Update #1
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COBAIN INVESTIGATION UPDATE #1
May 10, 1995
PLEASE NOTE: If you do not have a copy of the "Summary Of Events,"
you'll want to get one. It lays the foundation for this
investigation and it will help you follow the case as you receive
future updates. Check the last page of this update for details on
how to obtain a copy at no charge by E-Mail.
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WONDER WHY YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HEARING MUCH ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION?
Referring to the disclosure of my "Summary Of Events"
Courtney's attorneys have taken out a full page ads in major media
broadcasting magazines threatening to sue anyone who participates,
"either directly or indirectly, in the dissemination or publication
of these statements,..."
The same attorneys threatened me with lawsuits, criminal
prosecution, and "SWIFT ACTION" when I first began speaking out
about what I know. I've continued to ignore their threats for the
past SIX MONTHS! Where's the "swift action?"
These briefcase bullies threaten and intimidate, but when
their "victim" stands firm, they slink away with their tail between
their legs.
I said this then and I'll say it again now,... THESE PEOPLE
ARE NOT GOING TO SUE ME OR ANYONE ELSE CONNECTED TO THIS
INVESTIGATION.
I hope I'm wrong! A lawsuit would create publicity for the
investigation, the very thing they're trying to avoid. It would
give me the opportunity to present disclosed and undisclosed
evidence in a court of law. It would expose the truth about this
whole smelly fraud.
A lawsuit would also bring immediate counter suits. I'm not
after their filthy money, but if they really want to flex their
muscles, they better be sure their pants don't fall down.
I'm going to tell the truth about what I know. If these people
want to challenge my right to do that, they know where to serve the
papers.
NOT EVERYONE'S A WIMP!
I owe a debt of gratitude to Gil Gross of the Gil Gross Radio
Show in New York, a C.B.S. Radio Network program. Gil was the first
to break this story, although Courtney's attorneys tried their best
to keep it from happening. Gil flew me to New York last December
and allowed me to get some of this information to the public for
the first time. Speaking out in a public forum helped reduce my
family's concern over my safety.
Thanks Gil. I won't forget!
AND THEN THERE'S ALLAN HANDELMAN
The bravest and most honorable of the media heroes has been
Allan Handelman. Allan has a nationally syndicated radio talk show.
Ignoring threats by Courtney's attorneys, Allan took the time to
study this case. He realized I had some things to say that needed
to be heard. Allan put me on the air on four different occasions to
tell my story and later keep his audience updated as to the
progress of the case.
Response from the Allan Handelman programs has been
overwhelming. I've received letters from listeners all over the
country who tuned in to the Handelman programs. The affilliate
radio stations have received hundreds of calls to their hot lines
requesting more information and expressing appreciation for
covering the story.
I'm receiving requests for tapes of the Handelman programs.
For information about obtaining these tapes, write to:
The Allan Handelman Show
9253 Glenwater Dr. Suite 1204
Charlotte, NC 28262
You can call the Allan Handelman Hotline number by dialing:
1-800-762-5825
Whether you write or call,
BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER
In case you're wondering, I receive no commission, royalty, or
payment of any kind for the Handelman/Grant tapes or for my
appearance on his show. Never have, never will.
Several media sources are beginning to see through the smoke
now. They're starting to roll up their sleeves. Stories about this
investigation have recently been published not only in the U.S but
also in England, Sweden, Italy, Australia and probably other
countries that I haven't heard about yet.
Everyone knew something was horribly wrong here. Things just
didn't add up. The truth is beginning to get out in spite of all
the efforts to keep it contained. People are starting to listen,
but it's still an uphill battle.
THE SEATTLE POLICE REPORTS
Following are several excerpts, quoted word for word, directly
from the Seattle police reports regarding the death of Kurt Cobain.
The marking of ===== indicates a word or words blacked out by
the police before they released the reports.
The marking ***** indicates something I've deleted for reasons
of confidentiality such as an address.
