remember, when jeffrey epstein died mysteriously in jail, here in new york city, in high security lockup, there were all sorts of rumors floating around about did he really kill himself? and things like that. ultimately, the department of justice said it was suicide. but there were a lot of people who were saying, you know, kind of suspicious because there are a lot of influential people on that list. there is nothing to suggest that he was murdered, according to the department of justice. griff griff that s because a lot of questions about how the bureau of prisons handled having such a high profile inmate like that. steve: and, remember, wasn t it about that time and ainsley, we were on the couch discussing it. wasn t there is a problem with the surveillance camera? it just didn t work. ainsley: security guards falling asleep on the job. we interviewed someone earlier alana goodman a author of a book called a convenient death.
he evaded police for 16 years before his capture in 2011. cnn s alexandra field reports. reporter: after years of investigation, arrests are finally made. all three men charged in connection with the death of whitey bulger, were fellow inmates of his at hazelton federal penitentiary in west virginia. he was 89 at the times he died. hours earlier, he had been transferred to the west virginia facility from a prison in florida. his death immediately raising questions about the transfer and about why the high profile inmate was in with the prison s general population. the three men charged, two of them are accused of hitting him repeatedly on the head, causing bulger s death. all three face a charge of conspiracy to commit first degree murder. one remains at hazelton today. another is still in the federal prison system. and the third suspect was under supervised federal release in florida at the time of his arrest earlier this week.
about being in prison, especially as she lived such an opulent lifestyle, going from yachts to helicopter to mansion, and then all at the same time abusing young women. i don t think there is a lot of sympathy for her in that regard. she is under suicide watch, she has complained in the past when she is under suicide watch, she is a high profile inmate so there is a lot of pressure to make sure she survives after epstein died injail. there is a lot of pressure to make sure that ghislaine maxwell does not take her own life. a lot of these predators, they tend to either be victims of violence imprison or take their own lives. there are so many conspiracy theories in this case, so many women who want justice you theories in this case, so many women who wantjustice you feel like they were robbed of it when epstein died, and also these women want more than just ghislaine maxwell being prosecuted, they believe there is an
surveillance shows the guards sat their desk and appeared to have been asleep, at times browsing the internet for furniture and motorcycles. epstein had just been removed from suicide watch, but was left for eight hours before he was found with a noose around his neck. those guards have pleaded not guilty. their union blaming staff shortages. today, the director of the bureau of prisons grilled by senators about epstein s death. do you concur with the opinion that it was a suicide? that was the finding of the coroner, sir. okay. do you have any evidence to suggest otherwise? i do not. reporter: the pathologist hired by epstein s family to investigate has said that the evidence points to homicide. federal prosecutors say security footage shows no one entered the area where epstein was housed that night. so, let s get to eva pilgrim with us tonight live, and you mentioned there the surveillance. epstein was obviously a high profile inmate. authorities knew this at the
where medical examiner now says epstein hanged himself. many people are doubting that ruling, including epstein s legal team which has threatened its own investigation into what happened. nbc s kathy park reports. reporter: another twist in the jeffrey epstein scandal. autopsy results officially ruling his death a suicide by hanging, disproving conspiracy theories suggesting he may have been kill aid long with his secrets. multiple sources familiar with the case say the 66-year-old inmate hanged himself with the bed sheet, but epstein s attorneys writing late friday it is indispute tbl authorities violated their own protocols. we re not satisfied with the conclusions of the medical examiner. epstein was found unresponse nif a federal jail awaiting trial on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. the federal prison system became the target of harsh criticism from lawmakers who question how a high profile inmate could take his own life when guards should have been checking every half a