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Court Dismisses Latest Attempt To Acquire Kurt Cobain's Death Scene Photos

A Washington state court of appeals has rejected a conspiracy theorist's demand for graphic photos showing the Nirvana frontman after his suicide.
A sign in Kurt Cobain Park in Aberdeen, Wash., is seen in 2014.

A Washington state court of appeals has rejected a conspiracy theorist's attempt to acquire photos of the death scene of Kurt Cobain, the beloved Nirvana frontman who killed himself in 1994.

Richard Lee, who has spent years trying to prove that Cobain was murdered, has repeatedly asked the city of Seattle for access to the

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