U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Office of the Warden
Metropolitan Correctional Center
750 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
(646) 836.6300. (646) 836-7551 (Fax)
August 10, 2019
SENT VIA EMAIL
The Honorable Colleen McMahon, Chief Judge
The Honorable Richard M. Berman, District Judge
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United
States Courthouse
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007-1312
Re: EPSTEIN, Jeffrey,
Federal Register No.
76318-054
United States v. Jeffrey
Epstein, 19-cr-00490-
RN! B
Dear Chief Judge McMahon and Judge Berman:
I am writing to notify the Court of the death of Jeffrey Epstein, who passed away Saturday,
August 10, 2019, at around 7:37 a.m.
Mr. Epstein had been found unresponsive in his cell in the Special Housing Unit at around
6:30 am from an apparent suicide at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New
York, New York. Responding staff immediately initiated life-saving measures and requested
emergency medical services (EMS), by whom Mr. Epstein was transported to a local hospital
for treatment of life-threatening injuries. Mr. Epstein was pronounced dead at the New York
Presbyterian-Lower Manhattan Hospital in New York, New York.
At this time, there are no preliminary reports identifying the exact cause of death. An autopsy
is pending, and we expect to have more information as to the cause of death from the medical
examiner in the near future. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is actively investigating the
incident.
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MCC Ncw York will provide an update to the Court as soon as the autopsy is completed and
the official cause of death is determined. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel
free to call me at . Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Warden
MCC New York
cc:
Martin Weinberg and Reid Weingarten, Counsel for Mr. Epstein
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