The police reports are written without paragraphs. This makes
reading and searching for details more difficult, As a result,
I've indented occasionally to help reduce reading fatigue.
Since E-mail cannot be underlined, I've CAPITALIZED several
significant words and phrases that I comment about later.
This is only a sampling of the police reports available. They
are public records and can be checked for accuracy if you have
doubts as to my documentation.
Additional samplings of the police reports will be included in
future updates.
MISSING PERSON REPORT,
Dated 4/4/94
Report #94-149669
NARRATIVE:
"Mr. Cobain ran away from California facility and flew back to
Seattle. HE ALSO BOUGHT A SHOTGUN AND MAY BE SUICIDAL. Mr. Cobain
may be at =====, location for narcotics. Det. Terry SPD/Narcotics
has further info."
COBAIN DEATH INVESTIGATION,
Dated 4/8/94
Report #94-156500
NARRATIVE:
(By Off. Levandowski, Badge #5326)
"On 4/08/94...0856 Hrs. I was dispatched to *** Lake
Washington Blvd. E. to investigate a dead body. On arrival, I was
contacted by ===== ===== of =====. I saw ====== work truck parked
in the driveway of the house. ===== stated he had arrived at the
house to do some electrical work on contract for ===== the security
company for the residence. Smith stated he had stepped into a west
facing deck on the second floor level of the garage, and had
observed a dead male on the floor. ===== said he was (unable) to
see the body through the french doors, BUT THAT THE DOORS WERE
LOCKED.
===== took me to the doors and I observed through the door a
W/M, with long blond hair, laying on the floor, on his back. A
shotgun was laying across the victim's body; the butt of the gun
was between the victim's feet and the muzzle was at about the mid-
chest level of the victim.
The victim appeared to be Kurt Cobain who I knew to be to be
the resident of the house, and who I had contacted in the recent
past.
Seattle Fire units arrived and forced entry by breaking a pane
in the french door. On entry, SFD announced the W/M as dead on
arrival and cleared the scene, leaving engine Company 34 behind.
SFD asked for I.D. from the nearby wallet and I OPENED THE
WALLET WHICH WAS WITHIN A COUPLE OF FEET FROM THE VICTIM'S BODY.
INSIDE I FOUND A WASHINGTON STATE DRIVER'S LICENSE IN THE NAME OF
COBAIN, KURT DONALD DOB/022067.
I had called for 1G, Sgt. Getchman enroute to the call and
Sgt. Getchman and A/Sgt. Fewel arrived. I USED GETCHMAN'S POLAROID
TO PHOTOGRAPH THE SCENE while Fewel and Getchman used 35mm cameras
to document the scene...
I maintained the scene until Homicide's arrival...
Inside the scene, I had observed a cigar box lying next to the
victim. Inside the box were syringes, a spoon, and other items of
narcotics paraphernalia.
On a nearby table was a paper placemat with a hand written
note in red ink. The pen was stabbed into the note, holding it in
place. THE NOTE WAS APPARENTLY WRITTEN BY COBAIN TO HIS WIFE AND
DAUGHTER EXPLAINING WHY HE HAD KILLED HIMSELF."
NARRATIVE:
(By Detectives Jim Yoshida, #3168 and Steve Kirkland, #3356)
4-8-94 0950: "Lt. Marberg receives a phone call from SPD
Communications. They are requesting a Homicide Team at *** lake
Washington Blvd. E. THEY ARE ON THE SCENE OF A SUICIDE. There is a
note present and the gun is also in place. The victim is Kurt
Cobain,..."
4-8-94 1015: "Detectives arrive at the scene and are met by Off.
Joe Fewel #4896. Off. Fewel is the acting sergeant for this sector.
Also on the scene are Off. Von Levandowski #5326 (10c04), Sgt. Jeff
Getchman #3322 (1-G), and the 1st Watch East PCT Commander, Lt.
Ziminsky. Off. Levandowski will be responsible for the initial
incident report. OFF. LEVANDOWSKI TURNS OVER POLAROID PHOTOS TAKEN
OF THE SCENE AND ALSO TWO ROLLS OF 35mm FILM.
