Handwriting on newly released note matches one found after Epstein's death, experts tell AP

https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-handwriting-notes-nyc-jail-tartaglione-ed67aedee5d8c1aff1b862e2aeb399ba

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.”

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Gork@sopuli.xyz · 39 pts · 138d (6 replies)

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 (1 reply)
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 (2 replies)

Do pen plotters control pressure and angle?

Witchfire@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 138d (1 reply)

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 (5 replies)

That doesn't prove that he wrote either one.

Tujio@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 138d (3 replies)

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 (1 reply)

Exactly. Because if I was him I sure as fuck would kill myself

osanna@lemmy.vg · 1 pts · 136d
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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 (1 reply)

Isn’t handwriting analysis bullshit?

natecox@programming.dev · 2 pts · 137d
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FishFace@piefed.social · 5 pts · 138d (1 reply)

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