Jeffrey Epstein’s death was ruled a suicide in 2019, but his brother Mark claims new autopsy details due next month will prove he was murdered.
Mark Epstein claims the injuries he saw on his brother’s body “didn’t correspond to the way his body was found hanging”(Image: )
Jeffrey Epstein’s brother has claimed that new autopsy information will show the disgraced financier was murdered and did not take his own life, as authorities have maintained.
Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell at New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center in August 2019 while awaiting trial on multiple sex trafficking charges. Officials ruled his death a suicide by hanging.
However, his brother Mark Epstein, who identified the body, has again challenged that conclusion and says further details due to be released next month will support his belief that Epstein was killed in prison, reports the Mirror.
In an interview with NewsNation, the 71-year-old said: “Jeffrey was murdered, and more autopsy facts will be coming out in February that prove it.”
He claimed the injuries he observed “didn’t correspond to the way his body was found hanging”.
Shortly after Epstein’s death, Mark Epstein hired former New York City chief medical examiner Dr Michael Baden to observe the autopsy conducted by city officials. Dr Baden later said the evidence “points to homicide rather than suicide”.
Despite this, multiple official reviews have concluded that Epstein died by suicide. A 2023 US Department of Justice inspector general report found that serious failures in prison oversight contributed to his death, but ultimately ruled that no one else was involved.
Nonetheless, conspiracy theories have continued to circulate, with some claiming Epstein was killed to protect powerful friends or associates.
“There are only three ways to die in prison,” Mark Epstein said. “Suicide, natural causes or murder. And Jeff was murdered. I want to know who killed him and on whose behalf.”
The claims follow remarks by Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former associate, who has also said she does not believe he died by suicide.
Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in Epstein’s sex trafficking operation, gave evidence to deputy attorney general Todd Blanche over two days in July 2025 at a courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida.
According to transcripts, when asked whether she believed Epstein died by suicide, Maxwell replied: “I do not believe he died by suicide, no.”
However, she said she had no knowledge or evidence of who might have killed him, adding: “I don’t know.”
Maxwell suggested that if Epstein was murdered, it was more likely to have been an internal prison matter rather than a plot orchestrated by powerful figures outside.
“If it is indeed murder, I believe it was an internal situation,” she said, adding that violence in prison could be carried out for minimal reward.
She also dismissed theories that Epstein was killed to silence him, calling them “ludicrous” and saying there would have been “plenty of opportunity” to target him before he was jailed.
