So here's what happened:

AP - Los Angeles

Pop-singer Melissa Ethridge found dead in Los Angeles hotel room - ex-lover prime suspect

Melissa Ethridge, the polular gay rocker was found dead on Thursday in a hotel room in the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles.  Investigators had originally suspected a drug overdose to be the cause, but a note from her ex-lover, Julie Cypher may point to her as the prime suspect of what is now being investigated as a homicide case.  

"We cannot confirm nor deny anything right now, except that we're trying to get all of the answers," stated Trevor Lang, chief investigator on the case at a crowded press-conference on Friday afternoon.  That evening, Cypher was arrested as the prime suspect on what is now being called "Lesb-urder 2003" and "Dikegate" by the local press.  David Crosby, famous folk singer and surrogate father of Ethridge and Cypher's children is already in the studio recording a song about the tragic event.  He plans on releasing the single in the hopes of raising funds for the two children, Bailey Jean and Beckett. 
 
Born in Leavenworth, Kan., in 1961, Etheridge got her first guitar at the age of 8, wrote her first song at age 10 and by 12 was playing in a country band that gigged around the area.  Etheridge's self-titled debut album was released in 1988 and went platinum.  Her follow-up, Brave and Crazy, also went platinum, while her third effort, 1992's Never Enough, contained "Ain't It Heavy," the track that earned her a Grammy for Best Female Rock Performance.  Still, it was her fourth album -- 1993's Yes I Am -- that cemented both Etheridge's celebrity and her status as one of America's premier performers with 3 top ten hits, one of which, "Come To My Window," won her a second Grammy.  The same year that the prophetically titled Yes I Am was released, Etheridge took a bold step by going public with her sexual preference.  Since that time she has been a tireless and vocal advocate for gay rights.