On April 8, 1994, Cobain's body was discovered at his Lake Washington Boulevard home by an electrician. A suicide note was found, addressed to Cobain's childhood imaginary friend Boddah, that stated that Cobain had not "felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music, along with really writing ... for too many years now". Cobain's body had been there for days; the coroner's report estimated he died on April 5, 1994, at the age of 27. The official cause of death was a "contact perforating gun shot wound to the head." Manner of death was stated as suicide. There has been a lot of fascination and controversy surrounding the circumstances of his death in his fan base. Cobain was cremated and his ashes into McLane Creek in Olympia, Washington.

Below are some of the files with documentation regarding the investigation, notes, etc.

View the autopsy report

View the death certificate

File 1

File 2

File 3

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