Steve McNair: murdered!

[Barrister]

McNair killer's dark last days come to light
As police chief Ronal Serpas said, "It will never be known exactly what was on Kazemi's mind early Saturday morning."

We know exactly what went through her mind that morning. 

[CountDeMoney]

Felon faces gun charge in McNair case
Convicted murderer arrested, allegedly admitted he sold weapon that killed ex-QB

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — - Former Ravens quarterback Steve McNair's mistress bought the gun she used to kill him from a convicted murderer whose fiancee was afraid to have it in the house, authorities said Friday.

Adrian J. Gilliam Jr., 33, of La Vergne was charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. He admitted selling a 9 mm Bryco/Jennings to Sahel Kazemi for $100, according to court documents.

Kazemi, 20, shot McNair to death at his condo July 4 before killing herself. Authorities say she met Gilliam while she was trying to sell her car and told him she was looking to buy a gun.

A criminal complaint says Gilliam - who was convicted in 1993 in Florida for murder and attempted armed robbery - told police he sold the gun to Kazemi, whom he identified from a police photo.

Detectives traced the gun to its 2002 sale at a pawn shop. Gilliam eventually bought it from someone for $100 about a year and a half ago. Investigators said he told them he bought it for protection after his home was burglarized, and police reports show a burglary around that time.

Nashville Police Chief Ronal Serpas said at a news conference Friday that Gilliam decided to sell the gun because his wife was afraid to have it in their house.

Federal public defender Hugh Mundy said Gilliam is not married but is engaged to a woman with whom he has a 2-year-old daughter.

Gilliam has been out of jail for seven years and has had no other trouble with the law in that time, Mundy said.

"No one denies this is a tragedy," Mundy said. "Steve McNair was one of Nashville's heroes. A lot of lives have already been ruined. But Mr. Gilliam is a decent, hardworking family man and there's no reason to ruin his life, too."

Police had said last week that Kazemi purchased "a fully loaded 9 mm pistol from a private individual" who met her in the parking lot of the mall where she worked at the Dave & Buster's restaurant. That's also where she first met McNair. The sale took place two days before the shooting.

Authorities said McNair was likely asleep when Kazemi put the pistol to his head and pulled the trigger. She put two more slugs into his chest and a fourth bullet into the other side of his head before shooting herself.

McNair, a married father of four, walked away from the NFL last year.

U.S. Attorney Edward Yarbrough said Kazemi's age did not make the sale of the gun illegal. A licensed dealer is barred from selling a gun to someone younger than 21, but private sales to people older than 18 are legal, he said.

Convicted felons, however, cannot have guns. Jim Cavanaugh, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives special agent in charge in Nashville, held up a pistol similar to the one used to kill McNair and said, "A convicted felon cannot receive it, possess it, buy it, store it, hold it, shoot it, aim it, clean it, or do anything with it."

Gilliam faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He was in court Friday afternoon, but a hearing to set bond was delayed until Wednesday.

Gotta love it.  Convicted of murder in 1993, but has been out of jail for seven years.  You'd think he was convicted in Europe or something.

[Strix]

We know exactly what went through her mind that morning. 

Of course, a 9mm bullet. 

[Neil]

We know exactly what went through her mind that morning. 

Of course, a 9mm bullet. 

Brain != mind.

[CountDeMoney]

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and a crazy bitch is just a crazy bitch.

Police release messages between McNair, Kazemi
By Lucas L. Johnson II
The Associated Press
11:34 PM EDT, October 19, 2009

NASHVILLE, Tenn.NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Text messages show a woman asked former NFL quarterback Steve McNair to transfer $2,000 into her bank account hours before police say she shot him to death, then turned the gun on herself.

Nashville police released the text messages Monday night as part of a case summary and detailed the exchanges between the two hours before the July 4 murder-suicide.

Sahel Kazemi texted McNair on July 3 to say she was so stressed she might have a breakdown and asked for money to pay cell phone bills. One text said she might need to go to a hospital because she could hardly breathe.

Police say texts show McNair had someone transfer the money. The texts also show Kazemi meeting McNair at the Nashville condominium where he was shot. He asked her to leave the front door open for him.

Spokesman Don Aaron said he has been working to summarize the case for weeks and denied it was a response to a two-part report on CBS' "The Early Show" questioning the original investigation.

"If anyone has information that needs to come to the attention of the police department, we'll be happy to receive it as part of this investigation," Aaron told The Associated Press. "But at this juncture, there has been nothing uncovered that suggests this is not a murder-suicide."

The CBS report Monday interviewed friends portraying Kazemi as happy and showed that she had approximately $2,500 in her bank account at the time of her death.

But the 50 text messages from the cell phones of both Kazemi and McNair released Monday night support the police's contention that she was spiraling out of control.

Kazemi's texts to McNair talk of her showing furniture she planned to sell to some people and how she was at a store "trying to fix" her phone. She wanted to pay bills before going to work. When she said she could hardly breathe, McNair asked if she wanted him to come over. She said she would take a nap.

McNair texted her that afternoon, saying he had someone transfer the money.

Kazemi later texted McNair three times asking to be with him that night. He said he was having trouble getting his sons to sleep. But at that time, McNair was seen at a restaurant with friends. Kazemi texted she was going to his condo. He texted back at 12:38 a.m. that he was on his way and asked her to open the front door at 12:52 a.m. Kazemi told him at 1:14 a.m. it was open.

The last text was at 2:23 with Kazemi saying, "I am going to the store." But police say the message received by McNair's phone seemed oddly placed in the stream of messages and out of synch. A T-Mobile specialist told police it could be a service or technical problem that caused a delay in the delivery of the message.

The summary also details how police checked video footage from businesses in the area and found a law firm camera caught the backside of the condo where their bodies were found later July 4. The footage did not show any suspicious activity or departure in the early hours of that morning.

Police also list the shift manager at the restaurant where Kazemi worked who told officers something seemed to be bothering Kazemi on July 3. Sonya New said she asked Kazemi if everything was all right when the server told her of her DUI arrest on July 2. The manager also knew of Kazemi's roommate moving and asked about McNair's divorce.

"And she (Kazemi) just rolled her eyes. New said at the end of the conversation, Kazemi said, "My life is just (awful) and I should end it."

Business was slow that night when Kazemi asked if she could leave early. She clocked out at 10:07 p.m.

The summary also includes new information from the woman Kazemi followed from McNair's condo, suspicious that he was involved with someone else.

Police also say Leah Ignagni confirmed she was dating McNair and recalled seeing a woman in a black Cadillac Escalade parked outside his condo two or three weeks before his murder. Ignagni saw the woman follow her and later saw the Escalade circling her block or parked outside her apartment a week or two later. A 2007 black Escalade was co-registered both to Kazemi and McNair.

Ignagni told police McNair visited her around 4 a.m. on July 2 - a couple hours after Kazemi's arrest - to tell her "Jenni" had been arrested for DUI. McNair then spent the night of July 2 at Ignagni's apartment but left early July 3.

The report also includes details from the crime scene that blood stains showed Kazemi's upper body was in McNair's lap before sliding to the floor. Police also found the gun under Kazemi's head with an impression in the carpet the summary said indicates neither the gun nor Kazemi's body was moved before officers arrived.

[Korea]

Breaking on CNN.

Who is that? 

[Caliga]

[Grey Fox]

Girls.

It's a good thing some let you go up their poop shoot.

[merithyn]