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SUICIDE. Jeffrey Epstein, who was on suicide watch, hanged himself at a Manhattan jail on Saturday, August 10. Photo by New York State Sex Offender Registry/AFP
The government and Federal Bureau of Investigation immediately launched probes as politicians, law enforcement officials, and alleged victims expressed shock that Epstein could take his own life, when a recent reported suicide attempt meant he should have been under close watch. On July 23, the 66-year-old was found unconscious with marks on his neck. He was put on suicide watch for 6 days before being returned to his cell in a high-security part of the jail, theHis death came one day after a New York court released a tranche of sealed legal documents, providing new details about what prosecutors allege was Epstein's sex-trafficking operation.
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