Dr. Michael Baden, who attended Epstein autopsy, calls for more investigation: “My opinion is that his death was most likely caused by strangulation pressure rather than hanging.” PS Stephen J. Harper is in the Epstein files.

Epstein Autopsy Witness Challenges Suicide Finding: Injuries ‘More Consistent’ with ‘Homocidal Strangulation’

David Gilmour | MEDIAite | Feb 13, 2026

A pathologist with decades of experience who observed Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy said the disgraced financier’s injuries in death were “more consistent” with “homicidal strangulation” than hanging and claimed demands for further investigation at the time were “superseded” to push the official ruling that he killed himself.

Epstein was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. New York’s chief medical examiner at the time, Dr. Barbara Sampson, ruled the death a suicide by hanging.

Dr. Michael Baden, who attended the autopsy as an observer on behalf of Epstein’s estate, told The Telegraph on Friday that the case “warranted” further scrutiny after the release of new documents by the Justice Department.

He said, “My opinion is that his death was most likely caused by strangulation pressure rather than hanging.”

“Given all the information now available, further investigation into the cause and manner of death is warranted,” he said.

The official findings recorded three fractures in Epstein’s neck. Dr. Baden said he had never seen such injuries in a suicide by hanging during five decades reviewing inmate deaths.

“Even one fracture, we have to investigate the possibility of a homicide. Two definitely warrant a full investigation,” he told the newspaper. “Findings in textbooks never see those fractures, and neither have I.”

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PS Stephen J. Harper (Canada’s ex PM Harper’s middle name is Joseph) is in the Epstein files twice that I could find, once searchable, once not (who knows how many other files he’s in with his tight loving clasp on Bibi Netanyahu and genocidal crimes by Israel! FFS. Creepy fucker.