An explosive, newly released Department of Justice (DOJ) email has revealed that federal prosecutors were secretly investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s death as a “murder,” despite publicly claiming that the convicted child predator died from suicide.
The bombshell discovery has reignited fierce debate over what really happened inside a federal jail cell in 2019.
The email is part of the latest document tranche released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Copies of the documents have quickly gone viral across social media platforms, fueling fresh skepticism about the government’s long-standing claim that Epstein “killed himself.”
For years, Americans have been told the case was closed.
Now, newly surfaced language from inside the DOJ is raising new questions.
The “Murder” Email
The controversial email appears within a broader dataset of records related to Epstein’s crimes, associates, and the investigation into his death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan.
While officials caution that the wording may reflect informal phrasing rather than an official finding, the use of the word “murder” by someone inside the Justice Department has intensified public distrust.
Critics argue that even casual internal references contradict the narrative that the matter was definitively settled as a suicide.
The email, dated June 11, 2020, is from an assistant US attorney (AUSA) for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), whose name has been redacted.
In the email, the AUSA discusses the “investigation into the murder of Jeffrey Epstein.”
It also reveals that the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) “signed a confidentiality agreement” regarding Epstein.
“Hi, I’m an AUSA in EDNY and am working on an investigation into the death of an inmate at the Brooklyn MDC,” the email reads.
“The OCME told me that it signed a confidentiality agreement in connection with the investigation into the murder of Jeffrey Epstein.
“We were hoping to extend a similar agreement and I wanted to see if you could share the agreement (or a boilerplate version of it).
“I’m happy to speak over the phone if that’s easier. My cell is [redacted].”
Autopsy Questions Resurface
The renewed scrutiny comes as longtime critics of the official ruling continue to speak out.
Investigative journalist Barry Levine told Fox News host Jesse Watters that key aspects of the autopsy process remain troubling.
“We know the chief medical examiner did not personally perform the autopsy — someone else in her office did,” Levine said.
“There was no blood on the noose, even though there was blood visible on Epstein’s neck in the photographs.”
“DNA testing was done, but it may have been performed on the wrong noose,” he added.
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Meanwhile, Dr. Michael Baden, the former New York City chief medical examiner who observed the autopsy on behalf of Epstein’s family, has again stated that the injuries were more consistent with strangulation than suicide, as Slay News reported.
“My opinion is that his death was most likely caused by strangulation pressure rather than hanging,” Baden said.
His conclusion directly challenges the official determination issued by New York’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Surveillance Gaps and Timeline Discrepancies
Newly released investigative notes and surveillance records have added further uncertainty.
Video reportedly shows guards approaching Epstein’s cell early the following morning.
DOJ records reference an unexplained “flash of orange” on the tier where Epstein was housed late the previous night, despite no inmates or staff being authorized to be in that area at the time.
Even more striking is a timeline inconsistency revealed in federal documents.
As previously reported, a federal statement emerged in the files describing Epstein as unresponsive and pronounced dead.
However, the statement was dated August 9, 2019, one day before he was officially discovered on August 10.
According to prison records, Epstein was found the morning of August 10 when a corrections officer delivering breakfast discovered him in his cell.
Yet the August 9 document accurately described the circumstances of the official version of events.
The 4Chan Whistleblower
One of the most controversial elements resurfacing in the newly released files involves an anonymous online post made in the early morning hours of August 10, 2019, before Epstein’s death was publicly reported.
As Slay News reported, the poster claimed to be a prison employee at the Metropolitan Correctional Center and alleged that Epstein had been removed alive from the facility and later “switched out,” with his death staged.
At the time, corporate media outlets dismissed the post as a conspiracy theory.
However, the timestamp, roughly one hour before the public announcement, raised serious questions about how the poster appeared to have advanced knowledge.
The newly released files identify the anonymous poster as Roberto Grijalva, a correctional officer at the MCC.
In his post, Grijalva wrote:
“Not saying anything after this pls do not try to dox me but last night after 0415 count they took him medical in a wheelchair front cuffed but not 1 triage nurse says they spoke to him.
“Next thing we know a trip van shows up?
“We do not do releases on the weekends unless a judge orders it.
“Next thing we know, he’s put in a single man cell and hangs himself?
“Heres the thing, the trip van did NOT sign in and we did not record the plate number and a guy in a green dress military outfit was in the back of the van according to the tower guy who let him thru the gate.
“You guys i am shaking right now but i think they switched him out.”
Despite years of investigation, no definitive proof has emerged publicly to overturn the suicide ruling.
An internal FBI memo previously stated:
“We are aware of the theories circulated in the media and online that Epstein video recorded the abuse of his victims, including by other men, but we have found no evidence to support that theory.”
The memo also asserted that if such material had existed, it would have been used in criminal prosecutions.
Questions Still Unanswered
Yet inconsistencies, redactions, missing surveillance footage, unexplained timeline gaps, and now a DOJ email referencing “murder” continue to erode public confidence.
Officials maintain that no conclusive new evidence has emerged to change the official findings.
But for many Americans, the combination of insider language, disputed medical conclusions, and documented irregularities ensures that the controversy surrounding Epstein’s death is far from over.
With each new document release, the pressure builds for a full accounting of what happened inside that jail cell, and who, if anyone, may have benefited from the case being closed and Epstein being silenced.
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