Why Lover Killed McNair

Quarterback lied to 20-year-old lover about getting a divorce

(NEWSER) - Sahel Kazemi was a gentle young woman who couldn’t have murdered boyfriend Steve McNair, Kazemi’s sister Sepideh Salmani tells the Tennessean. "She was one young girl who had so many dreams that they never came true," Salmani said. "She would never kill anyone, ever. Or anything. Not even a little bug. I want people to know that." Police believe Kazemi may have shot McNair, 36, before killing herself last week in the apartment they shared. More»

Weapon sold less than 48 hours before shooting deaths: cops

(NEWSER) - Steve McNair's girlfriend bought a gun on Thursday, less than 2 days before she and the retired NFL quarterback were shot to death with the weapon, Nashville police say. A spokesman refused to say who sold Sahel Kazemi the gun but did say it fired five shots, the Tennessean reports. Police have stopped short of calling the crime a murder-suicide. "It may well be that we'll never know exactly why this happened," said the spokesman. More»

As CBS questions investigation, police paint Sahel Kazemi as unstable

(NEWSER) - Nashville police released 50 text messages between Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi, the woman they believe killed him before killing herself, last night—on the heels of a CBS Early Show report claiming the investigation was flawed, the AP reports. The text messages show McNair transferred $2,000 into Kazemi's account after she asked for it to pay cell phone bills, hours before the deaths—and also paint a picture of Kazemi's increasing stress in those hours. More»

Shooter had some marijuana in her system

(NEWSER) - Steve McNair was legally drunk the day he was killed by his 20-year-old lover, the Tennessean reports. The former NFL quarterback had a blood-alcohol content of 0.16, the state medical examiner said today—twice the amount at which it is illegal to drive. Sahel Kazemi had a small amount of marijuana in her system, but no alcohol. More»

(NEWSER) - Former NFL star Steve McNair apparently ditched his lover during a DUI bust just two days before she killed him in a murder-suicide, according to a police video. On the video, McNair's girlfriend, Sahel Kazemi, fails a field sobriety test in Nashville, and McNair takes off in a cab. "He's not happy," the cop tells Kazemi. "I told him you wanted to talk to him. He just left in a taxi." More»