BySTACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
Published:10:16 EST, 18 February 2026|Updated:11:43 EST, 18 February 2026
Kurt Cobain was found lifeless in a greenhouse attached to his Seattle home, and within a few hours, investigatorsdeclared his death a suicide.
Now, a retired Seattle Police captain has claimed that the physical evidence from the Nirvana frontman's death scene 'does not add up,'allegingthe case was mishandled and staged to look like he took his own life.
Neil Low, who spent 50 years with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and was asked by his chief to audit the Cobain case in 2005, told the Daily Mail he believes investigators failedto treat the rockstar's death as a potential homicide properly.
'I just am not buying that Kurt did that to himself,' Low said, describing the SPD investigation as 'botched.' However, Low did not work on the initial investigation and it was not conducted at his assigned precinct.
He cited what he described as anomalies in blood evidence, the violence of the shotgun wound and alleged inconsistencies at the scene.
Low, who retired in 2018, discussed inconsistencies within the autopsy and SPD reports, including missing notes, omitted witness observations and conflicting details aboutevents leading up to Cobain's death.
'One thing about report writing is the human error factor: misheard, misunderstood, transposed thoughts, and forgotten details,' said Low.
'They were led astray. I might have fallen for it, too, but now I think it's a homicide, and I do think the case should be reopened.'
Source: Drudge Report
