Report: Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy finds he had broken neck bones

The Metropolitan Correctional Center.
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Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy found that he had several broken bones in his neck, two people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post on Wednesday.

The autopsy was conducted on Sunday, one day after the financier and accused sex trafficker was found dead inside his cell at Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center. Epstein's hyoid bone was reportedly broken, and experts told the Post this can happen in a hanging, especially when the person is older, but is more common in victims of strangulation.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.