FBI opens new files on Kurt Cobain, the late singer of Nirvana

Kurt Cobain’s life is also shrouded in mystery: Why did the FBI make parts of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s case file public? Or, to put it another way, why bother?

The ten pages, which were posted to “The Vault,” the FBI’s Freedom of Information Act Library, include letters requesting that federal officials reopen the investigation into Cobain’s death in 1994, referencing facts or hypotheses that have already been commonly reported upon by the media, documentarians, and television executives. The death of Kurt Cobain was considered a suicide.

The names of the letter writers were removed. One letter includes, “There has since been evidence found that he was killed and didn’t commit suicide, as originally thought.” Another wrote, “Millions of fans around the world would like to see the inconsistencies surrounding the death cleared up for once and for all. It is sad to think that an injustice of this nature can be allowed in the United States.”

According to a Rolling Stone article, the FBI releases some of its files on famous people on a regular basis, and it did so on Kurt Cobain last month for reasons the bureau has not revealed.

The file also includes production notes from the organization behind “Unsolved Mysteries,” which included a chapter on Cobain’s death in 1997, according to Rolling Stone.

Aside from the apparent novelty, the file has very little to offer.

About the fact that the FBI kept the file, officials asserted in their answers that the Nirvana frontman guitarist was outside of their control.

“We appreciate your concern that Mr. Cobain may have been the victim of a homicide,” according to one of those FBI responses, also part of the 10-page file. “However, most homicide/death investigations generally fall within the jurisdiction of state and local authorities. … Based on the information you provided, we are unable to identify any violation of federal law within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI.”

Though the fans think that he was a victim of injustice, The US FBI has full proof that it was nothing but a homicide.