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One of the prison guards at the facility where Jeffrey Epstein died Googled his name minutes before his body was found and made a mysterious $5,000 deposit days before.
New documents released by the Department of Justice add further weight to doubts about the official account of the disgraced financier’s death.
Tova Noel was one of two guards at the Metropolitan Correctional Center who was accused of falsifying records to say they had checked on Epstein before his death on 10 August 2019.
Both were fired but criminal charges were dropped.
The New York Post reports, “Noel googled “latest on Epstein in jail” at 5:42 a.m. and then again at 5:52 a.m. — less than 40 minutes before her colleague, correctional officer Michael Thomas, found the disgraced financier dead in his cell by hanging at 6:30 a.m., according to an FBI record of Noel’s internet search history that night.
“Earlier that shift, Noel, 37, shopped for furniture online and snoozed on the job instead of making the mandated checks on Epstein every 30 minutes, while Thomas perused motorcycles, prosecutors said.
“The FBI highlighted the eerie internet search in its 66-page forensic examination of the Bureau of Prisons desktop computers of Noel and Thomas. It was the only search highlighted.”
During questioning, Noel denied making the online search.
She also claimed that she was not alone in falsifying records to claim patrols had been carried out.
“I’ve never worked in the Special Housing Unit and actually done rounds every 30 minutes,” she told investigators.
Chase Bank also flagged cash deposits in her bank account to the FBI for suspicious activity.
A total of 12 deposits were flagged beginning in 2018, with the largest deposit, for $5,000, taking place ten days before Epstein’s death.
An internal FBI briefing shows agents believed Noel to be the strange orange shape moving towards Epstein’s cell in recently released security camera footage from the night of his death.
“At approximately 10:40 pm, a correctional officer, believed to be Tova Noel, carried linen or inmate clothing up to the L-Tier, last time any correctional officer approached the only entrance to the SHU tier,” the agency wrote.
Noel also denied providing linen to Epstein.
When she was asked during her sworn statement if she had any part in Epstein’s death, Noel replied “no.”
