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Grant and Carlson were on their way to check the Carnation property when they stopped off for gas and Dylan made a call. Carlson says that a body was found at the Lake Washington home. They turn on the radio to learn that it was Kurt and that his body was found in the greenhouse . Grant asks Dylan about the greenhouse, and why they didn't look there. "It's just a dirty little room. I think they keep some lumber in there or something." he replied.

Grant calls his office and speaks with Ben Klugman, who says the credit card company indicated someone had continued trying to use Kurt's credit card as recent as the morning of April 8th (it was learned later that Kurt had been dead since April 5th, so it obviously wasn't him).

By mid morning spokeswoman for the Seattle Police Dept, Vinnette Tichi was reporting that a body had been found at the location of 171 Lake Washington Blvd, and that there was a suicide note. So by mid morning the police had already wrapped up the case (before they had even run any forensic/toxicology tests).

How many hours investigation was that? three at most. Upon what information did they draw, to reach that conclusion? The information supplied by Courtney Love. Tom Grant voiced his suspicions to the Seattle police, why didn't they consider what he had to say? (Frances Barnett)

When Richard Lee (Seattle Journalist) spoke to Vinette Tichi on April 13th 1994, Tichi told him "Didn't you know that we had a suicide attempt on him last month?" The Seattle police also used the missing persons report filed on April 4th to reinforce their verdict. The suicide attempt they referred to involved a call by Courtney Love to the police, wherein Love told them that Kurt was going to commit suicide.

During the previous incident at the Lake Washington Blvd home on March 18th, Courtney made a call to the police and claimed Kurt was suicidal. When the police arrived at the house, Kurt told them in very plain and easy to understand terms that he was not suicidal, but that he was trying to keep away from Courtney. Courtney then retracted her claim to the police that Kurt had threatened suicide. The missing persons report filed April 4th was filed by Courtney Love (claiming to be Wendy O'Connor). Filed one must add, at a time when it was scientifically/medically possible that Kurt was already dead.

Therefore, the Seattle police totally ignored the fact that Kurt had stated he was not suicidal to them just a few weeks earlier. They also ignored the fact that none of the people who knew Kurt were aware that he was suicidal . Friends (Carlson, Lanegan, Peterson, Cleary), psychiatrists at Exodus, Dr. Galletta (who treated Kurt in Rome), and professional acquaintances (Rosemary Carroll, John Silva, Novoselic, Grohl)

Grant calls the Seattle homicide detectives and tries to tell them something is wrong. The detective he spoke to said Kurt was locked in a room by himself and that the door was locked from the inside . He also said the fire department had to break a window on the door to get in. Grant wonders what type of lock the door has.

After speaking with Courtney on the phone later in the afternoon, Grant got the impression that she wasn't upset that they hadn't found Kurt, and that she acted as if she thought Kurt had died the night before. If so, Grant and Carlson could have had a chance to save him. Grant was surprised she wasn't angry at them. Courtney wants Grant to immediately talk to the press. He tells her that he didn't want to say anything until he found out more about what happened.

Grant leaves Seattle and flies back to Los Angeles. He starts to believe something is seriously wrong here.