Off. Levandowski states the witnesses, ===== (electricians for
=====) came to do some work on the victim's residence this morning
and observed the victim lying on the floor of the greenhouse above
the detached garage of the residence. Off. Levandowski says there
was a dual response on the 911 call. SFD broke the westside french
door to gain access and visually determined that the victim was
obviously dead...
Lavendowski secured the area and waited for response by Patrol
supervisors and homicide. He has some knowledge of the victim and
has been to the residence on a prior occasion. He is also aware
that the victim is AWOL from a drug treatment center in Los Angeles
and that his family had filed a missing person report with SPD. THE
FAMILIES FEAR WAS THAT THE VICTIM WAS SUICIDAL AND HE HAD RECENTLY
BOUGHT A SHOTGUN.
Cobain is found in the 19' by 23' greenhouse above the
detached double garage. There are STAIRS ON THE WEST SIDE LEADING
TO THE FRENCH DOOR ENTRY and ANOTHER SET OF FRENCH DOORS ON THE
EAST SIDE which lead to a balcony. THESE DOORS ARE UNLOCKED AND
CLOSED BUT THERE IS A STOOL WITH A BOX OF GARDENING SUPPLIES ON IT
IN FRONT OF THE DOOR.
There is a sink on the west wall and there are stainless steel
planting trays on the north and south walls. One of the stainless
trays contains a pile of dirt with bulbs in it. On top of this dirt
pile is a note written in red ink and stuck into the dirt pile with
a red pen. THIS IS A SUICIDE NOTE DIRECTED TO COURTNEY AND =====
and signed Kurt Colbain. (The accidental mispelling of Colbain has
no significance.)
The victim is found on the floor lying on his back with his
head to the west and feet to the east. There is a large drying
puddle of blood to the left of the victim and obvious trauma to his
head.
There is a Remington M-11 20 gauge shotgun between the
victim's legs with the barrel pointed towards his head and his left
hand wrapped around the barrel. THE SHOTGUN IS INVERTED WITH THE
TRIGGER AND MAGAZINE TRAP DOOR POINTING UP. The barrel end is just
above his beltline. There is a spent 20 gauge shell casing on top
of a brown corduroy jacket which is on top of a beige nylon shotgun
case. These are just to the left of the victim and under one of the
stainless steel garden trays. There are several cigarette butts on
the floor and a 3/4 full can of Barqs root beer also on the floor
in the area of the victim.
Colbain's wallet was open and his driver's license showing.
OFF. LEVANDOWSKI EXPOSED THE DRIVER'S LICENSE TO VERIFY
IDENTIFICATION OF THE VICTIM.
There was also $120.00 in cash on the floor to the right of
the victim and a cigar box. This cigar box contained narcotics
paraphenalia (syringes, burnt spoons, cotton, and small pieces of
what looks like black tar).
There is a brown paperbag containing 22 live 20 gauge shotgun
shells. The box is marked that it contains 25 shells. The bag
containing the shells is on the floor at the victim's left foot. On
the floor to the victim's right in the same area as the cigar box
is a hat, two towels, the $120.00 in cash, the wallet, a pack of
cigarettes, a lighter, amd a pair of sunglasses. Inside the jacket
pocket is a receipt for the purchase of the Remington 20 gauge
shotgun serial #1088925. The purchase price was $308.37 and the
receipt is dated 3-30-94. The purchaser was Dylan R. Carlson =====
Seattle 98115, from Stan Baker Sports,...
These items, the other items on the floor and the note were
photographed using the 35mm and Polaroid cameras.
1105 hrs: Investigator Dave Delgado, Dr. Nick Hartshorne, and Dr.
Donald Reay of the King County Medical Examiner's Office arrive at
the scene. Dr. Hartshorne will be conducting the initial
examination of the victim. Dr. hartshorne takes his photographs and
then begins the on scene examination of the victim.
