‘Kurt Cobain’s demise was a murder’ as surprising forensic investigation questions ruling
32 years after legendary Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, a team of forensiv scientists are seeking to put fresh eyes on the case
Kurt Cobain’s death has been greatly discussed by internet sleuths over the year (Image: WireImage)
A group of forensic scientists have questioned the ruling on Kurt Cobain’s death, claiming the singer died from a “homicide”.
The legendary lead singer of grunge band Nirvana died aged 27 on April 5, 1994, at age 27, from a self-inflicted shotgun wound at his Seattle home. King County Medical Examiner ruled the star’s death as a suicide by a Remington Model 11 20-gauge shotgun.
Specialists Brian Burnett and Michelle Wilkins are among a team of scientists who are seeking to put fresh eyes on the case, which has been the subject of many wild conspiracies. Wilkins told the Daily Mail that after just three days of working on the case Burnett said: “This is a homicide. We’ve got to do something about this.”
New evidence has now been presented, suggesting the Smells Like Teen Spirit performer was confronted by one or more assailants who forced a heroin overdose to incapacitate him, before one of them shot him in the head, placed the gun in his arms and left behind a forged suicide note.
Wilkins added: “There are things in the autopsy that go, well, wait, this person didn’t die very quickly of a gunshot blast. The necrosis of the brain and liver happens in an overdose. It doesn’t happen in a shotgun death.
“To me, it looks like someone staged a movie and wanted you to be absolutely certain this was a suicide. The receipt for the gun is in his pocket. The receipt for the shells is in his pocket. The shells are lined up at his feet.
“We’re supposed to believe he capped the needles and put everything back in order after shooting up three times, because that’s what someone does while they’re dying. Suicides are messy, and this was a very clean scene.”
A spokesperson for the Medical Examiner’s Office said: “King County Medical Examiner’s Office worked with the local law enforcement agency, conducted a full autopsy, and followed all of its procedures in coming to the determination of the manner of death as a suicide.
“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 re-opening of this case and our previous determination of death.”
Police investigating the case revealed that Cobain had injected himself with ten times the typical dose that even a seasoned heroin user would have administered.
Cobain’s post-mortem examination revealed fluid present in his lungs, haemorrhaging in his eyes, and deterioration to both his brain and liver.
According to the forensic analysis, these discoveries are uncommon in rapid gunshot fatalities but are frequently observed in heroin overdose deaths, which trigger sluggish respiration and reduced circulation.
The ocular bleeding and organ deterioration indicated his body may have been deprived of oxygen, which probably wouldn’t have occurred solely from the gunshot wound, the team determined.
In the majority of fatal head gunshot cases, blood is typically aspirated into the respiratory passages, yet Cobain’s post-mortem examination made no reference to this.
Whilst brain trauma can occasionally halt respiration, this generally occurs immediately following the injury, and with such catastrophic damage, some blood presence in the airways would ordinarily be anticipated.
