Kurt Cobain Was Murdered
 
It was four years ago the body of grunge rock star Kurt Cobain was
found in a greenhouse at his Seattle estate. He was found by an electrician
lying in a pool of blood with a shotgun resting on his chest, and a note
nearby.
It is harder to find a better example of suicide. It appeared that
Kurt Cobain had put an end to his miserable, drug-plagued life.
  Tom Grant, a private investigator, formerly of the LA County Sheriff's
Department, was hired by Courtney Love, Kurt's wife, to find Cobain after
he had gone AWOL from the Exodus Recovery Center, a drug-rehab clinic.
Courtney left out one important fact when she was discussing the situation
Grant. Love neglected to mention that the couple's nanny, Michael DeWitt,
had seen Cobain on April 2, the day before Love hired the investigator.
Given Grant's assertion that Cobain died "late Sunday morning (April 3)
or early Monday morning (April 4)" this neglect may have caused a fatal,
and possibly deliberate, delay in his investigation.
  Grant arrived in Seattle on Wednesday, April 6, and searched Cobain's
home early the next day. Dylan Carlson, a close friend of Cobain, took
Grant around the estate, and into Kurt's home, but did not take Grant to
the greenhouse, telling Grant that "it's just a dirty, little room."
Cobain's body was found in that dirty little room two days later.
  On May 8, Grant wrote a letter to Love to express his doubts about the
widely accepted suicide theory, saying he considers the circumstances
surrounding Cobain's death "to be highly suspicious."
  According to Grant, this is the most likely scenario: Kurt was planning
on divorcing Courtney, and leaving the music industry at the same time.
He had already spoken with one of his attorneys about removing Love from
his will. The note was a farewell to his fans, not a suicide note, as it
does not mention suicide at all. With Cobain retiring, and divorcing Love,
she would get very little of Cobain's fortunes, plenty less that what she
would get from inheriting the entire estate. That sets up the situation
for murder.
  Grant explains that Kurt was in the greenhouse with a shotgun. The
greenhouse is like a lookout tower over his whole property. Grant firmly
believes that Cobain "was in fear of his life."  He further states Kurt
was in the greenhouse, and someone else came in with him, and they started
doing heroin. Kurt had three times the lethal dose of heroin in his system
at the time of his death. Grant says "that doesn't...mean he would have
died from that dose, but it...would have put him out." It is highly unlikely
Cobain would be physically capable of shooting heroin up both arms, then
put the needle away in its kit, and then shoot himself with the shotgum. If
he wasn't unconsious, he "was at least to the point where he wasn't aware
of what was going on. Anybody could have done anything with him."
  When Grant went public with his findings, Love and her attorneys had his
invesigators license taken away. He eventually received a renewal of it.
  Another important fact is that El Duce, a drummer/vocalist for rock
group the Mentors, was asked by Love to murder Kurt. In March, while the
Mentors were on tour, Love attempted to contact Duce. When she was told
he was away, she screamed and cursed at the bartender who answered the
phone saying, "We had a deal." Ten days later, Cobain's body was found.
  Duce summarizes the situation:"I think Kurt was getting ready to divorce
her for adultery charges. She had to have him whacked right away so she
could get the money."
  Although the death certificate says the cause of death was a self-
inflicted shotgun wound to the head, with all the inconsistencies and
misinformation, the least the Seattle police could have done was
investigate as if it were a murder.
               KURT DONALD COBAIN
               Feb 20/67-Apr 5/94
    "It's Better To Burn Out Than To Fade Away"
 

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