

The King County Medical Examiner ruled his death a suicide, saying Cobain shot himself with a 20 gauge shotgun after taking what would have otherwise been a lethal dose of heroin.Ī certain sector of fans and observers - most notably Tom Grant, the private investigator and former cop hired by Cobain's wife, singer and actress Courtney Love, to find Cobain when he went missing during the days before his death - have insisted that Cobain's death was not suicide, but rather a murder conspiracy.

Kurt Cobain death scene photos 33 photosThe musical phenom was found dead in his Seattle-area home in April of 1994, and his fans have since mourned another senseless rock and roll death at the hands of drugs. As the 20-year anniversary of Cobain's apparent suicide in early April approached, the SPD announced a cold case detective was reviewing the file and began releasing new information including never-before-seen photos from the scene.
