Victim’s Text Messages Revealed After Man Passes Away Outside Mar-a-Lago
On February 15, just days before the tragedy, Martin wrote to a coworker. In a text message obtained by TMZ, he said, “I don’t know if you read up on the Epstein Files, but evil is real and unmistakable.”
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He didn’t stop there, adding:
“The best people like you and I can do is use what little influence we have. Tell other people about what you hear about the Epstein files and what the government is doing about it. Raise awareness.”
A tablet screen displays a portrait of Jeffrey Epstein beside the official U.S. Department of Justice “Epstein Library” website page on February 11, 2026, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Getty Images
Additionally, employees at North Carolina’s Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club confirmed to the outlet that Martin developed an obsession with the recently disclosed data from the files.
According to them, Martin felt deeply unsettled by what he viewed as a federal concealment and often expressed his frustration regarding influential figures escaping accountability for their actions.
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Undated pictures provided by the US Department of Justice as part of the Jeffrey Epstein files are shown on February 9, 2026, in Le-Perreux-sur-Marne, France | Source: Getty Images
That growing fixation seemed to intensify in the weeks before he traveled to Florida.
A Deadly Encounter
Early Sunday morning, Martin allegedly breached the secure perimeter near the north gate of Mar-a-Lago. Authorities stated that they found him with a firearm and a container of fuel.
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Secret Service agents shot and killed him at the scene. The investigation remains ongoing, and authorities have not released additional details about his movements before the incident.
What makes the situation even more complex is the political backdrop surrounding it.
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