I can see you have put a lot of thought into this. If someone very powerful wanted to fake his death, it would be possible. It just doesn't make much sense. Killing him makes more sense. Alive he is liability with all the exposure he has. What's even better than killing him is for him to kill himself. Epstein knows how bad the people he associates himself with. If he didn't kill himself he would suffer far more.

His death is also becoming a distraction. The focus needs to be on those he works for.