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A police report reconstructs the last hours before Chris Cornell’s death. The “Detroit News” describes the events that cite the colleagues of the American Rolling Stone.
As already published by the wife of the Sound Garden singer, Vicky Karayiannis, Cornell called her shortly after the concert in Detroit and teased it. The 52-year-old said on the phone that he had “one or two Ativan more”. Ativan is a benzodiazepam, a sedative that can trigger anxiety after an overdose.
After the Soundgarden-Gig in the Fox Theater, the musician broke out to the MGM Grand Hotel around 11:30 p.m. His bodyguard Martin Kirsten accompanied him to the room to repair a computer there. Cornell is also said to have received the Ativan from Kirsten. When he called his wife, he repeatedly said how tired he was and then ripped off abruptly.
Bodyguard occurs door
Karayiannis then called Kirsten and asked him to look for her husband. Cornell’s room was closed-the bodyguard called the hotel security and asked for help; The security announced Kirsten that he was not authorized to enter a closed room.
Kirsten then performed the Suite’s door. Also the closed door to the bedroom. He then found Chris Cornell in the bathroom. The singer was lying on the ground that blood ran out of his mouth. A red fitness expander band was wrapped around the neck.
As reported “TMZ”, I attached Cornell to the ribbon on the door frame, which has proven to be compared to the fingerprints. Shortly before 1 a.m., emergency doctors rushed into the suite. The singer no longer breathed. Despite attempts at resuscitation, they were only able to determine Cornell’s death at 1.30 a.m.
Statement of relatives
The relatives Chris Cornells have published a statement through their lawyer. In it, the wife of the late musician, Vicky Karayiannis, asks to wait for the results of a toxicological examination before drawing conclusions about Cornell’s cause of death.
“Without the results of the examination, nobody can know what was going on in Chris – or whether any substances have played a role.” One should not make conclusions that the musician had killed himself “intentionally and in full consciousness”.
The 52-year-old, as the relatives also announced, took the prescription benzodiazepam Atavin, a sedative. Cornell may have taken a higher dose than intended. Like lawyer Kirk Pasich in the statement, cited from the UA ABC Newsannounced, an overdose of Atavin can trigger suicide thoughts.
As the widow lists in the statement, Cornell spoke to her after the concert in Detroit and said in dazed tone that he had “consumed an ativan”.
Empty in the heart
Vicky Karayannis: “Chris’ death is a loss for which there are no words. He has caused an emptiness in my heart that will never disappear. Like everyone who knew him, already noted: Chris was a devoted father and husband.”
Cornell died after the Sound Garden concert in Detroit (May 17). According to information from forensic medicine and the police, external influences could be excluded.