A resurfaced Fox News interview from January 17, 2020 features top forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden laying out evidence that strongly points to Jeffrey Epstein being murdered, not dying by suicide as officially reported.
Dr. Baden, who served as New York City’s Chief Medical Examiner and worked on high-profile cases for decades, directly challenged the official story of Epstein hanging himself in a federal jail cell. He told Fox host Steve Doocy, “That’s greater evidence of homicide than suicide.”
The interview aired five months after Epstein was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell, and the questions surrounding his death had only grown louder. The video shows Baden calmly dismantling the suicide narrative using direct medical observations from Epstein’s autopsy.
“Burst capillaries in the eyes”
Doocy opened by asking about the condition of Epstein’s eyes.
“You say that the answer to whether or not he killed himself could be in his eyes. Explain,” Doocy asked.
Baden responded: “With hanging… there usually is not any kind of hemorrhages in the eye. With homicidal strangulation, because of the increased pressure, there are hemorrhaging in the eye.”
He confirmed that when he examined Epstein’s body, “There were burst capillaries in the eyes called petechiae.”
He admitted petechiae alone aren’t conclusive, but asserted: “That’s greater evidence of homicide than suicide.”
Body Color Doesn’t Match Hanging
Then came another disturbing detail. According to Dr. Baden, if someone hangs themselves, gravity causes blood to pool in the legs, turning them a “maroonish” color.
But in Epstein’s case?
“They were normal color,” Baden said. “Normal, pale color of the skin.”
This lack of lividity in the lower limbs, he said, doesn’t match the expected signs of a hanging death.
“All you need is one bad guy”
When asked whether someone could have killed Epstein, Dr. Baden didn’t mince words.
“That’s possible. All you need is one… one bad guy,” he said. “That’s why they have to deal with the guards. One guard gives him the key, opens up his cell… and nobody knows it, because nobody’s making rounds.”
Doocy noted how conveniently the surveillance cameras weren’t working at the time. Dr. Baden agreed: “That’s the problem.”
“It was a very convenient death”
Baden repeatedly criticized the investigation, saying the focus had shifted away from the cause of death and was now only about security failures.
“We don’t even know the position of the body when it was found… Was he hanging up? Was he on the ground? Was the noose around the neck?” he asked.
Doocy pointed out another red flag: EMTs moved the body to the hospital instead of securing the scene.
“They carted him off to the hospital, which never happens… and they didn’t take any pictures,” Doocy said.
Baden agreed: “It shouldn’t [happen]. The EMTs are not supposed to move a dead body.”
“We still don’t have the results of the EMTs… What forms did they fill out? How was the body found? What happened at the hospital? We don’t know,” he added.
“I think he was whacked”
As the interview wrapped, Doocy said what many Americans were thinking: “People say, look, he was whacked.”
Dr. Baden didn’t deny it.
“That’s one of the issues that has to be addressed. It was a very convenient death for a lot of people, and a lot of things went wrong that could have permitted a homicide.”
When asked if he believed the case was being properly investigated, Baden gave a chilling answer:
“No. I think this is a poor way to investigate any death case. You can’t close it out within five days.”
The New York City Medical Examiner had ruled Epstein’s death a suicide just five days after it happened. Dr. Baden’s comments suggest that decision was premature—if not reckless.
“The case was closed out by the medical examiner’s office,” he said.
Watch the full interview below from Fox News:
