John McCarthy
ST. THOMAS — As the federal government continues to unseal the tangled details of the Jeffrey Epstein enterprise, the Virgin Islands Free Press has uncovered a chilling connection between a 2023 unsolved homicide and the digital infrastructure of Little St. James.
Terrence “Tall T” Rabsatt, the 53-year-old technology professional executed in his car in Estate Nadir on September 9, 2023, was far more than a local contractor. Unsealed DOJ records now confirm Rabsatt was the hardware architect for Epstein’s private island, responsible for the high-speed internet towers that kept the “ghost” operation connected to the world.
With Rabsatt silenced and the VIPD trail gone cold, the VIFP is exhuming the receipts on a $30,000 wire transfer and the “missing witness” who built the bridge that federal investigators are only now starting to cross. Is this a common crime, or a documented hit to protect the “cyber world” of the USVI’s most notorious predator?
Rabsatt was the owner of Security Systems Services, was positively identified by next of kin as the homicide victim, the Virgin Islands Police Department and social media said.
A concerned citizen called 911 dispatchers at 6:00 a.m. and reported that there was “an unresponsive male” who appeared to have been shot in the area of Nadir Hill on St. Thomas, according to the VIPD.
“Officers from the Mariel C. Newton Command traveled to Nadir Hill and discovered an unresponsive black male in a vehicle,” VIPD Communications Director Glen Dratte said. “The male (Rabsatt) appeared to have sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his body.”
Emergency Medical Technicians on the crime scene determined that Rabsatt did not have any vital signs, according to Dratte.
Anyone having information area asked to contact 911, the Major Crimes Unit at 340-642-8449 or Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222- 8477.
READ THE MARCH 2026 CASE UPDATE EXCLUSIVELY in the ST. CROIX SUN.
