With the 20th anniversary of the suicide of Kurt Cobain coming up next month, Seattle police knew they’d get plenty of questions about the Nirvana frontman. So a detective reviewed the case files, including evidence photos and statements. He found no new information to change the police conclusion that Cobain took his own life, but did discover four rolls of undeveloped film from the suicide scene.Late Thursday, Seattle police released two previously unseen images from those rolls. One showed a box containing drug paraphernalia, a spoon and what look like needles on the floor next to half a cigarette and sunglasses. The other showed the paraphernalia box closed, next to cash, a cigarette pack and a wallet that appears to show Cobain’s identification. “There was nothing earth-shattering in any of these images,” police spokesman Renee Witt said. “The detective went into the case files to refresh himself. The outcome of the case has not changed.” Cobain’s body was discovered in Seattle on April 8, 1994. An investigation determined that days earlier Cobain had gone into the greenhouse of his home and taken a large dose of heroin. He then shot himself with a 20-gauge shotgun. Although his death was ruled a suicide, some refused to believe that, leading to conspiracy theories that Cobain had been killed.

A police officer who distributed an evidence photo of Rihanna’s injuries after the singer was attacked by Chris Brown was properly fired for her actions, a judge ruled Thursday. Former Los Angeles police officer Rebecca Reyes took a picture of an evidence photo, and the image ended up on celebrity website TMZ, though she denies that she sent it to the site. Reyes snapped the photo to show to other officers and acquaintances, court filings state. The image was one of several taken by police officers investigating Brown’s February 2009 attack on Rihanna, whose real name is Robyn Fenty. Superior Court Judge Luis Lavin issued a ruling agreeing with the decisions of a disciplinary panel and Police Chief Charlie Beck to fire Reyes in 2012. After reviewing the record, Lavin also concluded that evidence supports that Reyes “participated in the release of the photography showing Ms. Fenty’s injuries to TMZ.” The judge said he agreed that Reyes should no longer be a police officer.

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