Recent document releases have sustained debate over Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death, officially ruled a suicide by the New York medical examiner and supported by multiple Justice Department reviews that found no evidence of homicide. In February 2026, newly unsealed DOJ video logs and observation records showed an unidentified orange-clad figure on the stairwell near Epstein’s cell hours before his death, prompting fresh analysis by independent reviewers. Mark Epstein has publicly asserted that additional autopsy details scheduled for release around that time would demonstrate homicidal strangulation rather than hanging. Most recently, a federal judge unsealed an alleged suicide note attributed to Epstein from his cellmate’s case files in early May 2026, though its authenticity and timing remain unverified. These disclosures occur against a backdrop of documented prison staffing failures and prior footage reviews that detected no unusual activity.