Shotgun was found near the body of Clinton aide linked to Jeffrey Epstein …

… who was found shot and tied to a tree with an electrical cord around his neck – despite no sign of weapon

• Bill Clinton’s special advisor Mark Middleton, who signed Jeffrey Epstein into the White House several times, killed himself in May 2022
• His body and car were found at the Heifer Ranch in Perryville, Arkansas
• READ MORE: Final batch of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein associates – including Prince Andrew – will finally be made public

By Daniel Bates For Dailymail.com
Published: 13:24 GMT, 22 February 2023 | Updated: 21:47 GMT, 22 February 2023

The grisly scene where a top Bill Clinton adviser was found hanged from a tree with a gunshot wound to his chest has finally been revealed nine months after he died. 

But the 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.

Middleton, 59, was found dead last May at the Heifer Ranch in Perryville, Arkansas, an hour west of Little Rock.  

Release of the report was held up after members of his family petitioned a judge. They were worried that pictures from the gory scene would be made public.

The judge eventually ruled that details could be released but photographs could not. 

The report, written by Perry County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremy Lawson, says he was called to the ranch by worker Samantha McElroy who had found Middleton’s abandoned black BMW SUV.

McElroy, 46, then walked around a cottage on the ranch.

‚Almost immediately after stepping around the corner of the cottage she started yelling,‘ wrote Lawson.

‚Upon reaching the back of the cottage she pointed towards the rear of the property and asked if that was a person.

‚I could see what at first appeared to be a man sitting near a tree, as my eyes focused better, I could see a rope of some type going from the tree limb to the male.“

Lawson said it was clear that Middleton was dead.

‚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.

The deputy said a search of Middleton’s vehicle turned up three boxes of buckshot and a gun case – but no weapon. 

The details give fresh insight into the death of Middleton, a married father of two daughters aged 18 and 20 who was found dead on May 7 last year.

Middleton was a special advisor to Bill Clinton in the 1990s and signed Jeffrey Epstein into the White House on seven of the 17 times the late pedophile visited.

Middleton also flew on Epstein’s jet, nicknamed the ‚Lolita Express‘. More recently he had been working for his family’s HVAC business in Little Rock.

The police report was released to DailyMail.com by the Perry County sheriff’s office.

According to the Arkansas Times, Middleton’s family said he was suffering from depression.

Middleton’s life in recent years was a world away from the power he enjoyed in the 1990s.

White House visitor logs previously reported by DailyMail.com showed that he appears as the authorizing signatory on seven of Epstein’s White House visits, most of which were to the West Wing.

In addition to being a special assistant to the President, Middleton was also assistant to the chief of staff, Thomas ‚Mack‘ McLarty.

Middleton left the White House in February 1995 and was accused of setting himself up as an international deal-maker, exactly the kind of person that would appeal to Epstein.

In 1996 an investigation by the White House found that Middleton had abused his access to impress business clients and was barred from the executive mansion without senior approval.

Middleton denied the claims.

A number of Clinton’s former associates have died over the years in unexpected circumstances, including deputy White House counsel Vince Foster.

His 1993 death was ruled a suicide but sparked a slew of conspiracy theories about the involvement of the Clintons.

After Epstein hanged himself while awaiting trial in 2019, Donald Trump retweeted conspiracy theories that Clinton was involved.

Others whose deaths have been linked to the Clintons without foundation have been Seth Rich, the Democratic National Committee staffer who was murdered in 2016 with no culprit having been found.

DailyMail.com has reached out to a spokeswoman for the Middleton family.

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