Renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden has provided Law&Crime with an exclusive, never-before-seen photograph from the autopsy of dead sex offender and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The newly released photograph shows three fractures in Epstein’s neck. Baden, who has practiced medicine for nearly 60 years, says those three fractures likely would not have occurred via suicide and were much more consistent with a homicide determination.
Here’s the image in question, along with descriptions of what it shows: “here”
A detailed image highlights the suspicious breaks: “here”
Baden shared his professional opinion as a board-certified pathologist as a guest on the Law&Crime Network on Wednesday. During that broadcast, he said that Epstein was more likely strangled than guilty of felo-de-se.
Baden was hired by Epstein’s brother Mark Epstein to observe the autopsy after the alleged sex-trafficker was discovered dead in his Manhattan prison cell on August 10–less than a week after he was taken off suicide watch by officials at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, which is administered by the federal Bureau of Prisons.
On August 16, New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner issued a finding that determined Epstein’s cause of death was a “hanging” caused by “suicide.”
Baden pushed back against the city’s determination. He told the Law&Crime Network’s Brian Ross that the initial forensic pathologist who examined Epstein was “inconclusive as to whether it was a suicide.” Additionally, Baden said that a “higher-up” made the final decision by “checking the suicide box.”