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Month unconscious in his jail cell with bruises on his neck. he was reportedly placed on suicide watch after that incident, but it is unclear if any safeguards were in place today. former prosecutor trey gowdy weighing in on cavuto earlier saying epstein's death closes the criminal case against him but not others. >> well, the case against him is other, but to -- over, but to extent there are others who aided or abetted or had knowledge of these crimes and a duty to report, failed to do so, if there is sufficient factual predicate, they could still be charged. arthel: jacqui heinrich has more ...

They think could use the clothing for self-harm not to mention bed sheets, shoe laces and sharp objects. there should have been constantly surveillance for people like epstein if they were on suicide watch. since he was found with marks on his neck in july, it would have triggered measures because of the suicide prevention program. epstein would have been placed in solitary confinement physically checked at least every 60 minutes by staff and put in a room with no architectural features that would allow self-injury or obstructed view. and the prison has criteria who is allowed to observe an in...

Address and john roberts is on it today live in atlanta. these numbers are disturbing, john. >> reporter: they really are, martha. a real turn around from the thar the last few years. here are the latest numbers the tally from the pentagon, look at this. in 201-1301 active duty service members died by suicide. in 2012 that number jumped to 249, this despite the pentagon has made suicide a priority and that every branch in the military has an aggressive and comprehensive suicide prevention program. perhaps most troubling, though is the situation with the marines. they were leadingth way in suic...

It a top priority and every branch of the military has a comprehensive suicide prevention program. most troubling is the marines. they had been leading the charge in suicide prevention. the numbers had been down a couple of years. we dad did a report on that program. their numbers of service members, marines who committed suicide went up by 50% last year. according to bonnie carol who heads up the tragedy assistance program for survivors more and more troops are feeling the affects of repeated deployments. here is what she told me. >> for our men and women in uniform these are challenging time...

We'd figure out how to eliminate that enemy. >> the mill their tried to address the problem. every branch has a comprehensive suicide prevention program. >> how many of you in here know of someone who committed suicide? >> after remaining relatively flat for three years in t number of suicides spiked to record highs. >> it's a constant struck to understand the riskbe factors at play. we are dealing with the post dramatic stress, dramatic brain injury. service members on tremendous prescription medication, with multiple surgeries. >> general peter corelli, vice chief of staff said it's a diffic...