Epstein, a former friend of Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, as well as Britain's Prince Andrew, was being held in a jail in lower Manhattan on child sex trafficking charges at the time of his death.
The 66-year-old investor was in a special section of the jail for inmates who are at risk from other prisoners, or to themselves. Guards at the jail were supposed to regularly check on him.a forensic pathologist hired by Epstein's brother has said the injuries found on Epstein's neckThe jail is operated by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Epstien's death remains under investigation by multiple federal agencies.
Epstein was accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls at his homes on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and in Palm Beach, Florida, from 2002 through 2005.
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