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Mark Epstein continues to state that his brother, Jeffrey Epstein, was killed
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Mark said on Friday, January 9, that “more autopsy facts” would be released in the coming weeks and would “prove” his claims.
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Jeffrey died by “suicide by hanging” in a cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in August 2019
Mark Epstein continues to claim that there is evidence to prove that his brother Jeffrey Epstein was killed.
Jeffrey, a convicted sex trafficker, died by suicide by hanging on August 10, 2019, in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, as he awaited trial on multiple sex trafficking charges. Mark was the one who identified the body.
As speculation began about the circumstances of Jeffrey’s death, Mark hired former NYC chief medical examiner Dr. Michael Baden, who said the “evidence points to homicide rather than suicide.”
Years later, in June 2023, the FBI and Department of Justice said there was no credible evidence of foul play in his death, according to a DOJ report.
Despite the findings, Mark continued to express his skepticism about the official findings, telling NBC News in July 2025, “Over and over, I believe he was murdered.” “And anyone who looks at all the information on the facts comes to the same conclusion,” added Mark.
Mark reiterated his belief in an appearance on News Nation Now on Friday, January 9, where he again alleged that Jeffrey was murdered, and that “more autopsy facts will come out in February to prove that.”
He told the shop that when he saw Jeffrey’s body, the injuries “did not correspond to the way his body was found hanging.”
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Mark Epstein and Jeffrey Epstein
Mark continued, “There are only three ways to die in prison,” before adding, “Suicide, natural causes or murder.”
“And Jeff was killed. I want to know who killed him and in whose name?”
Mark also said he believes the previous investigations and subsequent findings are a “cover-up.” “Why the charade?” he asked. “Who are they trying to protect?”
Meanwhile, Mark denies Jeffrey’s confidante Ghislaine Maxwell’s August 2025 comments that she did not “see” Jeffrey’s murder happening, although she acknowledged that it is “of course” possible.
“But I don’t know any reason why, and I don’t believe in blackmail or anything like that, I don’t think Epstein has been this successful,” she continued. “If it’s really a murder, I believe it was an internal situation.”
In Friday’s interview with News Nation Now, Mark said he “doesn’t trust anything” Maxwell says, adding that she “never saw the body or talked to Jeff before he died.”
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The 2019 mugshot of Jeffrey Epstein
Before Mark spoke to NewsNation on January 9, he claimed in a November 18 phone interview with the outlet that an unnamed source told him that names of conservative politicians were being removed from Epstein’s files to prevent Republicans from being incriminated.
Days later, on November 20, he claimed on CNN Erin Burnett OutFront that President Donald Trump deliberately delayed the release of the Epstein files.
Mark also alleged that his brother had information about Trump when he was running for his first term in office in 2016, claiming it was incriminating enough to “cancel the election.”
“He didn’t tell me what he knew,” Mark told the outlet, “but Jeffrey definitely had dirt on Trump.”
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