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gab13by13

(29,087 posts)
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:12 PM Tuesday

Renowned forensic pathologist comments on the 3 broken bones in Epstein's neck

Dr. Michael Baden saw photos of a summary from Epstein's autopsy, that showed 3 broken bones in Epstein's neck, his comment to Fox News was that in his 50 years he has never seen a hanging where those 3 bones were broken. Baden said the broken bones were more common in strangulations.

A summary of the autopsy was released but I don't think the entire autopsy has ever been released?

https://www.foxnews.com/us/jeffrey-epstein-autopsy-report-released-photos-bone-fracture?msockid=25d6599f42ad6c523b244bb643056dc7

Disclaimer for posting a link from Fox News, it involves the testimony of a reliable forensic pathologist.

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Renowned forensic pathologist comments on the 3 broken bones in Epstein's neck (Original Post) gab13by13 Tuesday OP
Another know nothing trump hating fake doctor BOSSHOG Tuesday #1
I like you, gab13by13 Tuesday #2
And I like You My Friend BOSSHOG Tuesday #3
Replace "everybody i love knows that" with "its common knowledge" and you nailed a MAGA SSJVegeta Wednesday #16
"A lotta people are saying...." BurnDoubt Wednesday #25
a 'reliable forensic pathologist' - who just happens to be trotting himself out in front of the TV cameras stopdiggin Tuesday #4
I'm slow, I don't understand your point? gab13by13 Tuesday #5
To be fair, he's trotting himself out there at the behest of Epstein's family EdmondDantes_ Tuesday #7
Trump DOJ prodigitalson Wednesday #23
No. The DOJ report was in 2023 EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #32
To be fair Garland was the DOJ during the Biden "era". Rube? No Autumn Wednesday #33
So what was Garland's motivation? EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #34
I have my opinions. You can form yours. nt Autumn Wednesday #35
I think technically he was strangled. Melon Tuesday #6
Did he really? LisaL Tuesday #8
Seriously? brush Tuesday #9
Yes. My understanding was his butt was a few inches off the ground. Melon Tuesday #10
Nah, the video releaseed had several minutes miissing and was not of his cell. brush Tuesday #11
Wouldn't you lose consciousness first and not be able to hold yourself in that precise position anymore still-prayin4rain Tuesday #14
That's the way they do it.i worked for the police in college and say the same. Melon Wednesday #18
Interesting (and sad for the kid and RW) still-prayin4rain Wednesday #19
That's still considered as hanging. NutmegYankee Wednesday #31
It kinda reminds me of a D.U. thread a few years ago. It seems this guy committed suicide in a cop car, 3Hotdogs Tuesday #12
Yup, not surprised. Trump & Barr. Joinfortmill Tuesday #13
Dr. Michael Baden was a defense witness for OJ Simpson Kaleva Wednesday #15
If one just ties something around the top moniss Wednesday #17
No. That is not how it's done. You would need to fall many feet to break your neck. Melon Wednesday #20
Honestly did you read what I said about bones not likely to break based on the description given moniss Wednesday #21
I read it. There is no stool in a jail cell Melon Wednesday #27
I never said there was a stool in his cell. I made the point that unless there moniss Wednesday #28
And I'm patiently try to explain to you that body weight and a constricting knot Melon Wednesday #29
I don't believe the bones broke by the description of moniss Wednesday #30
there's no bones like broken bones Tetrachloride Wednesday #22
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Wednesday #24
In the end, he was worth more dead than alive. BurnDoubt Wednesday #26

BOSSHOG

(43,454 posts)
1. Another know nothing trump hating fake doctor
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:21 PM
Tuesday

What the hell does he know about broken necks? Strangling somebody is a method of suicide. Everybody I love knows that. Why are you still talking about this?

gab13by13

(29,087 posts)
2. I like you,
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:26 PM
Tuesday

your response.

I know they released a summary of the autopsy but don't believe they released the entire autopsy.

