Little Saint James is a small private island in the United States Virgin Islands‚ located southeast of neighboring Great Saint James‚ both off the southern coast of the larger St․ Thomas island and belonging to the subdistrict East End‚ St․ Thomas․ The 70- to 78-acre （28 to 32 ha） island was owned by American convicted ch∗ld s∗x offender Jeffrey Ep∗∗∗∗n from 1998 until his 2019 death․ During Ep∗∗∗∗n's ownership‚ the island acquired local nicknames such as ＂Island of Sin＂ and ＂Ep∗∗∗∗n Island＂