Kurt Cobain's Death: Suicide or Murder?
             There are many theories surrounding Kurt Cobain's death. It was immediately ruled a suicide, but the amount of evidence that indicates murder is overwhelming. The police have no forensic evidence that proves his death was a suicide, whereas there is a substantial amount of evidence leading to murder being the cause of death. According to Tom Grant, "The official verdict of suicide was simply a rush to judgment which eventually painted the authorities as reports of so-called "copy-cat" suicides began making the news" (Investigation 2). In a survey conducted at Steller Secondary School in 2002, 17 out of 31 people said that Cobain killed himself. Five people were undecided, and nine thought he was killed. Nearly twice as many people think that Cobain wasn't killed but was murdered.
             Tom Grant, the investigator Courtney Love (Cobain's wife) hired in the days preceding Kurt's death said that "Courtney Love was facing a divorce-Kurt was in the process of leaving Seattle and his wife, Courtney, when he was found dead" (2). He also added that "Courtney knew that Kurt wanted out of the marriage. Just weeks prior to his death, she asked one of her attorneys to get her the meanest, most vicious divorce lawyer she could find" (2). Before the divorce, Courtney had made Kurt sign a pre-nuptial agreement , saying that she thought she would be the famous one of the two. According to Rosemary Carrol, Courtney's entertainment lawyer, Love asked if the agreement could be voided, which it could not be. She also said that Cobain had "called her a few weeks ago, asking that Courtney be taken out of his will" (Grant 7). If he had left her, she would at best only get half of his assets. If he died, she would inherit everything, have sole custody of their daughter Frances, and control the entire Nirvana and Cobain estate.
             Many peopl...