There are reasons to be skeptical of Michael Baden, the forensic pathologist who found that Jeffrey Epstein's manner of death 'points to homicide rather than suicide'
Michael Baden, the pathologist who thinks Jeffrey Epstein was murdered. Photo: Michael B. Thomas/AFP via Getty Images The August death of Jeffrey Epstein in a New York City jail has been subject to all manner of conspiracy-minded speculation.
Hold Dr. Baden’s credentials up to the light, though, and a more checkered history emerges from his demi-celebrity status. I first sensed the disconnect between Baden’s fame and his accomplishments when he gave a guest lecture at John Jay College’s forensic-science program while I was in graduate school there in the early 2000s. Self-aggrandizement, however irritating, is not necessarily an indication of professional unreliability.
It took exactly one year for Koch’s high opinion of Baden to sour. Too many unforced errors added up, including picked-apart trial testimony in the “Dr.
Baden moved on to Suffolk County, where he was appointed chief deputy medical examiner. Less than a year after his appointment, in December 1982, Baden was dismissed after an article in Oui magazine quoted him giving “advice on how to kill people” using undetectable poisons.
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