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Forensics Scientists Suggest Kurt Cobain’s 1994 Suicide May Actually Have Been ‘A Homicide’

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Roughly 20 years after he committed suicide, Kurt Cobain‘s death is being examined by an unofficial private sector team of forensic scientists who now believe his death was a homicide. The legendary Nirvana frontman died at the age of 27 on April 5, 1994, in his Seattle home from a self-inflicted shotgun wound. The King County Medical Examiner ruled his death a suicide at the time, but research has led to specialists questioning his death. Last …
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Nearly 32 years after the death of Kurt Cobain American musician, known as the vocalist, guitarist and lead composer of the band Nirvana, a new forensic investigation rejects the idea that the musician committed suicide with a shotgun. It is alleged that the singer was murdered on April 5, 1994 in Seattle. The investigation was made by an unofficial team of forensic scientists led by Brian Burnett, a specialist who worked on cases linked to deat…

Euronews.Forensic experts have questioned the official version of the death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who died on April 5, 1994 at his home in Seattle. Then King County authorities admitted that the 27-year-old musician committed suicide by shooting himself with a 20-caliber Remington Model 11 shotgun. After his death, there were occasional speculations about a possible murder. Supporters of this version pointed to the controversy surroun…

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