Epstein hid computers in storage units in Palm Beach County and beyond

Financial records and newly surfaced emails suggest Jeffrey Epstein paid private investigators to hide evidence before a raid on his estate.

By the time Palm Beach police raided Jeffrey Epstein's mansion, the evidence they sought was gone. Three computers were missing from the home, leaving only loose wires and keyboards behind.

Newly surfaced documents indicate that Epstein had private investigators remove the computers and lock them in storage units across Palm Beach County and beyond. Epstein continued making monthly payments to one such Royal Palm Beach storage facility until 2019, the year he died in his Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges.

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When asked on Tuesday, Feb. 24, whether it had either searched any of Epstein's storage units or recovered the computers hidden in 2005, the FBI referred all inquiries to the U.S. Justice Department, which did not return a request for comment. Stephen Kiraly, the private investigator whose Pinellas County firm handled the computers, declined to comment.

"I apologize, but under state law I can't divulge any information without written consent from the client or his estate," Kiraly said.