Overview
- Independent researcher Michelle Wilkins and forensic expert Brian Burnett reviewed autopsy and scene materials, with Burnett asserting, “This is a homicide.”
- Coverage revisits Cobain’s documented struggles with depression and addiction, including overdoses recalled by Courtney Love and detailed by biographers.
- After a March 18, 1994 police call, officers seized firearms, an intervention followed, and Cobain briefly entered detox on March 30.
- Friend Dylan Carlson bought a shotgun at Cobain’s request before rehab; Cobain left on April 1, was reported missing on April 4, and was found on April 8 with a note to his childhood imaginary friend, Boddah.
- Authorities originally determined he died by a self-inflicted shotgun wound on April 5, 1994, a conclusion now being publicly questioned by the private team.