For over 25 years I have walked through morgues, stood in courtrooms, stared at skulls and listened to silence that told darker stories than words ever could. I have seen cruelty that left marks you cannot see on skin. I have learned what people are capable of when no one is watching. I have learned that justice is not always just. In the end, I was never part of the system. I was only fuel to keep its machinery running.
Jeffrey Epstein’s sudden jailhouse death in August 2019 shocked the world and immediately ignited a firestorm of speculation. Officially, authorities ruled the 66-year-old financier’s demise a suicide by hanging. Yet from the moment his body was found on the morning of August 10, disturbing questions and contradictions have cast doubt on that conclusion. Epstein was a wealthy and well-connected inmate facing federal sex-trafficking charges, arguably one of the most high-profile prisoners in the country, but he died under highly irregular circumstances. From odd autopsy findings and mysteriously malfunctioning cameras to negligent guards and inexplicable decisions by jail officials, nearly every aspect of his death is cloaked in suspicious inconsistencies. This investigative exposé will delve deeply into the key areas of doubt, drawing on a wide range of reputable sources [New York Post, 2019; Washington Post, 2019] to unravel what really happened. Each inconsistency is backed by documented facts from multiple outlets, revealing a pattern of evidence that just doesn’t add up.
At the moment, I unfortunately have very little time for my blog, but I plan to deliver weekly news on the subject of forensic science here from January 2022. Many of you know that in 2019 I examined the authenticity of the Ibiza videos for Spiegel and Süddeutsche Zeitung before they were published. Now Sky has produced a film as well as a documentary that I would like to highlight.
The Police Crime Statistics (PKS) is a comprehensive record of police-registered offenses, aggregated from the data of individual states and systematically processed until final resolution. This foundational statistic depicts the development of crime since 2004. However, it is important to understand that only offenses reported to the authorities are included in this statistic. A multitude of offenses—especially those that fall directly under the jurisdiction of the public prosecutor, such as financial and tax crimes, perjury offenses and state security offenses—remain unaccounted for. Moreover, foreign crimes, administrative offenses and most traffic violations are not included.
In an era where digitalization permeates every aspect of life, it seems inevitable to deal with one’s digital legacy in a timely and careful manner. Alongside material possessions and emotional keepsakes that one wishes to leave to loved ones, awareness has increasingly shifted to central aspects of one’s passing and emergency scenarios – the so-called digital legacy.
Whenever eventful twists occurred over the past year, it was claimed that the number of crimes in Germany had decreased – a claim that should provoke some reflection. However, upon closer examination of the recently published statistics for Bavaria and Germany for the year 2016, a more nuanced picture emerges. In Bavaria, where the crime reporting rate increased by 3.4%, particularly in the urban centers of Munich and Upper Bavaria, reality speaks a different language: In the Bavarian capital, Munich, the crime rate even rose by a significant 9%.