Co-author Michelle Wilkins says forensic specialist Bryan R. Burnett's first reaction after reviewing the material was blunt: 'This is a homicide. We've got to do something about this.' His assessment, reported in February 2026, has helped drive a private team's renewed challenge to the official finding that Kurt Cobain took his own life.
Yet on 1 September 2026, the Seattle Police Department again stood by its suicide ruling as it released four previously unseen administrative documents relating to the Nirvana frontman's shotgun, stressing that the new paperwork did not alter the manner of death.
