Charles Homans

Epstein's version of this story kind of changes over time.

Initially, he says that Tartaglione attacked him.

And later on, he starts saying that he doesn't remember what happened, that he got up to get a drink of water, and next thing he knew, he was lying on the floor.

And later on, he tells this story to one of the lawyers who visits him that Tartaglione was sort of playing some sort of prank on him.

And it's all a little unclear in the telling.

The jail officials never conclusively determine what happened.

But in the meantime, Epstein is put on suicide watch.

Right.

Quite logically.

Yeah.

And throughout this whole time, the jail psychologists, wardens are trying to make sense of this case.

And they end up kind of uncertain about what happened and how much risk Epstein really seems to pose to himself.

But in our reporting, we found one piece of evidence that might have changed their assessment if they had had it at the time.

But it was hidden from them.

And what is that evidence and why was it hidden?

So shortly after this incident with the noose, Tartaglione is flipping through a graphic novel that he has in their cell when he finds this piece of paper.

And it looks very much like a suicide note written by Epstein.

What does it say?

It says, they investigated me for a month, found nothing.

At another point, he writes, it is a treat to be able to choose one's time to say goodbye.