The shotgun is removed from it's location between the victim's
legs and it is rendered safe by Det. Kirkland. THERE IS ONE LIVE
SHELL IN THE CHAMBER AND ANOTHER LIVE SHELL IN THE MAGAZINE. These
two shells and the spent expended shell account for the full box of
25.
Dr. Hartshorne states that the damage to the interior of the
mouth indicates the shot was taken in the mouth.
He notes there are puncture marks on the inside of the left
and right elbows.
COMMENTS BY GRANT:
Courtney Love filed the Missing Person report claiming to be
Kurt's mom, Wendy O'Conner. There was no mention in the report that
Kurt had been last seen at the Lake Washington residence.
The narrative sounds like Cobain left the rehab, THEN
purchased a shotgun and might kill himself. It set the police up
for what they would later observe. A body, a shotgun, and a note.
(Kurt actually purchased the shotgun for his own protection BEFORE
he left for the rehab in L.A.)
Everything seemed to fit. It was obvious what had happened
here,... or was it?
As mentioned in my Summary Of events, the following
information can be verified by a careful reading of these reports;
1. The police arriving on the scene were already of the MINDSET
that Kurt had "bought a shotgun and may be suicidal."
2. The police had polaroid photographs available. They could have
shown me these photographs to clear up any questions about Kurt's
hair being combed, but Sgt. Cameron told me they "haven't developed
the photographs and probably never would."
3. The french doors on the west side were locked. But it had a
simple push and twist type lock. Anyone can lock the door and pull
it shut as they leave.(I have photographs of this door.)
4. The first officer on the scene found the wallet on the floor and
exposed the driver's license for photographs. Cobain DID NOT leave
his wallet open with his license showing as reported in the media.
5. There was no stool wedged against the door. Cobain was NOT
BARRICADED IN THE ROOM as the media has reported.
The only stool in the room was sitting in front of the other
UNLOCKED french doors which led out to the balcony. This was not an
entrance. There are no stairs to the balcony. This LITTLE wooden
stool did not and could not block anything.
6. The police referred to the note at the scene as a "suicide" note
and say it was written to Courtney and Frances "explaining why he
had killed himself."
This note was NOT WRITTEN TO COURTNEY AND FRANCES. It was written
to Kurt's fans with a small footnote to Coutney and Frances. As
you'll see in the next update, Kurt said NOTHING ABOUT KILLING
HIMSELF.
7. The shotgun was inverted. Would a killer think to do that? How
would a killer know how to position the shotgun for Kurt?
They had a photograph taken months ealier showing Kurt holding a
toy rifle in his mouth, INVERTED! A photographic "DIAGRAM" for the
set-up.
8. There were THREE rounds loaded into the shotgun when Kurt died.
If he bought this shotgun just to kill himself, what was he going
to do with the other two rounds?!
Kurt had that shotgun loaded for protection, not for suicide.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP
1. E-Mail this information to anyone and everyone who's interested.
2. E-Mail the Summary and the updates to your local radio and
television stations.
3. Make copies of the Summary and Updates. Mail them or give them
out to friends or other interested parties.
4. Call local radio talk shows to discuss the case.
5. Participate in discussions about the investigation on A.O.L.,
Prodigy, Compuserve, or whatever online service you have.
6. Tell your friends they can get on our E-mail update list by
sending an E-mail request to my office. (See last page for #)
7. Mail, fax, or E-mail your comments to my office. Due to legal
and time constraints, I cannot respond to everyone and I cannot
answer EVERY question right now, but your input is helpful and
appreciated!
FUTURE UPDATES WILL INCLUDE:
o More police reports, (A little "creative writing?")
o Who was using Kurt's missing credit card?
o The Coroner's Reports
o Where's Rosemary Carroll and why isn't she talking?
o What really happened in Rome?
o The so called "suicide note," word for word
o The "suicidal tendencies" myth
o Additional information on the death of Kristen pfaff...
and more,... MUCH MORE.
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE RELEASED MAY 19TH.
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