Did they check for strange DNA on Epstein's neck and bed sheet?

SSJVegeta

(1,195 posts)
16. Replace "everybody i love knows that" with "its common knowledge" and you nailed a MAGA
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 12:08 AM
Wednesday

BurnDoubt

(874 posts)
25. "A lotta people are saying...."
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 01:12 AM
Wednesday

Isn't that how we got into this mess?
Nobody ever asked "who are this 'lotta people?'"
And nobody EVER asked: "What will America look like when it's 'Great Again?'"

stopdiggin

(14,106 posts)
4. a 'reliable forensic pathologist' - who just happens to be trotting himself out in front of the TV cameras
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:48 PM
Tuesday

at the behest of FoxNews

But, hey! All in here!

gab13by13

(29,087 posts)
5. I'm slow, I don't understand your point?
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:58 PM
Tuesday

Are you saying that Fox brought the guy in to say that Epstein may have been murdered? Trump was president and Billy Barr was AG.

You confused me. Are you one of the people who believe that Epstein committed suicide? I have this bridge....

EdmondDantes_

(710 posts)
7. To be fair, he's trotting himself out there at the behest of Epstein's family
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 11:01 PM
Tuesday

But apparently the person who did the autopsy and the Biden era DOJ are just rubes.

Baden himself admits that the breakage is only more common in homicide strangulation not dispositive of suicide strangulation. People don't understand odds very well.

EdmondDantes_

(710 posts)
32. No. The DOJ report was in 2023
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 07:34 AM
Wednesday
https://oig.justice.gov/news/doj-oig-releases-report-bops-custody-care-and-supervision-jeffrey-epstein-metropolitan

From the link:

No Evidence Contradicting the FBI’s Determination that there Was No Criminality Associated with Epstein’s Death.

Separate from the OIG’s investigation, which focused on the conduct of BOP personnel, the FBI concurrently investigated whether Epstein’s death was the result of criminal conduct by any non-BOP actors. Among other things, the FBI investigated the cause of Epstein’s death and determined it was not the result of a criminal act. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York, determined that Epstein died by suicide. While the OIG determined MCC New York staff engaged in significant misconduct and dereliction of their duties, we did not uncover evidence contradicting the FBI’s determination regarding the absence of criminality in connection with Epstein’s death.

Autumn

(48,186 posts)
33. To be fair Garland was the DOJ during the Biden "era". Rube? No
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:31 AM
Wednesday

Complacent? Yes. A lot of stuff should have been released and dealt with, including this report from 2023, the trump era.

EdmondDantes_

(710 posts)
34. So what was Garland's motivation?
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:44 AM
Wednesday

And are you suggesting that the people who actually wrote the report were under orders or just complacent?

That's one of the many problems with these conspiracy theories. They require either a lot of complicit people who then never say anything or unitary actors.

Melon

(644 posts)
6. I think technically he was strangled.
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 11:01 PM
Tuesday

He didn’t drop from the ceiling. He basically tied a homemade rope around his neck and then crouched until he lost consciousness with his body weight.

Melon

(644 posts)
10. Yes. My understanding was his butt was a few inches off the ground.
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 11:18 PM
Tuesday

Similar to Robin Williams. There is nothing in a cell to hang from the ceiling. Just rope around neck short enough that you sit and body weight causes strangulation.

brush

(60,770 posts)
11. Nah, the video releaseed had several minutes miissing and was not of his cell.
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 11:46 PM
Tuesday

AG Barr visited, shortly thereafter Epstein was dead and guards were 'alledgedly and mysterious' absent. Yeah, right.

Sometimes Occam's Razor is what it is.

still-prayin4rain

(377 posts)
14. Wouldn't you lose consciousness first and not be able to hold yourself in that precise position anymore
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 11:56 PM
Tuesday

before actually dying?

