https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/10/fbi-is-investigating-the-suicide-of-jeffrey-epstein-in-jail-where-he-was-awaiting-trial-on-sex-trafficking-charges/

By Jim Mustian, Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo | Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein, the well-connected financier accused of orchestrating a sex-trafficking ring, had been taken off suicide watch before he killed himself in a New York jail, a person familiar with the matter said Saturday.