Forensic scientists push to reopen Kurt Cobain case after autopsy reignites major questions
Experts are pushing for the case on Kurt Cobain’s death to be reopened.
This comes after questions have been raised by forensic scientists over the late singer’s autopsy.
The frontman of Nirvana died back in 1994, with the King County Medical Examiner’s office ruling it as a suicide, but there are now calls for a new investigation to take place.
According to a report by Complex, a team of private sector forensic scientists spent three days looking at the evidence and have come to the conclusion that something more sinister may have taken place.
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Speaking to the Daily Mail, specialist Brian Burnett said: “This is a homicide. We’ve got to do something about this.”
Burnett’s specialist experience includes examining deaths where a drug overdose is followed by gunshot trauma.
The team is said to have ‘exhaustively’ reviewed the autopsy documents, and they have assembled a peer-reviewed paper with their findings, which has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Forensic Science.
Independent researcher Michelle Wilkins and the team believe they have uncovered signs which do not match the verdict of the much-publicised autopsy.
They have collated ‘ten points of evidence’ which they believe show there were one or more attackers who forced Cobain to take a heroin overdose before shooting him in the head.
It is then alleged the assailants placed the gun in Cobain’s hands, and left behind a forged suicide note, including words to Courtney Love and their daughter.
Wilkins argued: “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.”
However, it appears that despite these findings, the Medical Examiner’s Office isn’t quite so convinced as it has since released a statement to say that the results of their initial autopsy ruling still stand.
In the statement, it read: “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.”
Seattle Police Department also told the Daily Mail that they were standing by the initial verdict: “Our detective concluded that he died by suicide, and this continues to be the position held by this department.”