Melon

(644 posts)
18. That's the way they do it.i worked for the police in college and say the same.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 12:16 AM
Wednesday

A boy had killed himself on a double bunk bed. We found him basically strangled but on his knees.
Putting a short rope around your neck and sitting down with it on a low bar on a bunk bed. You lose consciousness and pass out and hang. .
Robin Williams was a belt on a door knob. That’s waist level.

NutmegYankee

(16,438 posts)
31. That's still considered as hanging.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 07:09 AM
Wednesday

Many suicidal hangings are only partial suspension. But the broken bones raise the possibility he was rendered unconscious by strangulation and then arranged in a manner to let gravity finish the job.

3Hotdogs

(14,411 posts)
12. It kinda reminds me of a D.U. thread a few years ago. It seems this guy committed suicide in a cop car,
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 11:49 PM
Tuesday

wile his hands were handcuffed behind his back. He shot himself.

Kaleva

(39,682 posts)
15. Dr. Michael Baden was a defense witness for OJ Simpson
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 12:08 AM
Wednesday

“A preeminent but controversial medical examiner, Baden testified that he had billed about $100,000 so far in the Simpson case, but defense lawyer Robert L. Shapiro sought to blunt any challenge to Baden’s credibility by eliciting his detailed testimony about work he has done for prosecutors, including the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office“

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-11-me-33974-story.html

moniss

(7,767 posts)
17. If one just ties something around the top
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 12:12 AM
Wednesday

Barr of the cell and slumps to choke off the airway from body weight I'm not so sure that bones would break. I would think that would happen more likely from a considerable weight jerking on the neck like jumping off a chair at least.

Melon

(644 posts)
20. No. That is not how it's done. You would need to fall many feet to break your neck.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 12:20 AM
Wednesday

The bones break because these people aren’t executioners. They tie a basic knot and hand their body weight from it when they pass out. The knot slips and is incredibly tight. It can get so tight from body weight that it splits the skin. Same force or worse than strangulation.

moniss

(7,767 posts)
21. Honestly did you read what I said about bones not likely to break based on the description given
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 12:24 AM
Wednesday

of how he supposedly hung himself? Your response leads me to believe you didn't.

Melon

(644 posts)
27. I read it. There is no stool in a jail cell
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 01:36 AM
Wednesday

He basically twisted paper tight for a noose. You are not given fabric clothes usually on suicide watch. He didn’t hang by the neck with his feet dangling. Hanging when the noose draws tight like that is strangulation. It doesn’t break the neck. The rope just tightened around your neck and you pass out, body weight strangles you. His but was a barely off the ground is what I had heard. If you weigh 180 pounds, the rope will get very tight around the throat. I’m not necessary disputing what the autopsy expert said…but he’s paid. Paid people tend to match the opinions of those that pay.

moniss

(7,767 posts)
28. I never said there was a stool in his cell. I made the point that unless there
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 02:05 AM
Wednesday

was a way for him to jump with some weight snapping against his neck I doubt whether the bones in his neck would break. Honestly this is like me saying it's night time and you saying to me "No it's not it's just that the sun went down and it's dark."

Melon

(644 posts)
29. And I'm patiently try to explain to you that body weight and a constricting knot
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 02:18 AM
Wednesday

Is the mechanism here. This isn’t breaking the neck. It’s small bones. The hyoid and cartridge. Strangling someone with your hands commonly breaks them. A ligature will break them.

Someone in a jail cell without access to long rope. Without access to a high point. In a cell designed to stop suicides through hanging do not hang from a rope. They die from asphyxiation, just like a ligature strangulation. It’s classified as hanging because body weight is constricting the rope, but the mechanism is strangulation. They put their body weight against a rope until they pass out, then their full body weight is on their neck except for their legs.

moniss

(7,767 posts)
30. I don't believe the bones broke by the description of
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 02:52 AM
Wednesday

what they found with how they say Epstein did it. Period. I believe how those bones came to be broken was from other circumstances. Someone can die of self imposed asphyxiation without breaking bones. I have never believed that the official story is on the up and up. But then again there are people who still swear the Warren Report is gospel.

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