Posted on 02/13/2026 12:04:58 PM PST by nickcarraway
A new report claims that the death of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain was not by suicide, rather he was a victim of homicide. But police in Seattle are standing by their original findings.
According to a report in The Daily Mail, a private forensic team compiled by independent forensic specialist Brian Burnett said that Cobain’s death was a homicide.
Burnett’s team looked at the evidence and came to that conclusion.
But the Seattle Police Department disagrees, saying the suicide ruling is correct.
“Our detective concluded that he died by suicide, and this continues to be the position held by this department,” a police spokesperson told The Daily Mail.
One of the researchers on Burnett’s team said the scene looked like it was “like someone staged a movie” with the gun and shells receipt in Cobain’s pocket, a heroin kit neatly organized near his body.
Michelle Wilkins said that the writing on the note does not fully match.
“The top of the note is written by Kurt. There’s nothing about suicide in that. It’s basically just him talking about quitting the band,” Wilkins said. “Then there are four lines at the bottom. If you even look at the note, you can see that the last four lines are written in different … the text is a little bit different. It’s bigger, it looks more scrawly.”
Despite Burnett’s team’s findings, neither the police department nor the King County Medical Examiner’s Office is reopening the case at this time.
“Our office is always open to revisiting its conclusions if new evidence comes to light, but we’ve seen nothing to date that would warrant reopening of this case and our previous determination of death,” the medical examiner’s office told The Daily Mail.
KIRO’s news partner MyNorthwest reported that Cobain and Nirvana had “instant success” with their 1991 album “Nevermind” and songs such as “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
He started using heroin to deal with an illness, MyNorthwest reported, and he had suffered several drug overdoses.
Cobain had been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder when he was young, and eventually bipolar disorder.
He was found dead by an electrical contractor at his home in April 1994. Police said he had committed suicide by shotgun three days before he was found on April 8, 1994, KIRO reported.
Cobain last performed about a month before his death in Munich, Germany, according to KIRO.
This is not the first time his case has been reviewed. In 2021, the FBI released archival files that included a letter to the bureau to have officials investigate his death, Billboard reported at the time.
One letter from Nov. 20, 2006, claimed there were no fingerprints found on the shotgun, as well as the different handwriting in the suicide note. A second letter from 2003 asked to see “inconsistencies surrounding his death cleared up once and for all.”
Esquire reported that the FBI said it could not investigate, responding to the letters:
“In order for the FBI to initiate an investigation of any complaint we receive, specific facts must be present to indicate that a violation of federal law within our investigative jurisdiction has occurred,” the FBI wrote. “Based on the limited information you provided, we are unable to identify any violation of federal law within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI.
“We are, therefore, unable to take any investigative action in this case.”
Read the entire file from the FBI vault here.
Who is that supposed to be?
Kinda like that one woman who committed suicide by stabbing herself 22 times.
Or like Cong. Tim Burchett said the other night on Newsmax, if Ghillane Maxwell gets out of prison they’ll find her having committed suicide by shooting herself in the back of the head five times...
There was a case long time ago somewhere in Africa where this white woman was found dead on a campfire and tied up. Cops there called it suicide.
It’s just been since 1994. Another rush to judgment in our system.
Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Satanic human sacrifices are not suicides.
I heard a the radio the other day that Cobain was going to divorce Courtney Love. If they were divorced she would not have gotten his $250 MILLION DOLLARS.
Based on my experience in watching TV, movies and reading books for the last 62 years I would call that a MOTIVE.
She also had OPPORTUNITY.
Now, all I need is proof.
I really know nothing about the case. He was a drug addict.
She was a former stripper, hooker, skank.
There’s a detailed documentary on this from several years ago and the claim is that Courtney Love had him killed. My friend who saw it and he says if what the documentary says is true he was definitely murdered. They said the murder/suicide weapon was destroyed the after he died.
the day AFTER he died...
took em 32 years top do this...the conspiracy nuts usually start about 1-2 years after the event.
in the back even or the woman who died by suicide by shooting herself 3 times in the back of the head
HARD to believe it was 32 years ago- Wow! Seemsl iek just yesterday- Ugggh
Richard Lee is a Seattle-based independent journalist and conspiracy theorist.
For decades, Lee has been the most visible figure regarding this theory on public access television, specifically through his long-running show: “Now See It Person To Person: Kurt Cobain Was Murdered”.
The Show: His program consists primarily of Lee speaking directly into the camera in a “perpetual monologue,” where he presents disjointed commentary and evidence he believes proves Cobain was murdered.
His Theory: Lee famously claims there was “no gunshot at all” and that Cobain was actually killed by government officials, with the shotgun scene being staged.
Legal Battles: He has spent years in the Seattle court system. In 2015, he sued the City of Seattle to force the release of death scene photos, claiming they would prove his theory.
The lawsuit was ultimately dismissed after Courtney Love and Frances Bean Cobain testified that releasing the photos would cause them irreparable psychological harm.
wasn’t a huge fan of his. I was more into harder rock and Randy Rhoads was my guy, and i cant believe its been 44 years since he died..geez. 44 years, yikes.
I know people who have been saying Cobain was murdered since he was found dead-and still say so. It seems logical to me-he was talking about divorce-if that happened, Courtney Love would only have gotten about 1/2 of his millions$$$, and would have had to share custody of their baby, Frances. That kind of money is motive enough for a lot of people, never mind a house and other private and commercial property, etc.
Interestingly, their daughter Frances-not mom Courtney- controls all the publicity rights to her dad’s name and image, etc. I’ll bet that bites mom every day...
Interesting. Didn’t know that about the daughter.
This has been rumoured back since the day. It was said he was quitting the band because he had become disollusioned with/sick of the pop music business and culture; he was intending to blow the lid on the music industry culture, split with Courtney Love, and possibly out some scandals involving those at the top of the business and in government.
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