yahoo news | Prison Guards Were Googling Jeffrey Epstein Just Before He Was Found Dead, Files...
Financier and convicted sex‑trafficker Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in the Metropolitan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019, but a trove of newly released Department of Justice files has kept the case in the spotlight. Among the most unsettling details are the computer logs of two prison guards who were supposed to check on Epstein every 30 minutes in the Special Housing Unit. The logs show that one guard, Tova Noel, ran a Google search for “latest on Epstein in jail” less than an hour before he was found hanging, a query that she later denied making.
Noel, an Army veteran who began working at MCC in July 2019, and fellow guard Michael Thomas were later charged with falsifying records that claimed they had performed the required checks. Both pleaded guilty but avoided jail time in exchange for cooperating with a Justice Department inspector‑general review. In addition to the dubious search, the files reveal that Noel’s bank filed a Suspicious Activity Report after detecting twelve cash deposits—including a $5,000 deposit on July 30, 2019—just weeks before Epstein’s death. Neither the deposit nor the SAR was questioned during her 2021 interview, and lawmakers are now pressing the House Oversight Committee to have Noel testify about these anomalies.
The combination of missing camera footage, the extra linens found in Epstein’s cell, and the guards’ falsified logs has fueled endless conspiracy theories, but the new congressional hearing could finally provide a factual account of the final hours. As investigators sift through the revelations, many hope that Noel’s testimony will clarify whether negligence, misconduct, or something more sinister contributed to Epstein’s death, even as each answer seems poised to generate fresh questions.
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