Frank Bergman
Newly released evidence has added significant weight to a long-dismissed
eyewitness claim alleging that Jeffrey Epstein was removed alive from
his New York City jail cell before a body was later found inside.
The claim, first posted anonymously online in the early hours of
August 10, 2019, came from an individual identifying himself as a prison
employee at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Manhattan.
The witness alleged that Epstein was “switched out” of the facility
in a van and that his death was later staged to appear as a suicide.
At the time, the post was aggressively dismissed by the corporate media as a “conspiracy theory.”
However, one crucial detail was impossible to ignore: the post
appeared roughly one hour before Epstein’s death was publicly reported,
strongly suggesting inside knowledge of events unfolding at the jail.
That anonymous witness has now been identified.
According to documents contained in the newly released Epstein files,
the person behind the post was Roberto Grijalva, a correctional officer
at the MCC.
Post Appeared Before “Suicide”
Grijalva posted his account on 4Chan in the early morning hours of August 10, 2019, before Epstein’s death was announced.
In the post, Grijalva described a series of highly irregular events
that he said occurred inside the jail the night before news broke of
Epstein’s alleged suicide.
He wrote:
“Not saying anything after this pls do not try to dox me but last
night after 0415 count they took him medical in a wheelchair front
cuffed but not 1 triage nurse says they spoke to him.
“Next thing we know a trip van shows up?
“We do not do releases on the weekends unless a judge orders it.
“Next thing we know, he’s put in a single man cell and hangs himself?
“Heres the thing, the trip van did NOT sign in and we did not record
the plate number and a guy in a green dress military outfit was in the
back of the van according to the tower guy who let him thru the gate.
“You guys i am shaking right now but i think they switched him out.”
The post alleged
that Epstein was alive when removed, restrained in a medical
wheelchair, and transported by an unauthorized trip van that failed to
follow standard logging procedures.
Authorities Took Claim Seriously, Despite Public Dismissals
While the media publicly mocked the post, federal authorities appear to have taken it far more seriously.
NBC News reported at the time:
“Less than an hour before the first news reports surfaced that
Jeffrey Epstein had been found unresponsive in his jail cell, a post
about his death mysteriously appeared on a far-right message board.”
NBC further acknowledged:
“Authorities now want to know who was behind the post, which
contained medically accurate details about the financier and accused sex
trafficker.”
The New York City Fire Department confirmed that the information in
the post did not originate from its records, ruling out an EMS leak.
Nevertheless, the specificity and timing of the post prompted an aggressive federal response.
Grand Jury Subpoenas and a Federal Investigation
The day after Epstein’s death, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman of the
Southern District of New York opened a grand jury investigation and
issued subpoenas to:
- 4Chan
- Apple
- AT&T
- Citibank
The goal was to identify the individual behind the post.
According to the newly released documents, Grijalva’s name appears unredacted in Citibank records tied to the subpoena response.
Those records link directly to the same Roberto Grijalva whose
statements were later included in internal prison investigations into
Epstein’s death.
Claim That Refuses to Go Away
The identification of Grijalva as the anonymous poster dramatically changes the context of the original claim.
This was not an Internet troll speculating after the fact.
This was a correctional officer inside the facility, posting before
the public knew Epstein was “dead,” describing procedural violations, an
unlogged vehicle, and a possible substitution of bodies.
The newly surfaced evidence does not prove Epstein escaped, but it
does strongly suggest that the 4Chan post was a genuine eyewitness
account from within the MCC, not a random conspiracy theory.
As such, it adds further credibility to claims that Epstein didn’t kill himself in jail.
As more Epstein-related documents continue to surface, the
circumstances surrounding his death, long plagued by broken cameras,
sleeping guards, and missing records, appear increasingly difficult to
reconcile with the official narrative.
What was once waved away is now backed by names, subpoenas, and federal records.
And the question many Americans continue to ask remains unanswered:
If Jeffrey Epstein truly died the way authorities claim, why did so much have to be hidden?