What happened in the moments after Chris Cornell's frantic wife called his bodyguard to check on him have been released in a lengthy investigative report that details the singer's suicide, including the 911 call made by a hotel employee.
In the chilling emergency call a MGM employee is telling the 911 operator that the guest hanged himself and they were trying to start CPR. Additionally 74 photos were released Tuesday from the crime scene inside his hotel.
Cornell's lifeless body was found by his bodyguard Martin Kristen who went to check on the Soundgarden frontman after his wife Vicky Karayiannis called- unable to get a hold of him. Kristen kicked open the main door to his room at the MGM Grand and then the interior.
Cornell's hotel bed was photographed with personal items including sunglasses and hotel remotes on it
Cornell's pill bottles for prescription drugs along with a speed stick and contact lense case were found next to his bed
Detectives swab a latch that was used in Cornell's suicide
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden was found dead in his hotel room on May 18, 2017
'I went inside and the bathroom door was partially opened and I could see his foot,' Kirsten told Detroit police in a signed statement.
The bodyguard's account was part of a lengthy investigative report obtained today by the Detroit Free Press under a Freedom of Information Act request.
Cornell was on the floor with a band around his neck. The bodyguard loosened the band, then tried to resuscitate the singer by compressing his chest, Kirsten said in his statement.
Chris Cornell's acoustic guitar and other personal items were photographed in the lengthy investigation into the artist's suicide
The locks were busted open on a door in the hotel room where Cornell was found
Both the exterior and interior doors of Cornell's hotel room were kicked in by his bod guard
The Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office had already ruled Cornell's death a suicide by hanging.
Police also determined the singer's death to be a suicide after they received the autopsy report, a police spokesman said.
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ShareThe several week investigation culminated in the documents that were released today and provided a complete picture about the series of events that followed before and after Cornell's death.
On Tuesday, as part of the investigation images were released. In total there were 74 photos from the hotel scene, including the blood-splattered bathroom and the broken door jamb from the bodyguard's forced entrance.
An image of an evidence envelope was also released Tuesday as part of the investigation into Cornell's death
A ripped up boarding pass was photographed on a guitar in Cornell's hotel room
Photos of personal items such as his Delta airline ticket from New York to Detroit, prescription pill bottles and an acoustic guitar lying on brown chair, which also released Tuesday.
Cornell, 52, was found unresponsive in the bathroom of his room after his band's Fox Theater concert.
911 call reporting Chris Cornell's suicide
The time of the call is 12:56am May 18 2017
911: Detroit 911 what is the address of the emergency?
MGM employee: 1777 3rd street the MGM Casino
911: Tell me exactly what happened
MGM: I have a non responsive guest in the hotel, it’s a 50-year-old male in room 1136
911: Ok, non-responsive hes not breathing?
MGM: No
911: Is anyone doing CPR?
*at the hotel in the background someone says ‘hanged himself’
911: Did they start CPR?
MGM: They found out that the guest was attempting to hang himself, so they are trying to get him down so they can assist with CPR
911: Ok ill request units
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Chris Cornell's wife of 13 years, Vicky Karayiannis called his body guard frantic to check on him
Cornell's autopsy report, released June 2, said toxicology tests detected lorazepam, which is used in the treatment of anxiety and sold as Ativan; pseudoephedrine, a decongestant; naloxone, used to counter effects of opioids; butalbital, a sedative, and caffeine in his system.
The report revealed the drugs 'did not contribute to the cause of death.'
The autopsy report said Cornell, who was 6-foot-3 and weighed 180 pounds, was in a torn gray T-shirt and black underwear.
WHAT THE BODYGUARD SAID
'We completed a show at the Fox Theater at approximately 11:00 p.m.,” Kirsten said, according to Weaver’s written report, which began at 3:10 a.m. and ended more than an hour later.
'We had a police escort back to the hotel. Chris signed autographs and then we came up to the room. I gave him his 2 sleeping pills and went back to my room.
'Chris called me and said that Apple TV was not working', Kirsten said. 'I arranged for hotel IT to bring the remote that provides access to the hotel’s network. That was around 11:34 p.m'.
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Kirsten told Weaver he was in his room watching television when “I received a phone call from his wife Vicki. She sounded angry because he wasn’t responding to his phone. She told me to go to the room and check on Chris.
'I came to the room and was unable to get (in) because of the interior latch. I went back to my room and called for hotel security to come and open the door. They refused, saying that it wasn’t my room, although I told them that he was my employer and that I had a key'.
'MGM Detroit has assisted fully with the investigation into this matter,” said Yvette Monet, spokeswoman for MGM Detroit. “Out of respect for the family, we will not be providing any information beyond the information that we have already provided to authorities'.
Kirsten said he then had a telephone conversation with Vicki Cornell. ' told Vicki that they wouldn’t come open the door and she told me to kick it open. I did. Upon entry, I found the bedroom door locked. I called the hotel operator and told her that I needed security to open the bedroom door. They refused again, and I told them that I’m going to damage the hotel room and (they) need to send security, call 911 and call an ambulance.
'I kicked the bedroom door 6-7 times before it somehow popped open,” Kirsten told the detective. 'I went inside and the bathroom door was partially opened and I could see his feet.
'I saw the band around his neck. He was on the floor. I forced the band from wherever it was hanging and attempted (to) loosen the band from around his neck, and began chest compressions with I believe my left hand.
'The hotel EMT came in, directed me to stand aside and she began working on him. Other personnel started arriving, hotel security, medical staff and EMTs, and Detroit (police).
'They conducted life saving protocols for a long time, maybe an hour. Then who I believe was a doctor called the time of death,” Kirsten said.
'Vicki was on the phone the whole time asking for updates', Kirsten said. 'She told me that she called the front desk and they hung up on her. It was a female. She called back a couple minutes later and a male answered, saying that it was (the first) that he was hearing about the incident'.
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