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Judge Orders Unsealing of Epstein’s Alleged Suicide Note

5/7/2026

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Judge Unseals Note

The alleged suicide note, found by Jeffrey Epstein’s cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione, stayed locked in a courthouse vault for five years.
District Judge Kenneth Karas in Plains ordered the document attributed to Jeffrey Epstein to be unsealed, though authenticity remains unverified.
The note says, “They investigated me for months — FOUND NOTHING!!!”.
It reads, “It is a treat to choose one’s time to say goodbye.”

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Tartaglione Finds Note

Public scrutiny intensifies over the 2019 jail death marked by camera failures and guard neglect.
Nicholas Tartaglione, a police officer serving life sentences, discovered a handwritten note hidden in a book inside his jail cell.
The Justice Department warned the note is undated, unsigned, and its authenticity not verified.
Federal prosecutors did not object to the New York Times’ petition for the note’s release.

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Judge Unseals Note

The alleged suicide note, found by Jeffrey Epstein’s cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione, stayed locked in a courthouse vault for five years.
District Judge Kenneth Karas in Plains ordered the document attributed to Jeffrey Epstein to be unsealed, though authenticity remains unverified.
The note says, “They investigated me for months — FOUND NOTHING!!!”.
It reads, “It is a treat to choose one’s time to say goodbye.”

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