4Chan knew about Jeffrey Epstein's death 38 minutes before the rest of the world. The FBI tried to figure out how.

"At 8:16 a.m. on August 10, 2019, an anonymous 4Chan user posted, "don't ask me how I know, but Epstein died an hour ago from hanging, cardiac arrest. Screencap this." It was the first public indication that Epstein, awaiting trial for sex-trafficking charges in Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center, died while in the custody of the Department of Justice."

"The newly released Epstein files show that the Justice Department tried to identify the 4Chan user behind the posts - but couldn't figure it out. The documents show the Justice Department subpoenaed 4Chan for the user's IP addresses four days after the posts were made as part of the FBI's investigation into Epstein's death."

"Fielding questions from other users, they gave responses that appeared fluent in medical jargon, screenshots of the posts show. They said his body was intubated, had fluid infused, and was moved to an emergency room in lower Manhattan. The user also provided some of the earliest unproven conspiracy theories about Epstein's death."

On August 10, 2019, an anonymous 4Chan user posted that Jeffrey Epstein died from hanging and cardiac arrest, beating ABC News by 38 minutes in reporting his death. The post included medical details and early conspiracy theories about body swapping. The Justice Department subpoenaed 4Chan four days later to identify the user's IP address as part of the FBI's investigation into Epstein's death. The user made four total posts, demonstrating medical knowledge and providing unverified theories about the circumstances. Despite the subpoena, authorities could not identify the anonymous poster, and the investigation trail went cold.

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