Fmr. Seattle Police Captain: Kurt Cobain Was Murdered

Seattle, WA. - A retired Seattle Police Department captain, Neil Low, has publicly stated his belief that Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was murdered, challenging the official ruling of suicide. Low, who served the department for 50 years before retiring in 2018, recently shared his perspective, advocating for the 1994 case to be reopened.

His comments follow the Seattle Police Department's recent reaffirmation of its original findings, dismissing a new report from an unofficial group of forensic scientists who also suggested Cobain's death was a homicide.

Captain Low, despite not being involved in the initial investigation, was tasked with auditing the Cobain case files in 2005 by his then-chief. During this audit, he gained full access to all collected evidence. Low contends that the original investigation was "botched" and potentially staged to appear as a suicide.

Among his concerns, Low cited abnormalities in blood evidence and discrepancies between the autopsy report and police records, including missing notes and conflicting details surrounding the events leading to Cobain's death. He emphasized that while human error in reporting is possible, he believes investigators were "led astray."

Low specifically highlighted inconsistencies observed in crime scene photographs, noting Cobain's unusually clean hands and a blood spatter pattern he found inconsistent with a close-range shotgun wound. Furthermore, he questioned the feasibility of Cobain operating a shotgun given the high concentration of heroin found in his system - reportedly three times a lethal dose.

"I've read the case and I can tell you what the evidence says because that's what I did for a living and it does say not suicide," Low asserted. He believes the initial investigative team was so convinced of suicide that they failed to consider homicide.

The Seattle Police Department continues to stand firm on its original conclusion, stating, "Kurt Cobain died by suicide in 1994. This continues to be the position held by the Seattle Police Department." Low's book, Crazy Love, published in 2024, further explores his findings.