Epstein’s Broken Neck, “More Common in Victims of Homicide by Strangulation” Than Suicide
August 15th, 2019Via: news.com.au:
An autopsy that has just been carried out on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s body has only deepened the mystery surrounding his death.
The billionaire financier was facing up to 45 years in prison over federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges when his body was found in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan last Saturday morning.
Now, two sources “familiar with the findings” have told the Washington Post the autopsy found Epstein suffered multiple breaks in his neck bones.
One of the broken bones was the hyoid bone, located near the Adam’s apple in males.
And while that break could occur when a person — especially an older man — hangs themself, they are “more common in victims of homicide by strangulation”, forensics experts said.
Jonathan L Arden, president of the National Association of Medical Examiners, was not involved in Epsten’s autopsy — but he told the Post a broken hyoid bone would “raise questions” and that pathologist would need to investigate more extensively.
“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,” he said.
