Conspiracy theorists must be doing a jig right about now... Needless to say, this was initially something of a surprise. Then it kind of made sense.
The King County Sheriff's Office recently assigned a detective to look into the files, almost 20 years after the Nirvana frontman was found dead in his home in Seattle, and he developed four rolls of 35 mm film depicting images from the scene of the rocker's death that had been sitting in the evidence vault.
Then he reportedly decided not to reopen the case, as there were no new findings.
Police spokesperson Renee Witt told the Seattle Times: "He dug up the files and had another look and there was nothing new." OK, but why?
The Seattle Police Department wrote on Twitter: "Despite an erroneous news report, we have not 'reopened' the investigation into the suicide of Kurt Cobain. Our detective just reviewed the case file anticipating questions surrounding the closed Cobain case as the 20 yr anniversary approaches (sic)."
Aaaaah. Makes blinding sense. Some macabre sorts may feel it's a bit of a letdown, but sure leave them to it.
An electrician found Cobain's body on April 8th, 1994. An autopsy revealed that the 27-year-old singer died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound and had a lethal amount of heroin in his bloodstream. His death was ruled a suicide by the medical examiner.
Although Kurt left a suicide note, many conspiracy theories about his death have since arisen, with some suggesting he was murdered, an idea filmmaker Nick Broomfield hopped on during his 1998 documentary Kurt and Courtney.