released from the MCC, leaving Epstein alone in his cell.
(U//FOUO) On 8/9/2019 at approximately 7:19 p.m. EDT, an MCC Correctional Officer allows Epstein to make a phone call on an unsecured and unmonitored line. The call was to and was approximately 20 minutes in length.
(U//FOUO) On 8/10/2019, at approximately 6:30 a.m. EDT, Jeffrey Epstein was found unresponsive in his jail cell at the MCC. Epstein was found with a make-shift noose around his neck in an apparent suicide. Emergency medical response efforts to revive Epstein were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead at approximately 7:30 a.m.
(U//FOUO) Initial incident reports generated at the MCC and sent to BOP HQ on 8/10/2019, documented that two MCC Correctional Officers falsified observation logs for Epstein’s cell for the overnight hours of 8/9 – 8/10/2019. This prompted a criminal investigation by the Office of Inspector General (OIG).

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