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Epstein autopsy determined he had several broken neck bones: report nypost.com/2019/08/15/eps…
One of the breaks was to the hyoid bone, an injury that experts told the Washington Post is more common in homicide victims.
Jonathan Arden, president of the National Association of Medical Examiners, said a broken hyoid bone — which is near the Adam’s apple — is more common in strangulation murders than suicidal hangings.
“If, hypothetically, the hyoid bone is broken, that would generally raise questions about strangulation, but it is not definitive and does not exclude suicidal hanging,” said Arden, who is not involved with the Epstein autopsy.
Numerous studies were also cited by the paper that found hyoid bone breaks were found in the minority of suicidal hangings. One such study conducted from 2010 to 2013 that looked at suicidal hangings in India found that hyoid damage was present in just 16 of 264 cases.
Jeffrey Epstein told his lawyers that a hulking ex-cop inflicted the injuries that left him nearly unconscious in his cell last month, a source close to the convicted pedophile’s case told The Post. nypost.com/2019/08/14/eps…
Jeffrey Epstein told his lawyers that an ex-cop inflicted that that left him nearly unconscious in his cell last month, a source close to the convicted pedophile’s case told The Post.
Epstein was treated for neck injuries following the July 23 incident inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan, law enforcement officials have said.
At the time, Epstein was sharing a cell with former Westchester County cop Nicholas Tartaglione, who faces a death penalty trial in four drug-related slayings upstate.
Epstein told his lawyers that “the cop roughed him up, and that’s why they got him off suicide watch,” the source said.
