"A female guard replied "If he is dead, we're going to cover it up and he's going to have an alibi " my officers," the FBI notes said. The inmate claimed the whole wing overheard the exchange.
Later, after learning Epstein had died, he said inmates said "Miss Noel killed Jeffrey."
He identified the female guard as Tova Noel, one of two correctional officers who were later charged with falsifying reports so that it appeared from their records that they had made their rounds that night " when they had not.
The charges against her and the other officer, Michael Thomas, were later dropped, but both were fired."
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"The New York Post also reported on Saturday that Noel's bank flagged a $5,000 cash deposit she made to her Chase Bank account on July 30, 2019 " a week after Epstein was found in his cell in what prison officials concluded was a suicide attempt on July 23, 2019.
The official reports into that incident show that Epstein initially told prison officials that his cellmate had tried to kill him after extorting him for money.
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The Post also reported that on the morning of Epstein's death on Aug. 10, Noel searched the term "latest on Epstein in jail" twice " once at 5:42 a.m. and again at 5:52 a.m., about 40 minutes before the other guard, Michael Thomas, found Epstein.
Her bank records, which are in the files, showed that Noel received thousands of dollars in cash and Zelle payments in the months before Epstein died. She has not been charged with any crime. The Miami Herald was unsuccessful in reaching her attorney on Saturday.
Epstein's former cellmate, Efrain Reyes, told prison officials that he told Epstein he would be safer if he paid inmates and guards for protection. Sources have told the Herald that Epstein did make protection payments.
Noel's bank records also reveal that she was making payments on a brand new Range Rover.
But she was not asked about the cash during her DOJ interview."
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