On April 8 1994 at 8.40 AM, an electrician who came to check the electrical network from a luxury villa in Seattle found the lifeless body of Kurt Cobain. A bullet in the head appears to have killed him. Near the body was found a box of drugs, burnt spoons and also syringes. A rifle was found on his chest along with a “goodbye note” in the room. Is this a clear case of suicide? According to local law enforcement it was. However, for conspiracy theory advocates they were hard to be satisfied with the superficial investigations of the Seattle Police and the frenzy that ensured with the media announcing the premature death of Cobain.
At 27, singer and composer of the band Nirvana, Cobain was not just a rock star acclaimed at international level. He was also the idol of many representatives of “Generation X”. Fans do not see him like any other star; for them he was a leader and hero. The funerals turned Seattle into a transit city and similar suicides were recorded all over the world. Cobain died when he was on top of success. His music was heard and excited millions of people worldwide. This incredible success brought him the unwanted status of being the spokesman for a whole generation and the grunge rock movement.
For Kurt Cobain, punk-rock and drugs provided a way to escape. Cobain, who was totally self-contained didn’t seem to have seen death as the last solution for the pain and the depression that haunted his youth. Although it was very well known that Cobain was a man with problems, many people find it hard to believe that he would put an end to his days. Even though theories of his death are widespread, his compact disks continue to sell.
The common thread of these conspiracy assumptions is that, despite his poor physical condition (illustrated by the fact that he was on the brink of death after an overdose of heroin taken one month before, in a hotel in Rome) Cobain had started to put his life in order and began thinking of some positive changes. These are well known facts. More than likely the divorce from the rock star Courtney Love and a real battle for custody of their daughter were not exactly easy. Cobain though was not a coward by any means. He had proven in the past and he was a man that build his road on his own to the world’s recognition. Many of those who studied his case believe that sinister forces had worked in Seattle to lead him to this premature end. All these questions have naturally given birth to some disturbing questions related to the alleged suicide and the death of Kurt Cobain.
On Easter day, Sunday April 3rd 1994, Courtney Love called Tom Grant from California. The day before, Cobain climbed on the wall of the Exodus detox clinic and went back by plane to Seattle. Although her husband intended to kill himself and had one month prior almost died from an overdose, Love decided not to personally go to Seattle. Instead, she assigned Grant to find Cobain with a striking and enigmatic expression: “Save the American idol, Tom!” Grant looked for Cobain at the villa in Seattle on April 7, at 2.45 AM and again at 9.45 PM. He didn’t find the body that lay hidden in the greenhouse above the garage though. Eventually, it was discovered the next day, Kurt Cobain was dead.
Tom Grant, the one that Love had paid for seven months to investigate Kurt Cobain death, is one of the many who think Cobain must have been killed by someone close to him. Because the killer and other conspirators must have enjoyed his confidence and could easily get to him, many theorists believe that this indicates a family member, a close friend or an employee. Rumors say that the rock star thought more about leaving the music industry rather than leave this world. Cobain dead is worth much more in terms of records sales than he ever was alive. Theorist says that an idol that is no longer interested in a musical career is a motive. It is well known that the heads of the record companies also have such a moral sense that any bum seems to be an honest member of the community. With millions of dollars being made in the music game, the Kurt Cobain death could be considered more like a Cobain retirement.
At the crime scene was a lot of evidence that raises questions regarding the possibility that Kurt Cobain didn’t commit suicide. One of his credit cards was missing and someone tried to use it before his body was discovered and also after the autopsy investigations were published. There weren’t any fingerprints nor was there any gun powder on the gun, which suggests that it had been wiped clean. Cobain’s body was also found with an extremely high level of heroin, which means that it would be pretty hard for him to pull the trigger. The “suicidal” note was in fact one where he explained why he left the music industry. Many graph logical experts think that someone else, and not Cobain had added the last four rows in the letter about his wife and his daughter.
By Danielle
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