Report: Bill Clinton Aide Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Found Hung, Shot Dead

The details of the police report were previously blocked by a judge at the family’s request. The family feared the photo would be too horrific for public viewing. The judge eventually ruled the report could be released without the photos.

“[T]he sheriff’s report into Mark Middleton’s mysterious death raises more questions than answers as it rules he died by suicide – despite no sign of the weapon that killed him,” The Daily Mail reported.

Perry County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremy Lawson wrote the report that describes the scene where Middleton and his black BMW were found. Lawson said he searched the vehicle and found no weapon, but three boxes of buckshot and a gun case.

“I could see that he had a gunshot wound to the chest and that he had a knot tied in an extension cord that was around his neck and it was attached to the limb directly above him,” Lawson recounted in the report.