the letter found on the stairs

Grant studies media material and finds it full of planted stories and information. Grant says one story had Courtney grieving at home, while she was actually at the Canyon Ranch in Arizona, bragging to him that she was sleeping with Billy Corgan. This was only three weeks after Kurt was found dead.

On May 8th, Grant sent Courtney a letter, in which he indicates his suspicions about Kurt's death. A scan of the actual letter can be seen in Case Documents section of the site. A transcript of the letter is as follows:

Dear Courtney, I'm sure you know by now that my investigation has been somewhat more active than you might have been aware of. The purpose of this letter is to clarify my position regarding our working relationship. You may recall our trip to Carnation on Thursday, April 14th. I mentioned during the drive that I was beginning to turn over some "rocks" that I wasn't sure you'd want turned over. I asked you if you wanted me to continue digging. Kat, who was in the back seat, said, "Oh yeah, she wants to know everything." You responded, "Yeah Tom, do what ever it takes. I want to know everything that happened." Your instructions were clear, so in the days and weeks that followed, I proceeded to "do whatever it takes." As the investigation continued, my attempts to get at the truth often seemed to be deliberately hindered. While reading some of the articles being written in newspapers and magazines, I discovered the information being released to the press was inaccurate and often cleverly misleading. I consider the circumstances surrounding your husband's death to be highly suspicious. My investigation has exposed a number of inconsistencies in the facts of this case as well as many contradictions in sound logic and common sense. I'm required to report findings such as these to the police, so on Friday, April 15th, I spoke with Sgt. Cameron about some of what I've learned so far. As I've experienced in past cases, police detectives don't often welcome the work of outside investigators. I've learned it's somewhat idealistic and naive to think the truth might be more important than professional pride. I've decided to continue working on this case until I see it to its conclusion, without additional charge. Attached you will find an invoice which accounts for the charges billed for our services, including time and expenses. As you can see, prior to my return to Seattle on April 13th, these charges exceeded the retainer amount. However, please consider your bill paid in full. There will be no further charges. As I pursue the truth regarding the events surrounding your husband's death, your cooperation and assistance will be appreciated, but not required. Sincerely, Tom Grant THE GRANT COMPANY

Grant expects an angry reply from Courtney, but instead she responds by retaining him to do more work for her. The addition work was unrelated to the investigation into Kurt's death, but Grant says was always time consuming and obviously an attempt to keep him on the payroll.

Whenever Grant started talking to people close to Courtney about Kurt's death, she'd hire him to do another job. Grant thinks Courtney had assumed he'd keep quiet as long as she kept paying him. It became more obvious to him that this was the case, when the additional work she wanted him to do was completed, and she didn't seem to care about the results.

Grant says during conversations with Courtney over the months following Kurt's death, she verbally encouraged him to continue the investigation, but often sabotaged his efforts to obtain information. Grant took advantage of Courtney's foolish strategy. She obviously wanted him close to keep tabs on what he was doing. However, it allowed him to keep tabs on what she was doing as well.

His report says: "Actually, unless she was innocent of any wrong doing in Cobain's death, she really had very few options at this point. Getting angry would just create more suspicion. Cutting off contact would keep her in the dark about what I was doing."

Courtney often told Grant that she thought Kurt was with Caitlin Moore before he did. Caitlin was a drug dealer that lived in Seattle's Capitol Hill area. Grant actually had someone watching Caitlin's apartment and video taping everyone coming and going. It seemed odd to Grant that Courtney had not asked for these surveillance tapes.