| REASONS WHY THIS CASE MUST BE REOPENED THE SUICIDE VERDICT Kurt’s body was found by Gary Smith an employee of Veca Electric on April 8th 1994 at approximately 8.56am. By mid morning spokeswoman for the Seattle Police Dept, Vinnette Tichi was reporting that a body had been found at the location of 171 Lke Washington Blvd, and that there was a suicide note. So by mid morning the police had already wrapped up the case, before they had even run any forensic/toxicology tests. How many hours investigation was that? Three at most. Upon what information did they draw, to reach that conclusion? Information supplied by Courtney Love. The Seattle police used the March 18 1994 incident, where Courtney told the police she thought Kurt was going to kill himself as evidence to support their suicide verdict. They also used the missing persons report filed on April 4th to reinforce their verdict, this report was of Courtney claiming to be Wendy O’Connor. When the police arrived at the house on March 18 1994, Kurt told them, in very plain and easy to understand terms that he was not suicidal, but that he was trying to keep away from Courtney. Courtney then retracted her claim to the police that Kurt had threatened suicide. The missing persons report filed April 4th was filed by Courtney Love. Filed one must add, at a time when it was scientifically/medically possible that Kurt was already dead. Therefore the Seattle police totally ignored the fact that Kurt had stated he was not suicidal. The police ignored the fact that none of the people who knew Kurt were aware that he was suicidal. Friends: Dylan Carlson, Mark Lanegan, Peterson. Psychiatrists at Exodus. Dr Galletta, who treated Kurt in Rome. Professional acquaintances: Rosemary Carroll, John Silva, Krist Novoselic. This means that should anyone of you reading this and having no intention of killing yourselves, be murdered, then the person who murdered you can just say to the police called out to attend your body that you were suicidal and that you killed yourself. And no matter how much evidence there is to the contrary, you will stand accused of committing suicide. Because that is exactly what happened to Kurt. How would you like that to happen to you? I know I wouldn’t, that’s for sure. For anyone who says “You can't prove Kurt was murdered”, I reply: I can prove Kurt’s death was never investigated properly. I can also prove that Kurt had no potential for suicide at the time he died. I can also choose to believe the fact that Grant has recorded conversations with Rosemary Carroll, one of Kurt’s lawyers, wherein she voiced her belief that Kurt wasn’t suicidal, but that she thought he might have been murdered. Grant has this on tape, Wallace and Halperin have heard these tapes and are therefore independent witnesses to this. Rosemary Carroll and Courtney Love refuse to sue Grant over his claims. Why????? Come on!!!!!! They know that if they took him to court, Courtney would lose the argument. Courtney would be in deep trouble. “If Kurt was murdered, how come Courtney isn’t in jail?”, I reply: How are the Seattle police going to suddenly backtrack on their verdict of suicide? It’s going to make them look extremely silly. They reached their verdict within a few hours using information supplied by Courtney Love. To retract that verdict would be acknowledging that they acted totally unprofessionally, and they are desperate not to do that. So they prefer to try to sweep it under the carpet. Pretend it isn’t true. But use your own minds, logic and common sense. Think things out for yourselves. See that there has been a gross miscarriage of justice, and then, for Kurt’s sake, do something about it. Here are some very important reasons why this case needs to be reopened and a new investigation made, but not by the Seattle Police Dept. 1:There is evidence that circumstances were manipulated to prevent Kurt from: A: Using his own car. B: Gaining access to his own money in the days leading up to his death. Would you like it if someone deflated the tyres on your car? Would you like it if someone cancelled your credit card? 2: Kurt was not using heroin. There are witnesses/evidence to the fact that he was clean. So why was there 3 times the lethal amount of morphine in his system at the time of his death? Would you like it if you were clean and then somehow you suddenly stood accused of being a severe heroin addict? Look at the facts. Interrogate the evidence. Do it properly under your own steam, don’t believe what other people say unless it is substantiated, be it by witnesses who are named, medical evidence, or behavioural patterns which support these claims. 3: Kurt was not a user of Rohypnol, he also didn’t drink alcohol. So why, on March 4th, when he was on the verge of running away, did these substances come to be in his body? 4: Kurt was not suicidal, there are many witnesses to support this. His behavioural patterns support this. 5: On April 2nd 1994, Kurt expressed concern for personal safety to a driver at Gray Top Cabs. He told this driver that there had been a burglary at his house and he needed bullets. This is supported by Dylan Carlson’s claim that Kurt wanted the gun for protection. 6: No finger prints were found on the gun. How could that be? And why did it take the Seattle police dept nearly a full month before they tested it for prints? Yes, some good investigative work there, don't you think? How would you like it, to be victim of such incompetent police work? 7: Why did Courtney Love deliberately withhold information as to Kurt’s whereabouts whilst he was missing? She told neither Grant nor the police (when she filed the missing persons report,)that Kurt had been back to 171 Lke Wash Blvd on April 2nd. This withholding of information, and offering up of information with regards to drugs and a gun which ultimately were the means by which Kurt died is highly suspicious. At least to anyone with an ounce of common sense. 8: Kurt was in the process of changing his will to exclude Courtney as a beneficiary, he was trying to leave her, both on March 4th (in Rome,) and by starting divorce proceedings. This gave Courtney ample motive to murder him, millions of dollars worth of reasons. People have attempted to murder/murdered their partners for much less, why should Courtney be different? 9: Because Kurt was not a user of heroin at the time of his death, why did the Seattle police use the argument that, as a severe heroin user, he would have been able to inject that amount of heroin and still have been able to pull the trigger? The Seattle Police have relied on the statements of Courtney Love alone in their belief that Kurt was a severe heroin addict at the time of his death. They have totally chosen to ignore evidence contrary to Courtney’s claims. 10: El Duce passed a polygraph test held by one of America’s leading polygraph examiners, stating that he was asked by Courtney Love to murder Kurt. Journalists who have failed, be it intentionally or by sheer ignorance to report this case properly are: Caitlin Moran journalist at EMAP’s Select Magazine. John Harris editor of EMAP’s Select Magazine. Mat Snow editor of EMAP’s MOJO. Steve Sutherland Editorial Director at IPC/TIME WARNER’s NME and one-time editor of the now defunct VOX. Jerry Thackray aka Everett True journalist at Melody Maker, NME, VOX etc. Select magazine published an article in the September 1999 edition in praise of Courtney Love. I emailed them to protest their stance on Love, needless to say, it wasn’t printed in the November letters page, the only letters they printed were those in praise of Courtney. One of these letters said something to the effect of: “Normally articles on Hole come with the pretext of ‘Did she or didn’t she?’ (murder Kurt) no/do we care?” I CARE. SO DO MANY OTHERS. BUT SELECT WON’T ALLOW US A VOICE. So e-mail Select at, select@ecm.emap.com and make them hear your voice. Boycott Select, if you have to read it, do what I do, read it in the shop and don’t buy it! Thanks. Note: As of December 2000 Select magazine and Melody Maker ceased publication due to falling readership. Freedom of information. 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