TheColdCases.com to release exclusive handwriting analysis of Kurt Cobain’s suicide note
Press release from TheColdCases.com
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – TheColdCases.com, a leading destination for investigative cold case research and analysis, will release an exclusive handwriting analysis of Kurt Cobain’s suicide note on April 4, 2026 at 9:00 p.m. ET — the eve of the 32nd anniversary of his death on April 5, 1994.
The release features independent handwriting analysis reports conducted by two credentialed forensic document examiners: Dr. Mozelle Martin and Dawn McCarty. The reports were provided to TheColdCases.com Founder Dustin Terry by Jason Jensen, who will also appear in an exclusive interview on the website alongside Dawn McCarty. Both full reports will be available for free download, allowing readers, researchers, and the public to review the experts’ findings and reach their own conclusions.
This release is strictly limited to the handwriting analysis of the note. TheColdCases.com will not offer conjecture regarding the circumstances of Cobain’s death, assign blame, or speculate beyond what the forensic documents themselves present. The goal is transparency — to place credentialed expert opinion in the public domain and let the evidence speak for itself.
ABOUT THE FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINERS
Dr. Mozelle Martin
Dr. Mozelle Martin is a Board Certified Forensic Document Examiner and a recognized authority in the field of questioned document examination. She holds advanced academic credentials including a doctorate, and has accumulated decades of professional experience analyzing handwriting, signatures, alterations, and contested documents for legal proceedings, law enforcement agencies, and private clients. Dr. Martin has served as an expert witness in both civil and criminal cases across the United States, providing court-admissible testimony grounded in the established scientific methodology of forensic document examination. Her work spans cases involving wills, contracts, ransom notes, suicide notes, and other questioned writings. Dr. Martin is a member of professional forensic organizations that uphold rigorous standards of practice and ethical conduct in document examination, and her analytical conclusions are built upon peer-reviewed techniques and years of case experience.
Dawn McCarty
Dawn McCarty is a trained and experienced handwriting analyst and forensic document examiner with a professional background that bridges both the scientific and investigative dimensions of document analysis. McCarty has devoted her career to the study of handwriting identification, personality profiling through graphology, and the detection of forgery and document alteration. She has worked on numerous high-profile and sensitive cases, applying a methodical, evidence-based approach to the examination of written materials. McCarty’s expertise includes the analysis of stroke patterns, pen pressure, letter formation, baseline consistency, and other identifying characteristics that forensic examiners use to authenticate or question the origin of a written document. Her findings in the Cobain note analysis represent an independent conclusion drawn solely from the forensic evidence before her.
ABOUT JASON JENSEN
Jason Jensen is the individual who obtained and provided the handwriting analysis reports to TheColdCases.com Founder Dustin Terry. Jensen will be featured in an exclusive interview on TheColdCases.com alongside forensic document examiner Dawn McCarty, in which both will discuss the reports and the process behind them. Jensen’s role in bringing these findings to the public underscores the collaborative nature of cold case research, where determined private citizens and credentialed professionals work together to surface information that deserves wider scrutiny.
WHAT VISITORS CAN EXPECT
Beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET on April 4, 2026, visitors to TheColdCases.com will have access to the full handwriting analysis reports authored by Dr. Mozelle Martin and Dawn McCarty, available for free download. The site will also host a video or written interview featuring Jason Jensen and Dawn McCarty. No conclusions about guilt or innocence will be offered by TheColdCases.com — this release is solely dedicated to presenting forensic expert opinion for public review. Readers are encouraged to examine the reports, weigh the expert findings, and determine for themselves what they believe the evidence indicates.