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And push back towards your neck, that bone you feel there, the sort of hard structure you feel there is the hyoid bone. it's sort of a horseshoe shaped structure that goes around your windpipe. so the reason this is relevant is if that bone is broken it oftentimes, examiners will say that might be a clue that the person died by strangulation or died by hanging. it really can be both. i think one of the things they said in that "the washington post" article is that it's more commonly going to happen in strangulation. that may be true. but i think the point is if that bone is broken -- and that'...

Boost® high protein. be up for life. all right, welcome back. new details this morning on the death of the convicted sex trafficker jeffrey epstein. "the washington post" is reporting that his autopsy has revealed multiple broken bones in his neck. experts tell "the post" that includes a broken hyoid bone. our chief medical correspondent and practicing neuro surgeon dr. sanjay gupta is with me now. sanjay, i don't even know what the bone is. where is it and why is it significant that it was broken? >> i'll tell you. so let me just -- if you go like this and feel with your own jaw

The hyoid bone, it is less likely to actually break bones in the neck whereas by hanging someone can break both the hyoid bone and other bones in the neck. so none of these factors in isolation give you a complete story, but that gives it a little bit of context here. >> but sanjay, it would be the autopsy, right, that tells us definitively or is it not always so definitive exactly how he died? meaning can an autopsy determine the difference between someone being strangled and someone who hangs themselves? >> it's a good question. and the answer is it mostly can tell you. not always and someti...

Epstein's death there is increased scrutiny of epstein's long-time associate ghislain maxwell and what role she played in epstein's alleged crimes involving the sex trafficking of minors. maxwell has denied any wrongdoing and her current whereabouts remain unclear. joining us now investigative reporter with "the washington post" aaron davis who first broke this story on epstein. help us understand this. our own medical correspondent says that the hyoid bones are broken in about one-third of strangulations and 25% of hangings. what does epstein's situation tell you? >> well, as we reported, t...

Investigation, and that's what a source familiar with this matter told my colleague, exactly what you said there, that he, the doctor, doesn't disagree with any of the preliminary findings. the fact that he likely died by suicide. but again, this is just more information that we are getting and more information that investigators are going to be looking at as they take a bigger picks customer of this investigation which still has so many questions that need to be answered. i know you had dr. sanjay gupta with you last hour and he provided some context to what the "washington post" was reportin...