The case began with a single complaint in March 2005: a parent said a 14-year-old girl had been brought to Epstein’s house on El Brillo Way, paid hundreds of dollars and abused during a “massage.” Detective Joseph Recarey and his colleagues then found a pattern. Girls, mostly from local high schools and poor families, were recruited to come to the house, were paid, and were paid more to bring friends. Some were 14. [1]
Detectives watched the house, pulled trash, interviewed staff and executed a search warrant in October 2005. They recovered photographs and found massage tables; the computers had been removed before the search. Chief Michael Reiter believed the evidence supported serious felony charges. [1][2]
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