Charles Homans

Let me set the scene for you.

It's late in the afternoon, July 6th, 2019.

Jeffrey Epstein is flying back from Paris.

He's on his private plane.

And he's about to land at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, which is a small airport that's often used by wealthy people in New York for their private jets.

He's making plans, including heading to his private island in the Caribbean.

Eventually, his plane lands.

A couple of customs agents come on board the plane to check his passport, the way they usually do with private planes.

And then they ask him to come to the terminal.

And he follows them.

When he gets to the terminal, there's an FBI agent and an NYPD detective waiting for him.

And they tell him that he's under arrest.

Epstein appears shocked by this.

And in the car on the way to Manhattan with the agents, he asks them two questions.

One is, is this sex trafficking?

And the other is, is this about underage?

Epstein's taken that night to the Metropolitan Correctional Center, the big federal jail in lower Manhattan, the MCC.

And he's only been there for a matter of hours when one of the jail employees notices him and sees this guy who seems distraught and sad and a little confused.

She's concerned enough that she sits down and writes an email to the jail staff.

And she says she thinks somebody from the psychology department should come and talk to him, quote, just to be on the safe side and prevent any suicidal thoughts.