Inside the Vanishing Act: Epstein’s “Inspector” Girlfriend, $100 Million, and a Decade of Secrets

In the final hours before his death, Jeffrey Epstein made only one phone call—not to his attorney, not to family, but to a woman nearly invisible to the public: Karina Shuliak, a dentist from Belarus and his last known romantic partner. She wasn’t just Epstein’s devoted confidante for a decade; she became the last person to ever hear his voice. As intrigue lingers over the origin and aftermath of Epstein’s billions, Karina and her abrupt disappearance have become the most tantalizing enigmas left in his shadowy web.

Who Is Karina Shuliak?

Karina Shuliak was born in 1989 and raised in Minsk. At 20, she arrived in the United States in 2009, the same year Epstein was released from his first stint in prison on charges of soliciting a minor. A coincidence—or a pivotal moment that would change both lives? By 2010, as most of Epstein’s elite friends abandoned him, Karina entered his inner circle. She quickly became his longest-lasting partner, remaining with him for nearly a decade—longer than Ghislaine Maxwell or any other known associate.

Friends described Karina as fiercely loyal and uncommonly vigilant. Her obsession with monitoring Epstein’s phone calls, emails, and visitors earned her the nickname “the Inspector.” Her constant questioning exposed her as jealous, yes—but also as someone digging for truths others may have missed.

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A Marriage of Convenience and Control

Karina’s entanglement with Epstein deepened in 2013, when she entered a curious marriage with Jennifer Carlin—a longtime Epstein associate and, according to lawsuits, an alleged victim. The marriage ended in 2019, mere weeks after Epstein’s arrest. Attorney Sigrid McCawley—who’s represented multiple Epstein survivors—said the marriage fit a “broad pattern” of fake unions arranged by Epstein to help non-citizen young women stay in the U.S. and avoid scrutiny.

“These sham same-sex marriages served a basic and important purpose for Jeffrey’s trafficking operation,” McCawley asserted. Though Karina has faced no criminal charges, her close ties to Carlin and her unusual marriage status placed her at the very heart of Epstein’s shadowy legal and social maneuvers.

The Last Call, The Last Secret

On the night of August 9, 2019, hours before Epstein would be found dead in his Manhattan cell, he reportedly told guards he wanted to call his mother. But she’d died in 2004. In truth, he called Karina Shuliak.

The 15-minute conversation isn’t included in official call logs, which instead claim their last contact was more than a week earlier. Prosecutors reportedly listened to the recording, but the contents remain under wraps. Sources close to Karina say she hung up the phone with no clue Epstein may soon “kill himself.” She told no one he sounded suicidal. His attorneys echoed that, insisting Epstein seemed neither hopeless nor desperate.

What did Karina know, and what was said during the call? It could be the missing link in one of the world’s greatest criminal mysteries.

Epstein’s Beneficiary—or His Keeper of Secrets?

Epstein didn’t just date Karina—he financed her life. He reportedly paid for her Columbia University tuition, covered her mother’s costly surgeries, and purchased a home for her family in Belarus. Karina enjoyed private jets, vacations on yachts (one with Meghan Markle), and residences in Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion and infamous Little St. James Island in the Virgin Islands. She was even present on the private jet when the FBI arrested Epstein in 2019.

If all that weren’t enough, Karina is licensed as a dentist in Florida, California, and the Virgin Islands—where Epstein’s “island compound” stands. Her dental practice address is an Epstein-linked property, and Epstein was known to have dental chairs installed inside both his Palm Beach home and his island hideaway. Was Karina treating his elite guests? Some sources whisper she handled the dental needs of those in his inner circle, further entangling her life and career with Epstein’s dealings.

She Saw It All

Friends say Karina’s jealousy wasn’t just about romance; she kept tabs on contacts and visitors, sometimes obsessively. She saw everyone—politicos, celebrities, alleged victims. She was present when former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak visited and was captured on camera with other close Epstein associates. “No one stayed with him except Karina,” one insider told the Daily Mail. “Even his closest friends were gone, but not her.”

Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s best-known survivors, put it bluntly: “If you walked foot into Jeffrey Epstein’s house and continued to be an acquaintance, you would have had to have known what was going on.” If Karina Shuliak, the “Inspector,” didn’t know—who possibly could?

Gone Without a Trace—But Not Without a Fortune?

After Epstein’s death, Karina all but vanished. In 2023, she was briefly spotted in Midtown Manhattan, seen walking through Central Park and entering an Upper East Side apartment building that previously housed some of Epstein’s own real estate holdings. But by 2025, her trail had gone cold. There were no interviews, no statements, no social media. No pending charges or lawsuits—just silence.

Yet her name lingers in legal and business records, including an active U.S. dental license. And it’s widely speculated—though never publicly confirmed—that she was the primary beneficiary of Epstein’s will, which he rewrote only two days before his death. While some, like Ghislaine Maxwell, reportedly received tens of millions, experts believe that Karina could have been gifted as much as $100 million.

The Missing Puzzle Piece

In the web of Epstein conspiracies—from secret royal ties to billionaire cover-ups—Karina Shuliak is the missing puzzle piece. She was the only partner who stayed with him for the better part of a decade, traveling on his planes, living on his islands, and, most crucially, having his ear in the hours before his demise.

What secrets does Karina hold? Why has she never spoken out, despite living at the heart of one of the world’s most publicized criminal cases? And is she enjoying a new life, far from the chaos—with an eight- or nine-figure fortune to ensure her silence?

As the remains of Epstein’s empire are picked apart by journalists, lawyers, and victim advocates, the role of his last confidante remains an unsolved riddle. Until Karina Shuliak emerges from the shadows, her silence may be the loudest clue yet about what happened to Epstein—and where his money, and his secrets, truly went.