Kurt Cobain's death questioned after 30 years: new evidence suggests the farewell note was forged
The death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, which shocked the music world in April 1994, is being brought back into the public eye after a team of forensic experts challenged the official conclusion of the inquest.
Kurt Coban died on April 5, 1994, at only 27 years old PHOTO Profimedia
Cobain was found dead at his Seattle home with a gunshot wound to the head, and at the time the King County Medical Examiner's Office ruled it a suicide. The soloist was only 27 years old.
Recently, a private team of specialists, led by Brian Burnett and independent investigator Michelle Wilkins, re-examined the autopsy and crime scene materials.
“This is a crime. We have to do something about it,” Burnett said, as quoted by Wilkins, according to the dailymail.
According to the report published in “International Journal of Forensic Science”Cobain's autopsy shows “traces of a heroin overdose, brain and liver damage, and lack of blood in the airways,” signs considered inconsistent with a quick gunshot death.
Experts believe that Cobain was first made by his attackers to overdose on heroin, then he was shot.
“There are things in the autopsy that say:
Also, the farewell note was allegedly forged to make it look like he committed suicide.
“The top is written by Kurt. There's nothing about suicide on there. It's basically just about quitting the band,” Wilkins claims.
The researcher drew attention to the details at the crime scene: Cobain's hands were clean, the cartridges were lined up, and the heroin kit was a few steps away.
“We are used to suicides, these are chaotic scenes. In Cobain's case, everything was unusually orderly,she said.
Experts also claim that the weapon was very heavy, almost three kilograms, and that it is difficult to imagine how “Cobain, in a comatose state from the overdose, could have kept it and used it himself”.
“So he's dying of an overdose. He's in a coma. How can you hold the gun in such a way as to pull the trigger? It's crazy,” Wilkins said.
A Seattle Police Department spokesman said the case will not be reopened.
“Our detective has concluded that she died by suicide and that remains our department's position,” the spokesman added.
Wilkins emphasizes that the team's goal is not to arrest anyone, but to be transparent.
“We're not saying arrest somebody tomorrow. We're just saying: You have this additional evidence that we don't have. If we're wrong, let us be proven. That's all we've asked for.”independent researcher Michelle Wilkins also said.
