Jeffrey Epstein was strangled and not hanged, according to a doctor present at his post-mortem who has now called for the investigation into the paedophile's death to be reopened. Dr Michael Baden has called for an investigation into Epstein's death nearly seven years after the paedophile wasfound unresponsivein a New York prison cell.
The medic said he doesn't believeEpsteintook his own life while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in the US in a direct challenge to the New York Medical Examiner’s Office which found Epstein died by suicide. Dr Baden said: "My opinion is that his death was most likely caused by strangulation pressure rather than hanging."
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The doctor toldThe Telegraphthat given the information now available, further examination into the financier's death was warranted.
Dr Baden was reportedly at the post-mortem which followed Epstein's death to observe on behalf of the paedophile's family.
He is reported to have said that at the time, both he and the medical examiner had agreed that, on the basis of the autopsy report, more information was needed to ascertain the cause and manner of death.
Epstein was arrested on July 6, 2019, on sex trafficking charges brought by prosecutors in New York, who concluded they weren't bound by an earlier agreement not to prosecute the billionaire in Florida. He was found dead inhis jail cellon August 10 the same year.
Dr Baden said his findings following the post mortem on August 11, 2019, were "inconclusive" and Epstein's death certificate said further investigation of the cause was pending.
Five days later, the decision was allegedly "superseded" by Dr Barbara Sampson, then-chief medical examiner of New York.
Source: Drudge Report
