Official records, including the New York City medical examiner’s autopsy and multiple federal investigations, established Jeffrey Epstein’s death by suicide in August 2019 while in federal custody. Recent 2025–2026 document releases and a June 2026 New York Times review of thousands of pages, surveillance details, and witness accounts found extensive evidence of prior suicide attempts alongside institutional lapses, but no support for survival or staging. Viral claims of sightings or gaming activity that year were uniformly debunked by fact-checkers as misidentified individuals, AI-generated images, or pre-2019 material. Trader consensus at 97.9% for no confirmation before 2027 reflects this consistent evidentiary record. Late developments such as authenticated DNA evidence, an official reversal by authorities, or verified public reappearance could still shift probabilities within the remaining window.