A detailed reconstruction of Jeffrey Epstein's jail cell has revived claims that he did not die there — a story that keeps the case politically alive and damaging for the Bureau of Prisons.

• The cell was rebuilt piece by piece from schematics and evidence photos, down to the pill bottles on the bed.
• The rebuild turned up an alcove in one corner that does not appear on the official prison blueprints, and it is the only cell with one.
• An air vent in that alcove is also missing from the blueprints, and it opens onto empty space on the other side.
• The claim is that the gap was big enough to hide a person for a few days and move them out in something like a laundry cart.
• The suicide finding has long been doubted; the newer twist is the suggestion he was never killed at all.

Outlook: Expect more pressure on the Bureau of Prisons to explain the gap between its official floor plans and the actual cell.