FactCheck.org found the 2019 “not him” posts rested on low-resolution photos and guesses about ears and noses. The body was identified, autopsied by the New York City medical examiner and observed by Dr Michael Baden on behalf of Epstein’s brother. Baden argued that the injuries pointed to homicide, which is a reason the family believed he was killed, not that he escaped. The Inspector General’s report traced his last hours in the jail. [1][2][3]
The steelman for doubt is the jail itself: if guards could falsify logs and cameras could fail, people ask what else could. That is a fair question about the jail. It does not supply a living Epstein.
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