Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide observe ‘saved underneath lock and key for seven years’
Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide note has reportedly been locked in a courthouse vault for seven years raising fears that investigators did not have access to potentially key evidence
Epstein was found dead in a jail cell in 2019(Image: AP)
A suicide note supposedly written by Jeffrey Epstein in jail has reportedly been kept secret for nearly seven years. The paedophile’s letter is said to be locked up in a New York courthouse vault.
A cellmate said he discovered the note in July 2019 after Epstein was found unresponsive with a strip of cloth around his neck, the New York Times reports. Epstein survived that incident but weeks later was found dead in the jail.
The note was eventually sealed by a federal judge as part of the cellmate’s own criminal case, according to documents and interviews. It means investigators lacked what could have been a key piece of evidence.
According to the cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, the note said it was “time to say goodbye”. It comes after the DoJ released a tranche of files related to the disgraced financier earlier this year.
A two-page document in the records reportedly describes how the scrawled message became tangled up in Tartaglione’s legal case.
The document said Tartaglione’s lawyers verified the note, but it does not explain how, according to The Sun.
Tartaglione, a former cop, was behind bars serving four consecutive life sentences for murdering four people.
But prison records show that a week after Epstein accused his cellmate of an attack, he U-turned and said they “never had any issues”.
Tartaglione told the outlet he found the note tucked into a graphic novel after Epstein was moved into a different part of the jail.
The note said investigators “found nothing” from their investigations into Epstein, Tartaglione recalled.
He said the message read: “What do you want me to do, bust out crying? Time to say goodbye.”
Epstein was found dead in his cell at a federal jail in Manhattan, New York, in August 2019 while he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled as a suicide.
The scandal has had far-reaching consequences in the UK.
The former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was stripped of his titles by the King, and Lord Peter Mandelson was fired as UK ambassador to the US.
Both were arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office over their connections with Epstein.
They have since been released under investigation.
