Social media users shared reports saying children’s bones were found at sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Little St. However, there is no evidence to support this claim.
Examples can be seen here and here.
The text in one report reads: “Bones found of corpses dumped into the sea from Epstein’s snuff island. They raped, killed and sacrificed children and people there. Start getting used to the idea. It was a playground for the most powerful worlds bored with frequent drooling. ‘
Another report reads: A CHILDREN’S legs were found on Epstein’s Island. MY QUESTION ?? Why is this news not in EVERY big network? ‘
Epstein, a financier and convicted sex offender, died on August 10, 2019 at the age of 66 in a prison cell in Manhattan after pleading guilty to the abuse and trafficking in women and girls in Manhattan and Florida from 2002 to 2005. According to the Epstein, with the help of accomplices, girls and young women “trafficked, raped, sexually assaulted and imprisoned” at his properties in the Virgin Islands. (here)
One post here contains a screenshot of an article with the headline: ‘FBI divers recover human bones in Epstein’ Orgy Island ‘waters as’ Deep State ‘collapse …’ The full article is visible here.
The website and author of the article, “Sorcha Faal”, is described by FactCheck.org, PolitiFact, Snopes and the New Republic as unreliable and uses conspiracy theories (here, here, here and here).
The article describes a “highly classified report” and provides no evidence to support the claims made.
The island was raided by the FBI on August 12, 2019, as reported here and here, without the discovery of children’s bones being discovered.
Facts testers Snopes and PolitiFact also could not find evidence to support the claim.
VERDICT
No evidence. The allegation that children’s legs on the island of Little St. James Island was found in Epstein, apparently from an article on a website known for spreading conspiracy theories.
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