For instance, Weaver checked a box in his report stating Cornell\u2019s cellphone wasn\u2019t recovered, sparking widespread questions about what happened to it. Weaver said that only means the phone wasn\u2019t taken into evidence.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe phone wasn\u2019t recovered; it was returned to Mrs. Cornell,\u201d Weaver said.<\/p>\n
Speculation that Cornell was slain has been rampant \u2014 and Thursday\u2019s hanging death of Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington has fueled online claims that something sinister is afoot.<\/p>\n
Bennington died on what would have been Cornell\u2019s 53rd birthday. He was a close friend of Cornell\u2019s and the godfather of his son. Bennington sang at Cornell\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n
Fans, many of whom were already convinced Cornell\u2019s death wasn\u2019t self-inflicted, insist the timing of Bennington\u2019s death is no coincidence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is some kind of connection,\u201d said fan Brenda Gill. \u201cSomething is for sure going on … (there\u2019s) some connection with Chester killing himself and being a close friend of Chris.\u201d<\/p>\n
After Cornell wrapped up a show at the Fox Theatre on May 17, his bodyguard, Martin Kirsten, reportedly called hotel security to report the rock star\u2019s wife, Vicky, had asked him to check on her husband. She was concerned after talking to Cornell on the phone, and because he had not responded when she called back, Kirsten told investigators.<\/p>\n
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The bodyguard told Weaver he had given Cornell two sleeping pills in the singer\u2019s room and gone back to his own room.<\/p>\n
A short time later, Cornell called Kirsten and said his Apple TV wasn\u2019t working. The bodyguard told the detective he arranged for a hotel employee to bring the remote needed to access the hotel\u2019s network at \u201caround 11:34 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to a police report, Kirsten went back to Cornell\u2019s room at 12:15 a.m. According to the report, an MGM medic arrived at 12:56 a.m. and began CPR.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear how long it took Kirsten to gain entry to Cornell\u2019s room, although Weaver said he watched surveillance video of the bodyguard kicking the door open.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything happened like he said it did,\u201d Weaver said.<\/p>\n
Kirsten told police when he tried to get into the room with his key card, he found the door locked from the inside. He said he called security, who denied him access to the room, so Kirsten said he kicked the door open.<\/p>\n