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If someone is hanging for two or three hours, if you're older, 66 years old, jeffery epstein could that potential lead to a break in the hyoid bone the longer you hang there, the more brittle your bones become. is that a fair assessment, dr. wecht? >> no. the length of time hanging, unless the body is moving with wind or so on from the outside. but if you are just left hanging, that lapse of time is not going to add any fractures. there will be no movement of the body obviously. there's no wind factor in that jail cell. so the passage of two or three hours of nonvisualization by guards would n...

Williams former dc homicide detective and fox news contributor. ted, where do you stand on all of this? >> well, it is a death mystery. it's either murder or suicide. when you look at the fact that the hyoid bone was crushed, one of the things they will be looking at was how the noose was tied, dana. they are also going to have to do a re-enactment here. i can tell you the conspiracy theory, as you and i sit here right now, they are writing books on the conspiracy aspect of this. it could very well be actually a suicide. >> dana: do you think the autopsy report, if it does indeed come out toda...

Pathologist here, and he really echoed what dr. sanjay gupta said, which is it's not very common to see the hyoid bone broken in suicides, but it does happen, especially when the person is an older male because bones become more brittle and they are more fragile. he said in some cases because the bone is more fragile that they could see it in younger men as well. so bottom line all points to the fact that this autopsy is not done, it's going to have to look at other factors, which the medical examiner said she is doing, because it is still pending, which means they're going to have to look at ...

Which is one of the higher bones in the spine. if those are broken as well i think this does indicate hikely this wasn't strangulation alone. >> for someone who is strangled you would think you would see marks of them fighting back, right? i don't know elsewhere on the body, bruises, scratching, anything? what do you think? >> great point. no, absolutely and we don't know all the findings of the autopsy, but absolutely they would be looking for that. were there signs of a struggle? unlike someone who may be trying to die by suicide themselves if someone is strangled you do look for defensive w...

"the washington post" reporting today that the autopsy has been performed. dr. marc siegel, doctor of medicine and fox news contributor, good morning to y you. i know you have also speak into sources that are close, go ahead and tell us right now what we can expect. >> starting with the point about whether it was a strangling or a suicide, which is what is coming out right now, the hyoid bone in the neck is fractured. other fractures in the neck make it more likely, and again, this is a percentage call, make it more likely that it was a homicide or suicide. but it can be both. i can be either....