A new poll found that more than half of all adults in the United States believe convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself.

Rasmussen released survey results of 1,000 U.S. adults Thursday that showed 52% of them believe he "was murdered to prevent him from testifying against powerful people with whom he associated." Twenty-one percent of Americans believed Epstein killed himself, and 27% were undecided in the poll.

The majority of the American public has followed the news of Epstein closely, with 62% saying they have been paying close attention. Of those, 74% thought Epstein was likely murdered.

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Assistant U.S. Attorneys Maurene Comey and Jason Swergold announced that the video from Epstein's first suicide attempt was "permanently deleted" by accident. Epstein was found dead in August in his New York prison cell.

The New York medical examiner said the financial mogul died from suicide. The sex offender's brother hired the former New York medical examiner, who claims that Epstein was likely strangled to death.