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murder-suicide stories: 47 news summaries

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 McNair-Kazemi Texts Released 

As CBS questions investigation, police paint Sahel Kazemi as unstable

Oct 20, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Pistol-Packin' Soccer Mom Shot Dead

Meleanie Hain and husband killed in apparent murder-suicide

Oct 8, 09 2:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Pennsylvania mom who hit the headlines last year for carrying a loaded handgun to her 5-year-old daughter's soccer games has been found shot dead with her husband in an apparent murder-suicide. The couple’s three children were home during the shootings but were unharmed, police told the Patriot-News. The... More »

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 Ryan Jenkins 
 Left Suicide Note 

Reality TV contestant mentions Jasmine Fiore, jealousy in page-and-a-half letter

Oct 6, 09 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ryan Jenkins, the reality TV contestant suspected in the murder of model Jasmine Fiore, left a suicide note titled “Will and Testament” on his computer before hanging himself in a Canadian hotel room. Though the letter talks in detail about Fiore and blames her for his situation, Jenkins never... More »

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 Twins: Creepy 
 Jenkins Kept 
 Hitting On Us 

Reality TV contestant wanted to do it 'twin style' while married to Jasmine Fiore

Sep 1, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ryan Jenkins tried to pick up twin sisters months after marrying Jasmine Fiore and was still obsessively text messaging them just weeks before Fiore’s murder and his suicide, Radar reports. The two-time reality show contestant told the Canadian bikini models he was in an open relationship and invited them... More »

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McNair Was Drunk At Time of Death: Medical Examiner

Shooter had some marijuana in her system

Jul 20, 09 4:37 PM CDT
(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... More »

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 Why Lover 
 Killed McNair 

Friends, family tell of course of doomed affair

Jul 12, 09 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Within six months of meeting Steve McNair, Sahel Kazemi had fallen hard—and soon after came to the harder realization that the former NFL star wasn't actually planning to leave his wife and family for her, the New York Post reports in an extensive look at the chain of events... More »

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(Newser) - Steve McNair's Mississippi home town boasts only 1,000 residents, but more than 2,500 came to mourn him there yesterday. The murdered NFL star's body was brought home after a memorial service Thursday in Nashville; fans came from all over the country to pay their respects, standing in line... More »

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(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. "... More »

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(Newser) - Steve McNair's girlfriend shot and killed him while he slept on the couch before turning the gun on herself, the Tennessean reports. Sahel Kazemi, 20, believed McNair was seeing yet another woman and was worried about paying her rent and car loans, say police. “We do believe there... More »

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McNair's Girlfriend Fired Gun: Medical Examiner 

Gunshot residue tests show Kazemi fired the weapon found at the scene

Jul 8, 09 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sahel Kazemi fired the gun that killed her and Steve McNair, TMZ reports, citing Tennessee's assistant medical examiner. Dr. Feng Li says preliminary lab tests show that gunshot residue from the gun that killed both individuals was found on Kazemi's hand—evidence supported by the crime scene and police interviews.... More »

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(Newser) - Robert Gaddy, the longtime friend who called 911 after McNair’s body was discovered, lashed out today at speculation that the late quarterback was getting a divorce. “People need to quit talking about what they don’t know,” Gaddy said. “Mac never said anything to me about... More »

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 McNair Autopsy: 
 3 Distant Shots, 1 Close-Up 

Kazemi shot with gun touching head

Jul 7, 09 6:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three of the four gunshots that killed Steve McNair came from more than 3 feet away, while the fourth was close-range, the football star's autopsy concludes. His girlfriend’s wound came from a contact shot, meaning the gun was touching Sahel Kazemi’s head, the Tennessean reports. But that doesn’... More »

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Girlfriend Owned Gun at McNair Crime Scene

Weapon sold less than 48 hours before shooting deaths: cops

Jul 6, 09 7:55 PM CDT
(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.... More »

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Kazemi Didn't Kill McNair: Angry Sis

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

Jul 6, 09 2:05 AM CDT
(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... More »

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(Newser) - Nashville police ruled Steve McNair's death a homicide today but kept mum on rumors of murder-suicide, the Tennessean reports. An autopsy revealed that two bullets to the head and two to the chest killed the former NFL star; 20-year-old girlfriend Sahel Kazemi, found dead alongside him, died of one to... More »

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appreciation

McNair's Talent Paved the Way for Others

Gritty QB blazed a trail for black franchise players in the NFL

Jul 5, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steve McNair had plenty of hype to live up to at the beginning of his professional career, and rose to the occasion, not only proving himself but also paving the way for black franchise quarterbacks from Donovan McNabb to Vince Young, writes Tom Curran for MSNBC. He had both grit... More »

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updated

McNair Likely
a Victim of Murder-Suicide

Evidence suggests
his girlfriend killed
him, then herself

Jul 4, 09 10:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Details in the shooting death of NFL great Steve McNair are beginning to emerge. It now appears that McNair's 20-year-old girlfriend shot him several times before killing herself, the Tennessean reports. Both were found in McNair's rented Nashville condo, the girlfriend with a single gunshot wound to her head and... More »

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Dad Calls Mom Then Shoots the Kids: Police

Alleged Texas killer, estranged from his wife, also shot himself

Jun 17, 09 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Houston man fatally shot his two children yesterday, after calling his wife and telling her he’d do it, police tell the Houston Chronicle. The 34-year-old woman called police yesterday saying her estranged husband, Pedro Enrique Rosabal, 33, told her he had picked up their children from... More »

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 Suicidal 
 NY Lawyer 
 Kills Family 
 in Hotel 

Family was in Baltimore visiting college daughter

Apr 22, 09 1:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A troubled Long Island attorney killed his wife, two children and himself in a Baltimore hotel, police said yesterday. "The why and the motive in this is just a big blank right now," said a police official of attorney William Parente, 59, who had an estate and tax... More »

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(Newser) - Police discovered five bodies in a Maryland house today after a man apparently butchered his family and killed himself, the Frederick News Post reports. Few details are known, but police in Middletown, Md., say Christopher Alan Wood, 34, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the AP reports. His wife, two... More »

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