On Wednesday night, May 17, Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell was found dead in his Detroit hotel room. This morning, through their lawyer, Cornell’s family released a statement questioning the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s ruling that he had taken his own life. “The family believes that if Chris took his life, he did not know what he was doing, and that drugs or other substances may have affected his actions,” the statement said. “Without the results of toxicology tests, we do not know what was going on with Chris—or if any substances contributed to his demise.”

The family said Cornell may have taken the prescription drug Ativan above the recommended dosage. “Some medical literature indicates that Ativan can cause paranoid or suicidal thoughts, slurred speech and impaired judgment,” the statement notes.

In her own statement, Cornell's wife, Vicky, said Cornell had been slurring his speech that evening, another possible side-effect of Ativan consumption. Read her statement below.