Official records, including the New York City medical examiner’s 2019 autopsy ruling suicide by hanging, fingerprints, DNA identification, and multiple federal investigations, have consistently confirmed Jeffrey Epstein’s death in custody. Recent 2026 releases of millions of DOJ and FBI files, along with a New York Times examination of jail protocols, suicide notes, and surveillance footage, reaffirmed institutional failures rather than any survival or escape. With no verified sightings, contradictory forensic evidence, or official reversals in the intervening years, trader consensus assigns a 97.7% probability against confirmation of life before 2027. Only an unprecedented authenticated appearance, new DNA findings, or formal government reversal could alter that assessment in the remaining months of 2026.