The strange case of Epstein cellmate and quadruple murderer Nicholas Tartaglione
Summary
Nicholas Tartaglione, a retired police officer and convicted murderer, was Jeffrey Epstein’s cellmate in 2019. Epstein left a note found by Tartaglione shortly before Epstein’s death, which was later made public. Tartaglione was convicted of killing four men in 2016 and sentenced to life in prison.Key Facts
- Nicholas Tartaglione was a retired cop turned drug dealer.
- In 2016, Tartaglione killed four men at a bar in Chester, New York, and buried them in a mass grave.
- He was arrested, pleaded not guilty, but was convicted in 2023 and sentenced to four life terms.
- Tartaglione and Jeffrey Epstein were cellmates at the Manhattan Metropolitan Correctional Center in 2019.
- Epstein was found injured in July 2019; Tartaglione initially said he attacked Epstein but later retracted the claim.
- Tartaglione found a note Epstein left hidden in a graphic novel during their time as cellmates.
- The note expressed Epstein’s feelings about his situation and was released during legal disputes in Tartaglione’s murder trial.
- prosecutors dropped the death penalty against Tartaglione before his trial.
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