Latest / The Epstein Chronicles / Kristin Roman And The Medical Examiners Report Into Epstein's Death
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- 0:00Speaker 1: What's up everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
- 0:03Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're going to begin taking
- 0:06a look at the Jeffrey Epstein autopsy report that was
- 0:10turned in by Kristin Roman, the Medical Examiner and Barbara Sampson,
- 0:17the Chief Medical Officer, detailing their findings when it comes
- 0:22to the death of Jeffrey Epstein. So let's just dive
- 0:26right in, shall we. The Office the Chief Medical Examiner,
- 0:31City of New York. Report of autopsy, name of decedent
- 0:37Jeffrey Edward Epstein. Autopsy performed by Kristin Roman. Data of
- 0:42autopsy August eleventh, twenty nineteen. Cause of death hanging, manner
- 0:49of death suicide hang self. I hereby certify that I,
- 0:55Kristin Roman, MD, City Medical Examiner two, have performed an
- 0:59all topsy on the body of Jeffrey Edward Epstein on
- 1:02the eleventh of August twenty nineteen, commencing at nine twenty
- 1:06one a m. In the Manhattan Mortuary of the Office
- 1:10of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York.
- 1:14External examination. The body is received in a sealed labeled
- 1:18plastic body bag Seal number one, five, two, three, eight four.
- 1:23The body is of a well developed, thin, muscular, light
- 1:26skinned five foot ten, one hundred and ninety six pounds
- 1:29man whose appearance is consistent with the given age of
- 1:33sixty six years. The scalp hair is wavy, predominantly gray
- 1:38with interspersed dark hairs, has slight mel pattern balding, and
- 1:43measures up to three inches. The facial hair is cleanly shaven.
- 1:47The eyes have light irids. The oral cavity has intact
- 1:51teeth in good repair. The tongue is free of natural disease.
- 1:55The finger and toenails are well groomed and free of polish.
- 2:01Striae are on the shoulders. The genitals are at tromic
- 2:07and of a normal circumcised man. The anus is a
- 2:11traumatic post mortem changes. There's moderate symmetric rigor mortise of
- 2:17the upper and lower extremities, and the jaw lividity is fixed,
- 2:21purple and unevenly distributed on the posterior surfaces of the body.
- 2:26The body is cool. Scars on the back of the
- 2:31left shoulder is an oblique one half inch well healed
- 2:35linear scar. On the right lower quadrant of the abdomen
- 2:39is an oblique two inches well healed linear apidectomy scar
- 2:45therapeutic procedures. An end though tracheal tube is in the
- 2:50mouth extending into the upper airway on the lips or
- 2:53multiple focal red abrasions. A cervical collar encircles the neck,
- 2:58electro cardiogram electrodes around the torso. An intravascular catheter is
- 3:05in the left and a cubital fossa a lion is
- 3:09in the right chin. A blood pressure cuff encircles the
- 3:12upper right arm. On the chest. Between the nipples is
- 3:15a three x three irregular yellow abrasion. Internally, there are
- 3:19minimally haemorrhagic parasternal rib fractures of right ribs four through
- 3:24six and left ribs five and six, approximately sixty mili
- 3:29liters of liquid blood thinly coating the cerisosal surfaces of
- 3:35the intra abdominal organs, and an oblique six and a
- 3:38half centimeter laceration to the liver to the left of
- 3:42the falciform ligament. Artifacts of resuscitative chest compressions. Clothing. The
- 3:50body is received clad in a hospital gown. Injuries external
- 3:55and internal. These injuries are described in reference to standard
- 4:00anatomic planes. These injuries are grouped and labeled for descriptive
- 4:04purposes only no sequence is implied a hanging There is depressed,
- 4:12focally dried, and a braided non circumferential ligature furrow of
- 4:18the neck that peaks slightly on both sides of the neck,
- 4:21more steeply on the right side than on the left side.
