Epstein Secrets

icers responded to an emergency call and found Epstein on the floor of his cell with a strip of bedsheet around his neck. See Noel Indictment 1 11. Michael Thomas, a correctional officer at the MCC and one of the defendants in the Noel case, was one of the MCC officials who responded to this incident. See id.

and with a noose around his neck. See id.1 26. He was transferred to a local hospital where he was declared dead shortly thereafter. See id. 1 27. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York conducted an autopsy and determined that Epstein had committed suicide by hanging himself. See id. 8. On

rney's Office for the Southern District of New York entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the two correctional officers, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, for a period of six months. Case Developments On 8/12/2019, FBI NYFO opened a 90A, Irregularities in Federal Penal Institution - Crime of Violence

Piece of fabric utilized by Epstein as a "hand made noose". o MCC's entire DVR system. o Cell Phone belonging to MCC Correctional Officer Thomas. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York (OCME) provided a finalized autopsy report, Case No. M-19- 019432. According to the OCME autopsy report, the

ified to show that they had been performed. On August 10, at approximately 6:30 a.m., the two SHU staff on duty, CO Tova Noel and Material Handler Michael Thomas, began delivering breakfast to SHU inmates. Noel unlocked the door to Epstein’s SHU tier. When Thomas attempted to deliver breakfast to Epstein

the SHU and the BOP begins repairing the DVR 2 system. The FBI seizes all hard drives contained in the DVR 2 system as evidence. August 11, 2019 The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York, conducts an autopsy of Epstein. August 14–15, 2019 The FBI returns to MCC New York and seizes additional compo