A renowned pathologist who was at Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy is demanding a fresh investigation, insisting newly released info only confirms his belief that the notorious pedophile was murdered.
Dr. Michael Baden, who was New York City’s chief medical examiner in the 1970s, was so alarmed by what he saw in the August 2019 exam that he publicly declared “the evidence points toward homicide rather than suicide.”
“That was my opinion at that time, and I still stand by it,” the famed pathologist told the Telegraph in an interview published Friday.
“The autopsy findings are much more consistent with a crushing injury caused by homicidal strangulation than caused by hanging by suicide.”
In fact, Baden insisted, documents released in the Epstein files reinforce his belief that the medical examiner rushed to call the death a suicide.
It also showed there was reason to believe that suspicious behavior in the Metropolitan Correctional Center at the time — including a flash of orange on videos that looked like a possible inmate — should not have been dismissed as foolish conspiracies.
“Given all the information now available, further investigation into the cause and manner of death is warranted,” Baden insisted in his latest interview.
Baden had been a witness to the autopsy at the request of Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, who has long believed his brother was murdered.
Baden said he and then-Chief Medical Examiner Barbara Sampson agreed that the results were inconclusive and “more information was needed to determine the cause and manner of death.”
Newly released documents also show that the cause of death was initially marked as pending, which, Baden believes, suggests he was correct to think they were waiting for more info.
Instead, just five days later, Sampson declared Epstein’s death a suicide by hanging, blindsiding the expert witness.
“I have not seen any evidence of further study, nothing that indicated further investigation into the cause of death,” Baden told the Telegraph of his shock at the sudden ruling that defied what he had witnessed.
“The autopsy findings are much more consistent with a crushing injury caused by homicidal strangulation than caused by hanging by suicide.”
Specifically, the doctor pointed to three fractures in Epstein’s neck, which he has never witnessed in a hanging suicide in his decades-long career.
“Even one fracture, we have to investigate the possibility of a homicide. Two definitely warrant a full investigation,” he told the paper. “Findings in textbooks never see those fractures, and neither have I.”
Baden additionally maintains that the injuries were not consistent with a noose made from a bedsheet, as officials claimed.
“It wasn’t smooth like the sheet, the markings [on Epstein’s neck] would have required a different type of material,” he said.
Sampson has repeatedly dismissed any evidence of strangulation and defended her office’s findings. The suicide ruling has been accepted by the Trump administration.
A panel of six senior forensic pathologists prepared an exclusive report in 2024 for The Post, re-examining the full autopsy, crime scene pictures and all available information at the time.
Four of the six panel members classified it as suicide — while two found it impossible to give a definitive ruling.