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| Wayward muslim connection in NFL QB McNair murder? |
| 2009-07-05 |
| The shooting death of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair raised questions Sunday about his relationship with the 20-year-old woman whose body was found alongside his in his downtown condominium. McNair, a four-time Pro Bowl selection who was married with four children, was found Saturday with multiple gunshot wounds on a sofa in his living room. The woman was killed by a single gunshot wound and a pistol was discovered near her, police said. Authorities didn't immediately say who was to blame for the killings, but they weren't looking for any suspects. Police do not believe McNair's wife was involved, spokesman Don Aaron said. Mechelle McNair, mother of two of his four sons, was expected to collect her husband's belongings from authorities. Funeral arrangements were not expected to be finalized until Monday afternoon at the earliest. "She's still very upset, very distraught," agent Bus Cook said. Friends declined to describe the relationship between McNair and the woman, Sahel Kazemi, who was a waitress at a restaurant quarterback and his family frequented. Police only described her as a "friend." A man who answered the door at a house in the Jacksonville, Fla., suburb of Orange Park said it was the home of Kazemi's family, but said her relatives did not want to comment. "We don't have anything to say, please leave us alone," he said. A Nashville neighbor saw McNair, 36, at Kazemi's Nashville apartment so often — two to three times a week — that he thought McNair had moved in. McNair never tried to hide his presence but kept to himself. Neighbor Reagan Howard said Kazemi often was dropped off in the early morning hours by a limousine and upgraded recently from her Kia to a Cadillac Escalade. "It was pretty obvious that she was taken with him," Howard said. McNair and Kazemi had been together just two days earlier, when she was pulled over driving a 2007 Escalade registered to her and McNair. She was arrested on a DUI charges, and he was allowed to leave in a taxi. The bodies were discovered by McNair's longtime friend, Wayne Neeley, who rents the condo in the upscale Rutledge Hill neighborhood with McNair. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #7 "A Nashville neighbor saw McNair, 36, at Kazemi's Nashville apartment so often — two to three times a week — that he thought McNair had moved in." Presuming he was doing what it sounds like he was doing, there was at least one way he could have avoided his murder. Don't do dat. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-07-05 20:10 |
| #6 Death on the Appalachian Trail... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2009-07-05 19:26 |
| #5 The young lady was 20 but she had lived with a previous boyfriend for 4 years said one account. That would make her 16 when she began living with the previous boyfriend. Wonder if he might have had anything to do with it. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-07-05 17:15 |
| #4 Might be a murder-suicide. He says, baby it's over, and she says, you're damned right it is -- BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM. Then she says, oh, whatever have I done -- BLAM. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-07-05 16:14 |
| #3 Could be. Could also be murder suicide. She was arrested 2 days before for DUI. Perhaps she was cut off from her family and wasn't getting the support she needed from the married McNair. Perhaps I should turn on Entertainment Tonight to get the real scoop. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-07-05 16:12 |
| #2 Honor killing by her family? man, if that is so you will never see it reported. ROP and all... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2009-07-05 15:20 |
| #1 That's my headline. AP's: Ex-NFL QB Steve McNair, woman found slain in Tenn. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-07-05 15:02 |