Have any credible experts or new documents emerged since 2000 that challenge the official findings on Foster's death?

1. Official findings consolidated: five probes and consensus

From the Park Police/FBI initial examinations through Independent Counsel Robert Fiske and the final Kenneth Starr report, multiple official inquiries concluded Foster died by suicide; Starr’s 1997 report expressly found no evidence of homicide, a conclusion that echoed earlier federal findings ^{[4] [1] [5]}.

2. Post-2000 legal fights over material — FOIA, photos, and the Favish litigation

The principal post-2000 development in the public record was litigation over release of autopsy and scene photographs: Allan Favish pursued FOIA access to images and other material, triggering appeals and a Supreme Court decision about privacy and disclosure that kept many images withheld while acknowledging the strong governmental interest in protecting those records ^{[6] [7]}.

3. Campaigns of skepticism — who advanced challenges and on what basis

Challengers since the 1990s and into the 2000s have included independent researchers, certain conservative publishers and documentary filmmakers, and litigants such as Favish; their objections have relied on alleged investigative lapses, selective document-handling questions, and interpretive readings of photographs and memos rather than on newly produced forensic evidence that overturns the official autopsy and reports ^{[8] [9] [6]}.

4. Assessment of “credible experts” claiming new evidence

Reporting and fact‑checks show that individuals or small teams have posed alternative scenarios, but mainstream forensic and legal authorities — including those tied to the FBI and the independent counsels — have not adopted those challenges; prominent fact-checking outlets and summaries note that the extensive probes (including Starr’s) found no evidence of foul play, and they treat recurring murder theories as unproven or debunked ^{[10] [1] [3]}.

5. Why challenges have not displaced the official conclusion

The official reports did more than assert suicide: they addressed chain-of-custody and forensic questions, tied the weapon to Foster, and reviewed physical evidence and witness accounts — and later legal reviews upheld the government’s handling in major respects; where critics point to missing or withheld photographs and disputed handling of documents, courts and subsequent reporting have generally not found those gaps sufficient to reverse the medical and investigative conclusions ^{[1] [5] [7] [9]}.

6. Continued contested narratives, their motives, and the evidentiary bar

Conspiracy narratives have persisted — amplified by tabloids, partisan publishers, and at least one documentary — and those narratives have been fueled as much by political motive and profit incentive as by newly authenticated forensic material; reporting repeatedly notes the role of political actors and media ecosystems in keeping these theories alive despite the official consensus ^{[8] [11] [1]}.

7. Conclusion and reporting limits

Based on the sources reviewed, no new, widely accepted forensic report or government document released since 2000 has credibly overturned the official finding of suicide; litigation over photographs and selective disclosures has generated controversy but not an accepted alternative forensic narrative ^{[6] [7] [10]}. This assessment is limited to the documents and reporting provided here; if a reader seeks proof that no isolated expert anywhere has ever disputed the findings after 2000, that absolute negative cannot be asserted beyond the reviewed record — but the authoritative investigative consensus remains intact in public, legal, and journalistic sources ^{[1] [2] [3]}.