Jeffrey Epstein appears in newly released prison footage from night of death
The video, taken on 9 August 2019 at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York City, shows Epstein being led to his cell at 7:49 p.m.
Footage reveals a guard leaving his cell at 10:41 p.m., which is believed to be the last time Epstein was seen alive.
Epstein was found unresponsive the following morning, 10 August, and the FBI has confirmed his death was by suicide.
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