- 4:25On the right side of the neck, the furrow bifurcates
- 4:27anterior to the ear, with one arm that peaks behind
- 4:31the right ear and one arm that extends to the
- 4:33right side of the back of the neck. On the
- 4:36back of the right side of the neck at the
- 4:39end of the lower arm of the furrow is a
- 4:41half by one inch irregular redibrasion. The furrow ranges from
- 4:47thirteen and three fourths to fifteen centimeters long, It doesn't
- 4:53say measured from both ends of the furrow on the right,
- 4:56and ranges from one eighth to one half wide. Anterior,
- 5:01the furrow passes over the thyroid cartilage on the upper
- 5:04edge of the right side of the furrow. Beneath the
- 5:06chin is an adjacent three fourths to one time inverted
- 5:10V shaped linear abrasion that ranges in width from one
- 5:14eighth to one fourth. Beneath the left side of the
- 5:17mandible is a faint one half to one and three
- 5:20fourths irregular red abrasion with multiple intersped deeper red abrasions
- 5:26that measure up to one fourth two three eighths. The
- 5:32face and head are plethoric above the furrow, with pedical
- 5:37hemorrhages of the face that are most marked. Within the eyebrows.
- 5:41There are multiple pedical hemorrhages of the beryl conjunctive of
- 5:46both eyes and confluent hemorrhages of the periphery of the
- 5:51right bulbar conjunctiva. There are faint petical hemorrhages on the
- 5:57mucosol surfaces of the upper and lower lips. Yo. I
- 6:00wish I knew Latin that would make this a little
- 6:02bit easier, huh. Within the parenchyma of the tongue or
- 6:07multiple focal spotty purple hemorrhages, there is diffuse purple hemorrhage
- 6:12at the base of the tongue. There are no hemorrhages
- 6:15of the anterior strap muscles of the neck. Posteriorly, there
- 6:19is a single hemorrhage in the left deep parispinal muscle.
- 6:23Both thyroid cartilage coronae are fractured, and the left corne
- 6:28of the hyoid bone is fractured, all with accompanying soft
- 6:31tissue hemorrhages see anthropology report. There are no fractures of
- 6:36the cervical vertebrae b other injuries. On the back of
- 6:41the left forearm is an oblique one linear red abrasion
- 6:45with an adjacent half to one in one fourth faint redibrasion.
- 6:51On the medical aspect of the back of the right
- 6:53wrist is a one eighth to one half faint red contusion,
- 6:57and on the medical aspect of the back of the
- 6:59left rige is a similar one half to three fourth
- 7:02faint red contusion. Internally, there is a deep muscle hemorrhage
- 7:07of the left deltoid muscle. Internal examination head, the scalp
- 7:13is without contusion or laceration. The skull is without fracture.
- 7:17There is no epidural, subdural or sub orachonoid hemorrhage. The
- 7:23brain weighs one than five hundred and twenty grams. The brain,
- 7:27spinal cord, and deromater are submitted for neuropathological evaluation. Neck
- 7:33see injuries, body habituts. The abdominal pannis is one to
- 7:38one fourth thick. The body mass index is twenty seven.
- 7:43Body cavities. The plural and percardal cavities are free of
- 7:47abnormal fluid accumulations or adhesions. Cardiovascular system. The heart weighs
- 7:53four hundred and forty grams and has normal distribution of
- 7:56right dominant coronary arteries with slight et theosclerosis, left main
- 8:02and left circumflex arteries. No stenosis. Left anterior descending artery
- 8:07multiple focal less than fifty percent stenosis, Right coronary artery
- 8:13multiple focal less than fifty to sixty percent stenosis. The
- 8:17myocardium is brown and diffusely fibrous. There is no focal
- 8:22fibrous fibrosis, excuse, me hemorrhage, or a pallor. The free
- 8:27wall of the left ventricle and the intraventricle septum are
- 8:31each one point nine centimeters thick, and the free wall
- 8:34of the right ventricle is zero point five centimeters thick.
- 8:37The four valves and endo cardial surfaces are unremarkable. Little
- 8:42pulmonary vessels and the veni cave are free of thrombosis
- 8:47and embolis. The aorda has moderate etheriosclerosis. Respiratory system. The
- 8:55right lung weighs five hundred and sixty grams and the
- 8:58left weighs five hundred and ten grams. Both lungs have spongy,
- 9:02maroon and pink parinchema that is free of masses. The
- 9:08distribution of bronchi and vasculature are unremarkable. The bronchi are empty, liver, gallbladder, pancreas.
