Shea Rhodes, director of the institute to address commercial sexual exploitation at Villanova Law says for her, Epstein's suicide raises some red flags.
"I think the next step in this case is to find out how someone in a federal prison in solitary on a suicide watch was able to commit suicide."
She says she's hopeful that the government will continue to look into identifying the co-conspirators in Epstein's alleged sex trafficking ring.
"Epstein has a vast amount of wealth and it was connected to a vast network of also very wealthy, powerful people."
Rhodes says there are a lot of misconceptions about sex trafficking in America.
"The reality is, it happens to primarily women and girls in this country; yes, there are boys who are survivors of trafficking as well who much like the survivors in this case come from impoverished backgrounds."
With Epstein now dead, she points out that the criminal case against him is over, but civil suits can continue against his estate.