Overview
- The New Mexico Department of Justice is examining an allegation that Jeffrey Epstein ordered the burial of two foreign girls near his remote Zorro Ranch.
- Officials have asked the U.S. Department of Justice for a full, uncensored copy of a 2019 email that set out the claim.
- The email, sent to a local radio host by someone claiming to be a former ranch employee, alleged the girls died by strangulation during violent sex and offered videos for one bitcoin, and the host says it was forwarded to the FBI without payment.
- A 2021 federal report acknowledged receiving the tip and the offer of materials, but authorities have publicly cautioned that some released files include anonymous or unreliable statements.
- The New Mexico legislature has launched a broad inquiry into alleged abuse at the ranch, and the state land commissioner urged detailed checks on the site and adjacent public lands once leased to Epstein and revoked in 2019.