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convinces me this is anything

But a suicide.

Now do you got any other pearls for me?

Not at this time.

Detective Cameron

resigned when he learned

I was preparing to fire him.

He had colluded with

one of his own detectives

To replant evidence that had been stolen

By a homicide detective

at a homicide scene.

And it was for that

reason that I was preparing

To fire him.

I'm just giving you

the information I have,

I don't care what you do with it.

I understand that, but I

think your investigation

Is into things that our

investigation doesn't apply to.

You don't allow a patrol officer

With no homicide

investigative experience

To determine whether a

scene is a suicide or not.

My opinion is, in 1994,

They just didn't look at anything.

If it appeared to be a

suicide, it was a suicide.

Case closed.

The news media do poison the atmosphere,

And I have been involved

in cases in which

It was impossible, almost,

to overcome the beliefs

That had been created

within the community

Because of the way in

which that particular death

Had been reported.

Judging by the evidence at the scene,

Love says, Cobain

apparently drew a chair up

To a window looking out

on Puget Sound, sat down,

Took some more drugs,

picked up his shotgun and,

Using his thumb, it seems,

shot himself in the head.

The physical damage was so

severe that his body could

Only be identified by fingerprints.

I was a bit surprised.

Normally a shotgun wound to the head,

The ones I've seen,

are pretty devastating,

Often making facial

features unrecognizable.

His head was not grossly

deformed or badly damaged.

I think I certainly

would've recognized him.

I don't see any reason

why anyone wouldn't have,

Who knew what he looked like.

Seattle's own police reports indicate

That Officer Lavendowski

found Kurt Cobain's wallet

Lyin' on the floor.

He opened it up and removed

his driver's license,

And he put it on top of Cobain's wallet

To take a photograph for evidence.

Most of the media

reported that Kurt left

His driver's license

exposed, and a lot of 'em went

Into a lotta detail:

That he did that so that

everyone would recognize him.

But it was completely false.

Love, who, contrary to

rumor, says she and Cobain

Hadn't broken up, says

Cobain had first written

A suicide note to her

which said, in part,

"It's not fun for me anymore. "

"I can't live this life. "

News media play a great

role in these matters.

John Kennedy, incidentally, pointed out

The need for integrity

within the news media.

This has been something

that was commented

Upon going back to our founding fathers,

Because sometimes

pressures from news media

Can be very, very significant.

I don't have the right

to make an opinion

On anything that I read

or see on television

Until I go to the f***in'

source myself, personally.

The toxicology report

from Kurt Cobain's autopsy

Indicated a heroin blood level

of 1.52 milligrams per liter.

Five milligrams will produce a level

Of 0.035 milligrams.

Most users, even heavy users,

Only use up to 40 to 60

milligrams in one hit.

So you can see, to reach

1.52 milligrams per liter,

You're talking about an

amount that would have

Certainly have exceeded 200

milligrams that were injected

Into Kurt Cobain.

Three times the amount that

would be considered lethal.

I think very legitimate

questions have been raised

About the level of heroin.

We have not, in 18

years, found a single case

Where somebody could

have the level of heroin

In their body that Kurt did

and still remain conscious.

For the average person,

triple the lethal dose

Even for the most severe heroin addict.

It would have incapacitated him,

He would have been unconscious.

And then roll down their sleeves,

put away their heroin kit,

Pick up the shotgun,

position it backwards

And pull the trigger.

That deals with coordinative functions.

How about the emotional aspects of this?

Why would he then shoot

himself before the drug

Has had a chance to take effect?

No study that I know

of has correlated use

Of heroin with suicide.

I cannot think of a case

in which I have had someone

Inject himself with a

large amount of heroin

And then proceed to kill himself.

It just doesn't make

sense, and it doesn't fit in

With these kinds of

situations involving heroin.

These are questions that

I think deserve answers,

And in fact, require answers.

Many of the questions could be answered

If the medical examiner's

office would make public

The autopsy report.

I haven't been able to

see the toxicology report

Or the autopsy report

because I haven't had access

To review the actual

documentation from the authorities.

The autopsy report is public record.

Apparently in this

jurisdiction, it is not.

In the case of Kurt Cobain,

they should've made them part

Of the release with the

Freedom of Information.

Why they didn't do that, I dunno.

In hindsight, maybe they should've.

We wouldn't be having

this discussion today.

There was a documentary

made about 1997, I believe,

Called "Kurt and Courtney. "

I cooperated with the

producer and director of that,

Nick Broomfield.

Tom Grant's assertion

that 1.52 milligrams

Of heroin per liter of blood

would have incapacitated

Kurt were discounted

by Doctor Colin Brewer,

Formerly director at

Westminster Hospital.

He gave us this color slide

of a patient balancing easily

On one leg, who had taken the equivalent

Of over twice the amount taken by Kurt.

The problem is that this

man had taken methadone,

Not heroin, and he had

swallowed the methadone.

Methadone is a pain medication.

It's also used to

treat heroin addiction,

And because it's taken orally,

it's absorbed much slower.

It takes time to get into

the blood, so it can take

Up to an hour or perhaps

two before it reaches

Its highest concentrations.

Heroin, on the other hand,

injected directly into the vein,

Is immediately available to circulation,

Immediately available to the brain.

Comparing oral methadone

to intravenous heroin.

What's the trade expression,

apples and oranges?

It's much worse than apples and oranges.

It might be peaches and

asparagus that you're comparing.

I'm surely amazed that a

competent forensic scientist

Would have made that kind of comparison.

Seattle police reports indicate

That Kurt Cobain was found

with a shotgun upside down,

With his left hand grasping the barrel

In a vise-like grip,

known as a cadaveric spasm.

Cadaveric spasm is a form

of muscular stiffening

That only occurs in death.

This occurrence is indispensable

to forensic investigation,

As it clearly shows the precise

orientation of the deceased

At the exact moment of death;

In this case, Cobain's left hand

Gripping the barrel upside

down, as he was found.

This all seemed straightforward,

until you take into account

The shotgun shell was

found to Cobain's left side,

Opposite of where we'd

expect to find the shell:

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