well after you read the book about it. i really think courtney had someone kill him. heres my main context clues: first: x-wrestler told public he was offered 50,000 dollars to kil him....what happened 2 weks after that??? he was found murdered. 2: the letter...the top half is scratched out then re-written, what they could get out of it was that it seemed like he started out writing about the breaking up of nirvana and the reasons behind it. then it turned into a suicide note in hand writing that didnt match. 3: the shotgun was laying across his stomach...if i shot myself in the head with a shotgun, even as hard as i tried i dont think i would be able to lay it across my chest after the impact, as goes for most people who have pondered that. 4: the amount of heroin he had in his body was said to be way too much for him to be able to function....but on the otherhand, he porbably built up a lot of tolerance and whoever investigated really wouldnt be able to tell how much he could handle. sorry bout the long message but thats what i think. check out the books