watch after being found passed out in his own jail cell july 23rd with marks on his neck but nbc news has learned he was taken off suicide watch following a psychiatric evaluation less than a week later. in addition, epstein was found alone and questions are raised about why he didn't have a cell mate like he previously did. while the guards were supposed to be checking on epstein every 30 minutes, officials are now investigating to see if that actually happened. attorney general bill barr over the weekend said he is, quote, appalled at epstein's death and said both the fbi and the justice department will investigate. epstein had been waiting trial on federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges and was facing up to 45 years behind bars. tom winter has been digging into all of this for us and is nbc's correspondent for investigations. tom, we should point out this wasn't just about jeff re-epstein. one of the reasons he was such a high profile prisoner is the