I will be explicit: if, after reading the DOJ report and reviewing the facts of the case, you believe that Epstein was murdered, then your critical thinking is sub-normal. An average police officer would grok this.

If a powerful individual had:

1. Much to lose in the event of Epstein cooperating (he wasn't), and,

2. The means to arrange a complex assassination (in a prison, in solitary confinement, and -- I repeat that this is a matter of fact for which you have zero repudiation -- without being seen by the security cameras which were active and monitoring the entrance to Epstein's block from the communal entrance), and,

3. The public knowledge that Epstein had weeks earlier attempted to commit suicide (I literally cannot believe I'm having to enumerate this)…

… why wouldn't you simply pressure Epstein to commit suicide and obviate the insane risk of detection or mishap in a scheme to murder him that would, at a minimum, require either the cooperation of multiple heretofore uncontrolled/unknown operatives within the prison, in addition to the brokering and lifting being done by a proxy (i.e.: at least 3 people, probably closer to 5-10, all of whom would be highly brittle points of failure both during and after the operation)?

Or find a way to provide him with the mysterious extra bed sheets[^1] if he were intending on doing it anyway? You know, perhaps on an unmonitored telephone call[^2] made to his "mother" (dead for years) immediately prior to the suicide?

Sorry, but yes you are dumb if you think Epstein was murdered in prison. You are knowingly taking a position unsupported by fact, considered and rejected by thousands of more qualified investigators from across the judiciary, and the best you can appear to do is accuse me of not being gentle in my treatment of your utterly inane conjecture.

You are leaping to the most exciting conclusion and rejecting the myriad simpler ones supported by the overwhelming evidence. Each of the following is inescapably a simpler and more likely explanation for his death than him being murdered:

1) He succeeded in his second attempt at suicide due to deteriorated mental health,

2) He succeeded in his second attempt at suicide due to his fear of being mistreated or murdered by an inmate (he's a pedophile in prison etc.),

3) He succeeded in his second attempt at suicide due to his fear of being murdered by a guard in the employ of people he might betray,

4) He succeeded in his second attempt at suicide due to his fear of loved ones being murdered at the behest of people he might betray,

5) He succeeded in his second attempt at suicide due to being provided the means by guards operating at the behest of people he might betray,

6) He succeeded in his second attempt at suicide due to befriending a guard who took pity on him or to whom he promised or arranged financial reward himself (yes, it's more likely Epstein was motivated to essentially pay for his own suicide than someone murdered him in his prison cell, sigh),

7) He succeeded in his second attempt at suicide because he was pressured by external forces capable of harming those he loved.

It's just staggering that you cannot evaluate this properly. I don't want to be unkind, I'm sure you're very smart and a lovely person, but I would encourage you to discuss this with any lawyer, prosecutor, or investigator you might have access to and go through the facts line by line. You should absolutely be alarmed that you are out of step with so many informed individuals on this, even before considering people like me who are simply 50th percentile with logic.

[^1]: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar-and-criminal-law/...

[^2]: https://www.businessinsider.com/jail-officials-jeffrey-epste...