Did Epstein kill himself? Poll

[edhopper]

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I wanted to get a sense of the thinking on this here on DU.

85 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Yes, it was suicide
	8 (9%)
	No, he was flat out murdered
	73 (86%)
	No opinion, not enough info
	4 (5%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Omnipresent]

1. No, he was killed by the deep state..

Of which, trump is now protecting!

[GoCubsGo]

2. No. They snuck him out of prison alive.

He's either hiding on his island, or in some friendly Middle Eastern country, like Qatar or Dubai.

[Celerity]

3. I simply do not have enough evidence either way to make that call. I lean towards murder, but have no conclusive proof.

[Easterncedar]

4. NYS trooper in my family said it stank from the start

[David__77]

5. I don't know. It seems like there's a potent anti-Trump weapon in this issue, if anyone cares to wield it effectively.

[Bev54]

6. At this point nobody really knows for sure, that option should be in the poll

[edhopper]

9. Done

[MineralMan]

7. I do not know. Nobody who posts here actually knows.

[edhopper]

8. But one can have an opinion

based on what has been reported

[MineralMan]

10. Sure, but opinions without facts are pretty useless, it seems to me.

So, I guess it doesn't matter to me how Epstein died. He's dead. That's good enough for me. I have no opinion about that at all.

[Blue Owl]

11. Investigate the "mysterious orange blob" seen on the prison camera network

I mean, does it get any more symbolic…..

[Ritabert]

12. My husband thinks he's still alive and maybe living in Russia.

[AZJonnie]

13. The theory that someone pulled off a murder in the federal jail w/o leaving a single trace

or witness aside from like one particular broken bone that is not always seen in suicide by hanging, and did it perfectly enough to fool the chief medical examiner of NYC and DoJ IG both, seems like a somewhat fanciful one to me, more in the realm of super-spy movies than real-life.

Add to that the fact that it happened less than 24 hours after the Guiffre/Maxwell court documents dropped like a bombshell in the media and very strongly damaged any case he may have thought he had (iow providing a clear motivation for him) leads me to think it's def. more likely he offed himself.

That said I still think there's some chance that it was purposefully 'made easier for him to do' in some kind of small-scale conspiracy. This covers some of the sketchiness people point to when they list their reasons why they presume he was murdered w/o requiring a big cover-up and perfect execution of an elaborate and highly illegal scheme

[haele]

14. Could be...missing minute (or three) on his cell tape makes

difficult to determine 100%.

In order, given the little evidence and circumstances we have, this is what I think.
1. Murder
2.Suicide
3. Assisted suicide
4. Ken Lay "fake death" and getaway with all sorts of fake reports.

[creeksneakers2]

15. He tried to do it an failed

maybe a week before. I think the killed himself.