“Dudes, You Killed That Dude”: The Inmate Account That Raised New Questions About Guards at MCC

The Last Days Of Jeffrey Epstein · May 29, 2026 · 15m

A federal inmate told investigators that shortly after Jeffrey Epstein was found dead inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, prison guards themselves were openly questioning what had happened. According to the inmate, he overheard officers talking among themselves about the death and one guard bluntly remarked, “Dudes, you killed that dude,” implying that staff believed their own failures or misconduct may have contributed to Epstein’s death. The statement surfaced during FBI interviews conducted as part of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding Epstein’s…