Recently declassified jail documents detailing the final days of Jeffrey Epstein, notorious child sex trafficker and blackmailer to the elite, suggest that his death may have been a premeditated act of murder, rather than suicide, according to experts in the field.

In the wake of a confidential $290 million class action settlement involving roughly 100 victims of Epstein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, his financial affiliate from 1998 to 2013, Epstein's financial footprints and the conduct of his close confidants appear to be forever concealed. JPMorgan, accused of facilitating Epstein's illicit lifestyle by managing his funds despite employees' awareness of his nefarious activities, declared no admission of guilt in the settlement, persisting in their denial of any knowledge of Epstein's actions.

Yet, the U.S. Virgin Islands government, where Epstein possessed a private island frequented by his influential friends and underage sex victims, is seeking its own case against the bank.

Epstein's clandestine life and demise remain enshrouded in an official enigma. Records indicate that during his final 36-day tenure at Manhattan's federal detention center, Epstein, then 66 and awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, claimed to have "a wonderful life" and professed that it would be "crazy" for him to terminate it.

Epstein's covert girlfriend, Karyna Shuliak, a striking brunette from Belarus, reportedly gave him multiple reasons to continue living. According to insiders, Shuliak, who had a seven-year relationship with Epstein, visited him just 11 days before his death and spoke to him the night preceding his demise. Investigators found no evidence to suggest that Epstein had suicidal tendencies.

Contradicting Epstein's outlook on life, federal prison officials insist that Epstein took his life by hanging himself from a bunk bed on August 10, 2019. A coroner hired by Epstein's brother, however, argues that a small, fractured bone in Epstein's neck is indicative of forceful strangulation.

Sources conjecture that Epstein was silenced due to his extensive history of trafficking young women to his affluent associates. His influential circle consisted of high-profile individuals, all of whom fervently deny any wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein's illegal activities.

Upon his admission into the Metropolitan Correctional Center on July 6, 2019, Epstein spent 22 hours among the general population before being transferred to a special unit due to increasing media coverage. During his incarceration, Epstein lamented being treated like "a bad guy" and struggled to establish prison friendships. His bail was denied on July 18, leaving him potentially facing 45 years in prison, a prospect that allegedly left him emotionally shattered.

Despite being placed on suicide watch, Epstein's prison guards confessed to playing computer games instead of conducting welfare checks, and the surveillance cameras assigned to monitor his cell conveniently malfunctioned on the night of his death.