Washington/New York/Miami | Jeffrey Epstein, the politically connected financier charged recently with sexually abusing dozens of young girls in the early 2000s, died on Saturday after apparently hanging himself in jail, officials said. His death has sparked outrage among victims who hoped to one day confront him in court and triggered numerous investigations into what happened.

The FBI, the Justice Department's Inspector General and the New York City Medical Examiner all launched inquiries into how the high-profile inmate could have died in federal custody.

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