Camus writes: The Solutions wall is a mural on Sunset blvd which has become a memorial wall since it was used for the cover of Elliott Smith’s Figure 8 album. Jennifer Cuba went to that wall to meet with the fans, I did not see her myself but someone I know saw her there that night. She was even giving away Elliott’s last LP to fans. I have always found this strange, your boyfriend justd ied and you want to meet with his fans. I think she was coming back from her trip to Elliott’s studio where she took some recordings.
Lababedi writes: what follows is taken from the Elliott Smith forus. It is completely unsubstantiated and though it adds nothing to the question as to how Smith died, if only because of that, it appears to be true and adds to our picture of Chiba’s actions on October 21st, 2003)
“Los Angeles Memorial…
“i went at around 11-ish. on the way i decided to stopat the roost and pick up a shot glass and bring it over. unfortunately i put candles in it and it broke but it’s still there.i ran into jennifer and robin and a couple of their friends.
“i asked jennifer if it was ok that i posted that she was there and she said it was.
“The memorial is beautiful. lots of candles, flowers, lyrics, letters, candy, photos. when i first arrived there were a bunch of people sitting in a circle playing guitar and singing. i was sort of off to the side trying to past together a collage that i wanted to make so i really wasn’t paying attention. as far as i remember, i heard them play one elliott smith song. they may have play more earlier in the evening.
“robin wanted me to let you know that they had been practicing every day for 7 (?) i think he said 7 hours a day, preparing for the iggy and the stooges, ATP show here in l.a. which was supposed to happen on november 8th.
“he also wanted me to let you know that elliott was very happy. always laughing, very upbeat, cracking jokes all of the time. there was no sign, what-so-ever of anything like this happening.
he said, two days before it happened they were sitting on elliott’s porch talking about growing a garden. making plans for the records. turns out they were going to release one and then another one instead of a double record and then they were going to continue releasing two records a year like the beatles did.
“i was sort of shocked to hear his (robin’s) voice come up from behind me and ask me how i was doing,
considering he was very good friends with elliott and i had only spoken to him a couple of times.
everyone seems to feel the same exact way. shock confusion. is this real? i guess it is but i feel overwhelmingly sick when i think about it and i really need to sleep tonight.”
Lababedi writes: So a basic timeline looks something like this:
In the morning: Chiba and Smith have a big argument
Noonish: Chiba pulls the knife
The police arrives.
The police arrives.
Smith is rushed to hospital where the doctors repair the ruptures too hisheart but Smith dies anyway
Chiba speaks to the police claiming he was suicidal and self-mutilating despite their being no scars on his body to substantiate her claim.
At some point friend and band member Robin Peringer cleans the blood in the house (thereby destroying the CSI scene)