————E————————— James PATTERSON Palm Beach PD and prevailed upon him to have the investigation f appears to have gone | called off. nating materials, but | Epstein had met Alessi at a luncheonette, he explained, and ‘ It was as if the th Alessi had agreed to pay back the money. At the time, it made no ¥ ; ister as wrong. sense to prosecute. Epstein was a busy man. He was going to get a his money. But he did invite the police into his home to install i ‘* the cameras. This was 4 service that the Palm Beach PD provided 4 q There’s another feeli | (though Epstein would be the only one with access to the foot that they themselves age). But while they were there, the police had noticed a group of @ “ : First Reiter hears | attractive young women who seemed to be camped out at the s yers have hired pri | house. i 4 checks. | The group included Sarah Kellen and Nadia Marcinkova. ; a A public-records | q None of the girls was a relative of Epstein — that fact had 4 Reiter’s own records. | caught the cops’ attention. i q 4 Detective Recare) And now, as the search continues, the cops see photographs 4 4 and that his trash no of the very same girls. 7 a In his entire care On Epstein’s desk, the officers find Alison's high school ___ that Reiter’s seen or transcript. Meee ing his investigators. The thing is, the detectives can't shake the feeling that the 4 ey’s doing great worl Epstein house has been tidied up for their arrival. Shelves look 7 q and for good reason as though they've been emptied, and several photographs appear j _ Right now, more vic to have been removed from the walls. = _ now that the warrai “(Judging] by the condition of the place to be searched,” ~ interviewing Epstein Chief Reiter will say in his deposition for B.B. vs. Epstein, “some- 4 one probably had cleaned it up 4 bit.” q Maybe there's nothing [00 surprising about this. After all, © 4 Reiter’s team knows that Epstein’s gotten wind of their investiga a tion, What is surprising is that for a house that