- 9:17The liverways two thousand, four hundred and eighty grams and
- 9:19has soft brown parenchyma. The gallbladder is unremarkable and contains
- 9:24approximately thirty milliliters of brown bile without stones. The pancreas
- 9:29is tan, lobular and free of hemorrhage and mineralization. Hemic
- 9:34and lymphatic systems. The spleen ways two hundred and seventy
- 9:38grams and has an intact purple capsule and an unremarkable
- 9:41distribution of red and white pulp. There are multiple and
- 9:46large cervical lymph nodes measuring up to one and a
- 9:49half centimeters in greatest dimension. The remainder of the lymph
- 9:52nodes is unremarkable. There is no thymus. The bone marrow
- 9:57is unremarkable genitinori system. The right kidney weighs one hundred
- 10:03and eighty grams. And the left one hundred and eighty grams.
- 10:07Both kidneys have granular brown surfaces and otherwise unremarkable architecture
- 10:12and vasculature. The eurotors maintain uniform caliber into an unremarkable
- 10:18bladder that contains approximately five milli liters of cloudy yellow urine.
- 10:22The prostate is slightly and diffusely enlarged, with marked enlargement
- 10:27of vera montanum. The testes are unremarkable. Yo, that sucks. Huh.
- 10:35You end up dying and somebody tells you at the
- 10:37end of it, your testes are unremarkable. I mean, at
- 10:40the end of the day, when you really chop it up,
- 10:43we're nothing but sacks of meat, right, And when you
- 10:47read a report like this really slams at home. Endocrine
- 10:52system The pituitary, thyroid, and adrenal glands are unremarkable. Digestive system,
- 10:59the esophagus and gastrio esophagal junction are unremarkable. The stomach
- 11:04contains approximately five milli liters of opaque brown fluid without
- 11:09recognizable food or pills. The gastric mucosa is unremarkable. The
- 11:15small intestine and large intestine and rectum are unremarkable. The
- 11:20vermiform appendix is surgically absent. Musculoskeletal system. The therapeutic procedures
- 11:29on the anterior inner surface of the right first rib
- 11:32is slightly displaced, healed fracture callous. The vertebrae, clavicles remainder
- 11:38of ribs and pelvis are without fracture. The musculature is
- 11:43well developed and normally distributed. Microscopic descriptions tissue or organ
- 11:49fragments and levels. Histology HT nineteen DASH zero zero, three,
- 11:56three nine six, Heart number two, myocardiole and perivascular fibrosis,
- 12:04lung number five, slight patchy amphysema, liver number one statosis
- 12:10involving approximately fifty percent of hepatatic parenchyma, slight peraportal fibrosis,
- 12:18mark congestion, kidney number one, arterial sclerosis congestion testes number two,
- 12:28no pathological abnormality, tongue number one. Intra muscular and fascial
- 12:34hemorrhages consisting of intact ethrocytes, muscle adjacent to the hyoid
- 12:40bone number one, intramuscular and facial hemorrhages consisting of intact anthrocytes.
- 12:46Left posterior neck muscle number one intra muscle and fascial
- 12:51hemorrhages consisting of intact anthrocytes, left deltoid muscle number one,
- 12:57intramuscular and facial hemorrhages consisting of intact ethrocytes. Toxicology specimens
- 13:04are submitted for toxological analysis, A separate report will be issued.
- 13:10Forensic biology, bloodspot card clippings from right and left fingernails,
- 13:14and swabs of the back, in front of the neck,
- 13:17and right and left hands are submitted. Neuropathology, a separate
- 13:21report will be issued. Anthropology, a separate report will be issued.
- 13:27Evidence received separately are a ligature and clothing. The items
- 13:31are examined, photographed, and submitted to evidence. Radiography. Post mortem
- 13:37radiographs are taken, Photography autopsy photos are taken, and this
- 13:43report is reviewed by Jason K. Graham, First Deputy Chief
- 13:47Medical Examiner. All Right, folks, so that is what Christian
- 13:52Roman had to say about Jeffrey Epstein and his death.
- 13:56And as we continue to take a look at what's
- 13:58going on here, the next step is we're going to
- 14:01dive into what Barbara Sampson had to say when she
- 14:04put together her case notes and her report into the
- 14:08death of Jeffrey Epstein. All the information that goes with
- 14:12this episode can be found in the description box.