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“I think it’s a homicide, and I do think the case should be reopened,” former police captain Neil Low, who retired in 2018 after spending 50 years with the Seattle Police Department (SPD), told Daily Mail.

Low — who was a police commander at the time of Cobain’s death, and had been asked by his chief to probe the case in 2005 — added that he believes investigators failed to treat the initial scene as a potential homicide, calling the original SPD investigation “botched.”

“I just am not buying that Kurt did that to himself,” the retired police captain said, insisting that the physical evidence from Cobain’s death scene “does not add up.”

Low claims the case was mishandled from the start, and questions whether proper forensic procedures were followed. The veteran police captain also suggested the scene could have even been staged to make it look like the Nirvana singer had taken his own life. ...

1 posted on 02/19/2026 4:08:16 AM PST by ViLaLuz
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To: ViLaLuz
Dead rock star died of drug overdose. What's to investigate?

Maybe Oliver Stone can make another movie. Cast Joe Pesci as Cobain.

2 posted on 02/19/2026 4:12:17 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: ViLaLuz

Its 30 years later guys. I don’t know what evidence you think there is to discover now. Cobain offed himself with a shotgun so I’d imagine it made quite a mess.


5 posted on 02/19/2026 4:17:12 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: ViLaLuz

In such circumstances I am always forced to ask, “why now.”

Why is this being opening at this time?


10 posted on 02/19/2026 4:22:56 AM PST by Skwor
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To: ViLaLuz

I’ve never understood why Cobain is supposed to be such an important figure.


11 posted on 02/19/2026 4:23:29 AM PST by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: ViLaLuz

And in other news from Seattle, the Mayor has declared homeless people now get to own and occupy whatever they want.


14 posted on 02/19/2026 4:35:03 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: ViLaLuz

Someone’s pension ain’t enough, I guess.


21 posted on 02/19/2026 5:06:44 AM PST by larrytown (I will not be rage-baited.)
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To: ViLaLuz

I doubt very seriously there is any legally admissible evidence of homicide in Kurt Cobain’s death. But whether the Seattle police recorded the death as a suicide at the scene or a few days later it does seem the outcome was decided before conducting a full investigation.


35 posted on 02/19/2026 5:36:35 AM PST by erlayman (E )
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To: ViLaLuz

Guess they have nothing else to worry about in Seattle.


37 posted on 02/19/2026 5:38:18 AM PST by bwest
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To: ViLaLuz

Drug deal gone bad? Lotta folks think she did it, but coulda been an angey dealer too. Or disgruntled person.


47 posted on 02/19/2026 7:18:05 AM PST by Bob434 (NYWAYS)
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To: ViLaLuz

We all knew at the time that Courtney did it. We were just amazed she got away with it.


51 posted on 02/19/2026 8:34:31 AM PST by Bulwyf
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