This is a LONG article, if anyone is interested. And luckily there's a version without a paywall!
Searching for Clues in Jeffrey Epstein’s Boyhood
By Lisa Miller and Steve Eder
Epstein was a child once, and the picture that emerges from the files, as well as nearly two dozen interviews to amplify the record, contains the fuzzy outlines of his future self: From a young age, Epstein preferred the protective company of a tight group of brainy boys to the rowdy popularity contests of adolescence. In interviews, people who encountered him in childhood called him “aloof,” “standoffish,” “shy,” “arrogant,” “supercilious” and “intense.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/well/jeffrey-epstein-childhood-sea-gate-coney-island.html
https://dnyuz.com/2026/06/23/searching-for-clues-in-jeffrey-epsteins-boyhood/