{"id":3155,"date":"2026-05-07T09:47:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3155"},"modified":"2026-05-07T09:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:47:34","slug":"time-to-say-goodbye-epstein-allegedly-wrote-in-purported-suicide-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3155","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Time to say goodbye,&#8217; Epstein allegedly wrote in purported suicide note"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A suicide note purportedly left behind in his jail cell by the late sex offender\u00a0Jeffrey Epstein\u00a0before his first attempt to kill himself said, &#8220;It is a treat to be able to choose one&#8217;s time to say goodbye.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Epstein&#8217;s former cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione &#8212; a convicted quadruple murderer &#8212; claimed that he\u00a0found the note\u00a0tucked in a book in the days after Epstein&#8217;s first suicide attempt in July 2019. At the time, Epstein denied being suicidal and told a psychologist, &#8220;I have no interest in killing myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A federal judge ordered the note unsealed on Wednesday, giving the public and investigators their first look at the purported suicide note.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded-lg\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/muGbgnjsyJ_Kh9j2UP2nGw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTcxMDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/us.abcnews.go.com\/9b651d5043e0e5deb5d57a8589f48566\" alt=\"U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York - PHOTO: A suicide note was purportedly left behind in Jeffrey Epstein's jail cell before his first attempt to kill himself.\" width=\"960\" height=\"710\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><button class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-rapid_p=\"8\" data-y-link-id=\"06kh7cy1035xvz1rhwa4\" data-v9y=\"1\"><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div>U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York &#8211; PHOTO: A suicide note was purportedly left behind in Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s jail cell before his first attempt to kill himself.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Federal prosecutors support unsealing purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The cryptic, one-page handwritten note offered few new details about Epstein&#8217;s purported motivations, and there is no confirmation that Epstein himself authored it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;They investigated me for month &#8212; found nothing!!!&#8221; the note said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded-lg\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/_ahoIHL0weh4xOJ0g60bdQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTcyMDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/us.abcnews.go.com\/ca745bc54150ddb1accbf5a55255c505\" alt=\"Rick Friedman\/Corbis via Getty Images - PHOTO: Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Ma., Sept. 8, 2004.\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><button class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-rapid_p=\"10\" data-y-link-id=\"1f7wooh108g6og1ibe8g\" data-v9y=\"1\"><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div>Rick Friedman\/Corbis via Getty Images &#8211; PHOTO: Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Ma., Sept. 8, 2004.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Whatcha want me to do &#8212; burst out crying!&#8221; the note continued. &#8220;NO FUN &#8212; NOT WORTH IT!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mb-4\">\n<div class=\"rounded-xl bg-secondary p-5\">\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-2\"><span class=\"text-base font-semibold text-primary\">Trending on Yahoo 100<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rounded-2xl bg-primary p-5\">\n<div class=\"mb-5 flex flex-col gap-4 lg:flex-row\">\n<div>Judge releases Epstein suicide note<\/p>\n<div class=\"mb-3 line-clamp-3 text-secondary label-s-regular\">After years in a sealed case file, the alleged Epstein note is now public, intensifying calls for transparency around his death. With lawmakers and prosecutors pushing for answers, skepticism and debate keep resurfacing in news feeds.<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-2\">\n<div class=\"inline-flex items-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2\">\n<div class=\"whitespace-nowrap text-tertiary\">Associated Press<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-purple-13 group-hover:underline lg:overflow-x-hidden lg:text-ellipsis lg:whitespace-nowrap\">Judge releases note cellmate says he found after Epstein\u2019s suspected suicide attempt<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One line of the seven-line note is unclear because a word is indecipherable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A suicide note purportedly left behind in his jail cell by the late sex offender\u00a0Jeffrey Epstein\u00a0before his first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","category-us"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3157,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155\/revisions\/3157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}