| COURTNEY LOVE’S MODUS OPERANDI Courtney Love’s Modus Operandi for murder is obviously something to which she has given time and thought to. It favours cunning and violence. In Melissa Rossi’s book Queen of Noise we read on p 157 that the Boston Phoenix received a letter which Rossi claims was in Courtney’s handwriting, this has been confirmed by Phoenix writer Brett Milano, WKKC? p 174, but which is being passed off as the work of Kurt. This letter brings up the subject of his relationship with Mary Lou Lord where he (in reality Courtney,) says: “I never took her anywhere except maybe into the backyard to shoot her.” This statement shows a definite trail of thought i.e., don’t shoot her in the house take her outside and do it there. Not in the house but in the backyard, (maybe in the greenhouse in the backyard). The greenhouse Kurt died in was ordered to be demolished by Courtney, who has since claimed that this was done because the land it was on belonged to the park adjacent to her property, and that this land had to be returned. Poppy Z Brite’s Courtney Love: The Real Story p 225. See note 3) If Melissa Rossi and Brett Milano are right in claiming the letter was in Courtney’s writing then it shows: 1 That Courtney could and did write things which she then passed off as the work of Kurt with regards to the last 4 lines of the “suicide” note. Courtney dug through Rozz Rezabek’s notebooks, his journals and the piles of love letters from his former fans - grading them and writing her own comments in his diaries, (Rossi p77). 2 Had a definite preference, location wise, as to where to shoot someone. Two paragraphs later Rossi stated that Courtney threatened Lord over the phone with: “I'm gonna cut off your head...... and Kurt’s gonna throw you in the oven.” Violence to the victims head and then cremation. On p 162 of Queen of Noise Courtney gets into full stride: “Defy, defy. Use your lifetime of suppression and debunk them (men, particularly corporate oppressive ones). Dupe them. Take them in their sleep when they least expect it. Assassination plots never hurt Hitler. The only way he could have been eliminated was by a woman or a whore who snuck in a knife, who gained his trust andthen stabbed him as he drowsed off. Defy,defy....” (This was originally from Melody Maker’s July 17th 1993 edition.) In 1994 the private investigator hired by Courtney to find Kurt, Tom Grant, who had access to Courtney, Rosemary Carroll, Eric Erlandson, and, eventually, Michael DeWitt deduced that Kurt had been murdered and the police investigation bungled. The theory he proposed has striking similarities to the method and means which as we have seen come directly from Courtney Love, all of which were forming in her mind while Kurt was still alive. Grant believes that someone, a friend, possibly Michael DeWitt, who was well known to Kurt, shot up heroin with him in the greenhouse. DeWitt, an experienced user of heroin, supplied Kurt with overly pure heroin with the intention of rendering him unconscious and therefore unable to protest. When this happened DeWitt, or someone, shot him. Now reread paragraph 3 and see with hindsight Courtney’s Modus Operandi unfold in Kurt’s death: The only way he could be eliminated was by a junkie friend (to replace woman) who had his trust, supplied him with over pure heroin and as he fell unconscious (drowsed off) Shot him. Add to that the fact the greenhouse in the backyard was the scene of the event and all the prerequisites of Courtney are included, even down to the fact Kurt suffered violent injury to his head and was cremated, or in Courtney’s words, “thrown in the oven.” It seems too much to believe this is all coincidence. The timing of Kurt’s death is ominous. It was of course beneficial and vital to Courtney: 1 Kurt was in the process of re-writing his will but had not yet signed it. He was going to divorce Courtney. Perhaps these issues would now qualify him in Courtney's mind as an oppressive male. See note 1. 2 Kurt was rearranging his priorities. He pulled out of Lollapalooza and by doing so turned down the chance to earn millions of dollars. In short, Kurt was beginning to assert his needs and wishes, and this was a big threat to Courtney Love’s professional and financial status. The time has come for the press to seriously address the incompetent investigation held by the Seattle Police’s Homicide Dept in 1994. The press have a duty to take positive steps to pressure for a new investigation. Note 1 Wallace & Halperin’s Who Killed Kurt Cobain? p 119 & 120. Also see Broomfield’s film Kurt and Courtney where the Nanny is interviewed. Note 2 Melissa Rossi’s Queen of Noise p 157, 162 & 208. Note 3 The greenhouse has been demolished but the site that it stood on is still within the fences of the property of 171 Lke Washington Blvd. It has not become part of the park bordering this property. Fact. I know because I was there on 7 April 1999 and again in 2000. AFTERTHOUGHTS: How many times did Kurt need to say he was not suicidal, before people would believe him? Kurt was not suicidal. Fact. So why is he dead? And why was the verdict suicide? He was trying to leave Courtney. He had hopes, he knew how he wanted his life to be. His life was taken because his life, as he intended it to be, did not include Courtney Love. On April 8th 1994 the Seattle Police were tripping over the evidence in their rush to declare that Kurt had died of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The police used the March 1994 police report as evidence to support that Kurt was suicidal. It was Courtney who stressed that Kurt was suicidal in this report, Kurt is specifically mentioned in this report as stating in very simple and easy to understand words that he was not trying to harm or kill himself, but that he was trying to get away from Courtney. The police also used the missing persons report filed on April 4th to further support the suicide verdict. This report was filed by Courtney. The Seattle police have therefore relied totally on the statements of the most likely suspect in Kurt’s murder. Kurt deserves to have his death investigated properly. To declare his death a suicide merely on his wife’s say-so is shoddy and unacceptable, especially when there is overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The patterns which appeared in both the Rome and Lake Washington Blvd events cannot be ignored. 1 Kurt was leaving Courtney. 2 Notes were found on both occasions stating that he was leaving. Leaving Courtney, leaving the music business he had come to despise. Kurt wanted out of a lifestyle he could not stand. He didn’t like the trappings of it. 3 Drugs were involved at both events, Rohypnol and heroin, Kurt wasn’t using drugs/alcohol at this time, there are witnesses to support he was clean. So why were these drugs in his system? They were there to incapacitate him. 4 Courtney Love and Michael DeWitt are a lethal cocktail. Velut inter ignis Luna minor.Both were present in Rome. They seem to have been conspiring together during the days Kurt was missing in April 1994. Both had experience of/access to Rohypnol and heroin, which would qualify them to have carried out the methods evident at both events. 5 There is direct proof that Courtney Love has manipulated the media to mislead/distort/withhold evidence surrounding the circumstances of Kurt’s death. The verdict of suicide can no longer be substantiated. The investigation which led to this verdict was flawed. There are many obvious reasons to reopen this case. Send letters of protest to: Chief Norm Stamper, Seattle Police Dept. 610 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA. 98104-1886. USA From August 2000 the new Seattle Chief of Police is Gil Kerlikowske. Back to Frances Barnett In Defence MAIN |