Exactly. Blackout happened during first time something happened. That was the DS trying to kill Epstein. The patsy was  1006   the ex-cop. I do not think they would keep him in the same place after that unless it was to fake his death. They let him think about his own people trying to kill him while on suicide watch. He accepts life in a black site somewhere and is taken out alive with a dead body put in while guards looked other way. I think he is alive and good guys have him somewhere. Makes more sense with moves made by guilty people after his "death".  They know he is alive somewhere. They fear what is coming. Pain.