A note that a former cellmate said he discovered after Jeffrey Epstein’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was all but certainly penned by the same person as a note that authorities found in the millionaire sex offender’s cell after he killed himself, handwriting experts say.
Three forensic document examiners who reviewed the notes at the request of The Associated Press concluded that they have or appear to have common authorship, with shared characteristics such as the same spacing, letter shapes, usage of capital letters and unique punctuation.
In the first note, made public this week, the writer states: “They investigated me for month — found nothing!!!” and talks about being able to choose the “time to say goodbye.” The other note, which has been public for years, is a list of grievances about conditions at the jail, including the showers, food and “Giant Bugs.”
16 Comments
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 39 pts · 138d
puts on conspiracy hat
Pen plotters exist. A sufficiently advanced nation state's intelligence services could replicate his particular style of handwriting with enough data to forge a note like this.
credo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 137d
https://youtu.be/cQO2XTP7QDw
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 137d
Really cool video. I wish I had even a fraction of the kit he's got lol.
I did get a 3D printer recently, so time to build everything else.
redsand@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 136d
Humans can do this too. It's just mimicry of lines. Ask a class of 2D art majors to try and you'll get a few solid forgeries
frongt@lemmy.zip · -9 pts · 138d
Do pen plotters control pressure and angle?
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 138d
In a world of CNC machines with 6+ dimensions of motion and sub-mm precision, I don't think it's unreasonable to assume it can exist
motorwerks@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 136d
Dimensions, you say? Far out!
Ironfist79@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 138d
That doesn't prove that he wrote either one.
Tujio@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 138d
Does it really matter if he killed himself or not? Either he was murdered, or he was intentionally allowed to commit suicide. The conclusion of both of those options is that the people in charge did this.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 136d
Exactly. Because if I was him I sure as fuck would kill myself
osanna@lemmy.vg · 1 pts · 136d
Ironfist79@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 128d
Of course it matters.
greenbit@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 138d
The info here is that multiple handwriting samples don't match, apparently only one
Kevlar21@piefed.social · 27 pts · 138d
Isn’t handwriting analysis bullshit?
natecox@programming.dev · 2 pts · 137d
FishFace@piefed.social · 5 pts · 138d
At this point the people who believe the conspiracy theory can't be convinced that it's false.
greenbit@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 138d
Which theory?
shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 138d
Doubt x