Echo Reflection: Week 28
This week I bring you the second half of the two-part column concerning Nirvana and the murder of Kurt Cobain. This column originally ran in the Echo on Wednesday, January 19, 2005.
Somebody needs to consider the facts...this much forensic evidence and expert testimony cannot be ignored forever.
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Death of Nirvana's Cobain not suicide
Death of Nirvana's Cobain not suicide
Despite the veiled threats made on my life after last week's installment appeared in the Echo, I've chosen to continue with the two-part series about Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. Funny how the truth is always met with such resistance. In last week's column I spoke of Nirvana's continued success and the untimely death of its lead singer and guitarist, Cobain. It is my belief that Cobain did not commit suicide; rather, he was murdered. Consider the following.
On April 1, 1994, Cobain left a drug rehab center in Marina Del Ray, Calif. and for the duration of the next week was a very hard man to find. So hard, in fact, Courtney Love decided to hire a private investigator to find him. Tom Grant, a licensed private investigator working out of California, was hired April 3; he immediately set off to Seattle in search of Nirvana's front man with the help of Cobain's longtime friend, Dylan Carlson. It was not long into the investigation when Grant became suspicious of foul play.
On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain was found dead in a room above the garage of his home and the Seattle Police Department was quick to rule the case a suicide. Grant believed the scene looked a bit too staged, and other experts in the field agreed. But the system was against the truth. The SPD considered it an open-and-closed case and didn't care to answer a national audience as to why it handled the case so poorly. In fact, in the months and years to follow, internal SPD records would be made public and within those were memos that suggested the Cobain case files be destroyed. Nor did it help that Love was a friend of the man who performed Cobain's autopsy.
As the investigation continued, evidence increasingly suggested murder; as a matter of fact, the evidence became outright damning. Cobain's alleged suicide note was determined to be written in two separate handwritings and nothing, aside from the suspicious handwriting at the end of the note, can be construed as suicidal. In fact, those familiar with the band and the case believe it was a letter Cobain was writing to his fans. It seems he desired to leave Nirvana to pursue other musical interests as well as a divorce from Love. Further incriminating was a piece of paper found in Love's backpack by her entertainment attorney and friend, Rosemary Carroll. Someone had been practicing various styles of handwriting.
The evidence goes on. The shotgun Cobain supposedly used to shoot himself was void of any fingerprints; yes, even Cobain's, who happened to be gripping the gun when he was found. It was as if someone had wiped any prints from the gun. And let us not forget toxicology reports indicated that at the time of death Cobain's blood contained 1.52 mgs of heroin per liter. This amount of heroin is three times the lethal dose required to kill even the hardest of users. Medical experts have stated that such levels would render the user immediately incapacitated and therefore unable to pull the trigger to a shotgun.
It is important to point out that those who knew Cobain best strongly suggest he was not suicidal. The evidence is staggering and unfortunately I cannot explain all of it in full detail here but if one so desires the facts about this case are readily available. I would highly suggest the book mentioned last week, Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain. There are also very useful Web sites one can visit. I would suggest Grant's Web site as a starting point, from here users can link to various other sites dedicated to the truth. Grant's Web site can be found at www.cobaincase.com
It is a sad thing that justice has been obstructed for such an extended period of time. However, Grant has vowed to continue his work on the case until justice has done its part for Cobain; perhaps we can help him win that justice.
Recently Love regained custody of Frances Bean Cobain, the child she and Kurt had together. Love was quoted saying that she has "chosen to move forward with my life in a healthy and positive way." If this is true, then perhaps Love may want to start by coming clean about what she knows about Cobain's murder.
Somebody needs to consider the facts...this much forensic evidence and expert testimony cannot be ignored forever.
Support Kurt at the Echo:
Death of Nirvana's Cobain not suicide
Death of Nirvana's Cobain not suicide
Despite the veiled threats made on my life after last week's installment appeared in the Echo, I've chosen to continue with the two-part series about Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. Funny how the truth is always met with such resistance. In last week's column I spoke of Nirvana's continued success and the untimely death of its lead singer and guitarist, Cobain. It is my belief that Cobain did not commit suicide; rather, he was murdered. Consider the following.
On April 1, 1994, Cobain left a drug rehab center in Marina Del Ray, Calif. and for the duration of the next week was a very hard man to find. So hard, in fact, Courtney Love decided to hire a private investigator to find him. Tom Grant, a licensed private investigator working out of California, was hired April 3; he immediately set off to Seattle in search of Nirvana's front man with the help of Cobain's longtime friend, Dylan Carlson. It was not long into the investigation when Grant became suspicious of foul play.
On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain was found dead in a room above the garage of his home and the Seattle Police Department was quick to rule the case a suicide. Grant believed the scene looked a bit too staged, and other experts in the field agreed. But the system was against the truth. The SPD considered it an open-and-closed case and didn't care to answer a national audience as to why it handled the case so poorly. In fact, in the months and years to follow, internal SPD records would be made public and within those were memos that suggested the Cobain case files be destroyed. Nor did it help that Love was a friend of the man who performed Cobain's autopsy.
As the investigation continued, evidence increasingly suggested murder; as a matter of fact, the evidence became outright damning. Cobain's alleged suicide note was determined to be written in two separate handwritings and nothing, aside from the suspicious handwriting at the end of the note, can be construed as suicidal. In fact, those familiar with the band and the case believe it was a letter Cobain was writing to his fans. It seems he desired to leave Nirvana to pursue other musical interests as well as a divorce from Love. Further incriminating was a piece of paper found in Love's backpack by her entertainment attorney and friend, Rosemary Carroll. Someone had been practicing various styles of handwriting.
The evidence goes on. The shotgun Cobain supposedly used to shoot himself was void of any fingerprints; yes, even Cobain's, who happened to be gripping the gun when he was found. It was as if someone had wiped any prints from the gun. And let us not forget toxicology reports indicated that at the time of death Cobain's blood contained 1.52 mgs of heroin per liter. This amount of heroin is three times the lethal dose required to kill even the hardest of users. Medical experts have stated that such levels would render the user immediately incapacitated and therefore unable to pull the trigger to a shotgun.
It is important to point out that those who knew Cobain best strongly suggest he was not suicidal. The evidence is staggering and unfortunately I cannot explain all of it in full detail here but if one so desires the facts about this case are readily available. I would highly suggest the book mentioned last week, Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain. There are also very useful Web sites one can visit. I would suggest Grant's Web site as a starting point, from here users can link to various other sites dedicated to the truth. Grant's Web site can be found at www.cobaincase.com
It is a sad thing that justice has been obstructed for such an extended period of time. However, Grant has vowed to continue his work on the case until justice has done its part for Cobain; perhaps we can help him win that justice.
Recently Love regained custody of Frances Bean Cobain, the child she and Kurt had together. Love was quoted saying that she has "chosen to move forward with my life in a healthy and positive way." If this is true, then perhaps Love may want to start by coming clean about what she knows about Cobain's murder.