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NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#287251: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:39:03 AM

Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide

Damnit, I wanted him to bring up dirt on the big wigs.

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#287252: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:42:32 AM

Brought up on the previous page, unless your intention was to give it the headline treatment.

This is a two-way dilemma. You either feel cheated in that we couldn't beat more info out of him, or you feel glad that he no longer exists. Also, shame his death couldn't be on the peoples' hand rather than his own.

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#287253: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:43:03 AM

It being a suicide isn’t confirmed yet, some press seem to be jumping the gun on the cause of death.

He’s dead and because of that a lot of very powerful pedophiles will be sleeping more soundly tonight.

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#287254: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:44:32 AM

On the other hand,his convenient death might mean more victims come forward

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#287255: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:45:03 AM

Epstein was miserable in prison. Death doesn't serve justice, IMHO.

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#287256: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:45:24 AM

I feel cheated we can't beat more info out of him and disappointed that his victims won't get the opportunity to watch him squirm and suffer. Hopefully they can still get something by filing a civil suit against his estate and this does nothing to stop info about the people he, uh, "did business" with.

Edited by Bur on Aug 10th 2019 at 8:45:41 AM

Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#287257: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:46:01 AM

NYPD says he hanged himself. Which is really impressive when you consider that he was on suicide watch (so, no belt, no shoelaces, even clothing is optional) in a cell with 24-hour CCTV surveillance.

What's precedent ever done for us?
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#287258: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:48:09 AM

I'd kick him just to be sure,he might be playing dead for all we know..

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ACW from Arlington, VA (near Washington, D.C.) Since: Jul, 2009
#287259: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:48:17 AM

I'm no conspiracy theorist, but this gives even me pause.

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#287260: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:49:11 AM

Wait fucking NYPD were in charge of his custody? I’m surprised it took this long for him to ‘suicide’.

Any report on if his guards have been arrested? If he was on suicide watch and was able to commit suicide then they should be held criminally liable.

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#287261: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:49:21 AM

Was he in a cell by himself or did he have a cellmate just kinda sitting there awkwardly.

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#287262: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:49:50 AM

What could he possibly have hung himself with? His own intestines? No, he was definitely murdered to silence him.

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#287263: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:51:28 AM

Well, that's astoundingly suspicious. So... murder or did he get whisked away somewhere?

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#287264: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:52:53 AM

If it was not murder then it was a really lousy suicide watch.

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archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#287265: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:56:04 AM

Epstein was being held in MCC New York, which is operated by Federal Bureau of Prisons, not NYPD.

I’m guessing he was being held in a low-security cell, which wouldn’t have CCTV and might have the materials needed to make a rope.

Edited by archonspeaks on Aug 10th 2019 at 6:58:04 AM

They should have sent a poet.
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#287266: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:58:17 AM

Can we not engage in conspiracy theories? He was a wealthy predator who for the first time in his life wasn't going to get away this time, and he knew it.

It actually being suicide is perfectly plausible.

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DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#287267: Aug 10th 2019 at 6:58:49 AM

What could he possibly have hung himself with? His own intestines? No, he was definitely murdered to silence him.

You don't need to murder an already suicidal person - you just need to conveniently leave something in the cell and not check on him for a while.

Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Aug 10th 2019 at 3:59:17 PM

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#287268: Aug 10th 2019 at 7:00:13 AM

Normally I'd say something similar

b u t

This is the one case where his death is a little too convenient,too obvious,too well timed

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Edited by Ultimatum on Aug 10th 2019 at 2:00:34 PM

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#287269: Aug 10th 2019 at 7:01:11 AM

If it wasn't a conspiracy, it sure as hell is good Conspiracy Theory fodder.

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#287270: Aug 10th 2019 at 7:01:23 AM

[up][up]Irrational nonsense, the timing makes perfect sense for an authentic suicide.

There is zero evidence of a conspiracy, it's just unfounded speculation.

Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Aug 10th 2019 at 7:01:44 AM

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#287271: Aug 10th 2019 at 7:01:56 AM

Just like JFK's assassination,only it was'nt so public

how did he hang himself without anything else

Edited by Ultimatum on Aug 10th 2019 at 2:02:43 PM

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DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#287272: Aug 10th 2019 at 7:03:18 AM

[up][up]

Again, it could have been a suicide. Eppstein tried before and was on suicide watch. Why murder a person if you can have them do it themselves.

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#287273: Aug 10th 2019 at 7:04:47 AM

He found something to hang himself with while on suicide watch and being observed by 24-hour CCTV. How does that not strike you as a teensy bit suspicious?

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#287274: Aug 10th 2019 at 7:05:21 AM

I think it was just lousy suicide watch too.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#287275: Aug 10th 2019 at 7:05:54 AM

It doesn't make me suspicious because there is zero evidence.

It's not rational to jump to conspiracy just because you "feel" it to be right, human impulses aren't rational in these situations and shouldn't be trusted.

Life isn't a work of fiction and our narratives are not reliable.

Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Aug 10th 2019 at 7:06:16 AM

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