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I know people like to dump on Joe Rogan as a science bro without real knowledge, but what mainstream media is reporting about Epstein's hyoid bone?
This segment, which you have helpfully provided, shows conclusively that Patel is incompetent in concluding that Epstein committed suicide. Here is a longer clip with a transcript:
Do you remember that HBO autopsy show Dr Michael Baden He's a famous forensic I don't think I scientist So uh he's a pathologist and he reviewed the case and it was his determination that it was a homicide because of the way his neck was broken Mhm And what he said was it was indicative of a liature strangulation and it was because of the positioning on the neck where the marks were that it wasn't indicative of someone hanging by their weight which had been higher on
the chin and there's a specific break of the bones and the vertebrae that's consistent with someone who is just strangled to death
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The private pathologist Dr Michael Baden said of the morning TV show Fox and Friends Mr Epstein experienced a number of injuries among them a broken bone in his neck that are extremely unusual in suicidal hangings and could occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulation I think the evidence points to rather than suicide said Dr Baden who observed the autopsy done by city officials Dr Baden a former New York City medical examination and a Fox News contributor said "I have not seen in 50 years where that occurred in suicidal hanging case." Uh findings by Dr Baden were strongly disputed by the city's chief medical examiner Dr Barbara Samson who previously ruled that Mr Ebs's death on August 10th in the Metropolitan Correctional Center was a suicide I stand firmly behind our determination of the cause and manner of death in this case Dr Samson said in the interview on Wednesday she added "In general fractures of the hyoid bone and cartilage can be seen in suicides and homicides The hyoid bone is near the Adam's apple."
Joe Rogan makes an error in confusing the hyoid bone with a neck vertebra (hyoid bone is in the front and unattached to vertebrae in the back). A hyoid bone fracture is more consistent with homicidal manual strangulation (or less likely ligature) than with suicidal hanging. From: https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/forensicsasphyxia.html
Hyoid bone:
- U shaped bone located in the neck anteriorly between the mandible and the larynx
- More commonly injured in homicides (J Forensic Sci 1996;41:110)
- Fractures are more commonly observed in manual strangulation than in ligature strangulation (Leg Med (Tokyo) 2010;12:113)
- Less frequently injured in hanging than in strangulation; mostly observed in lateral hangings (Forensic Sci Int 2018;290:70, Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine 2005;27:149)
- The younger the individual, the greater the force required to fracture the hyoid bone (Forensic Sci Int 2013;228:47)
- Histology is rarely required but may help in identifying hyoid fractures in the absence of grossly visible hemorrhage (Forensic Sci Med Pathol 2012;8:307)
There is a break of the vertebra, called a hangman's fracture, that would be consistent with old-style trapdoor execution hanging. From: https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/forensicsasphyxia.html
- Judicial hanging: modality of public execution for capital crimes
- Fractures of the cervical spine are common (e.g., hangman fracture) (Med Sci Law 2009;49:18)
From Patel's response, it looks like Patel has never heard of the hyoid bone, which means that he has concluded suicide without considering the relevant information.
Joe Rogan did a better job than CNN, NBC, Fox, etc.
researched some of this:
For men, a hyoid fracture occurs in about 1 in 5 suicidal hangings, whereas for women, it’s closer to 1 in 3. The difference is largely due to anatomical and biomechanical factors.
hyoid fracture does mean it's murder, but it should mean that it's investigated.
if the video is confirmed that no one in and out, then he killed himself. Kash should get himself a press assistant like trump has, and make his posts regarding the subject, post the videos already, put it to rest and move on, they supersede the bone evidence.

