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The Tragic Death of NFL Quarterback Steve McNair · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: In the days preceding Steve McNair's tragic demise, he frequented
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  bars in Nashville, engaged in fishing activities, and assisted in
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  putting his children to bed. Concurrently, Sahel Jenny Kazimi, one
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  of McNair's romantic partners, faced legal troubles due to a
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  dui arrest and expressed anxiety over her escalating financial obligations. Additionally,
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  she acquired a firearm. According to police reports, in the
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  early hours of July fourth, two thousand nine, Kazimi took
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  the lives of both McNair and herself. The Tennesseean meticulously
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  pieced together the final days of the couple by analyzing
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  two hundred and forty eight pages of law enforcement documents
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  from the investigation, conducting recorded interviews with witnesses, reviewing video evidence,
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  and examining media reports. Following McNair's passing. In the days
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  leading up to their te deaths, Sahel Kazmi requested two
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  thousand dollars from Steve McNair to settle her bills and
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  sought assurances regarding their future together. On Monday, Metro Police
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  released a summary report detailing the investigation into the murder
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  of the former Tennessee Titans quarterback, which includes text messages
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  and other pertinent information about the final moments of Kazimi,
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  aged twenty, and McNair. In the early hours of July third,
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  Kazemi reached out to McNair via text, inquiring if he
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  loved her. I will have all of you soon, She expressed, yes,
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  you will, McNair responded. These revelations emerged during a two
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  part series broadcast on CBS's Early Show, which scrutinized the
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  police investigation into the murder suicide. Although police officials have
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  been compiling a summary report for several weeks, the case
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  was classified as a murder suicide within a week of
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  the incident. However, the case file remains undisclosed to the
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  public due to an ongoing federal investigation involving Adrian Gilliam,
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  who has been charged with being a felon in possession
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  of a firearm after admitting to selling a gun to Kazimi.
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  He has pleaded guilty, but is still awaiting sentencing. The
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  firearm in question was used in the shooting that resulted
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  in the deaths of McNair and Kazimi, whose bodies were
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  discovered on July fourth in a downtown condominium rented by
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  McNair on Second Avenue. McNair sustained four gun shot wounds,
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  while Kazemi died from a single gunshot wound to the head.
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  Neither individual exhibited defensive wounds, leading police to believe that
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  McNair was asleep at the time of the incident. Investigators
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  determined that Kazimi was overwhelmed by financial difficulties and was
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  despondent upon realizing that McNair was involved with other women
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  and had no intention of leaving his wife for her
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  the murder of Steve McNair. Authorities indicate that Kazimi's deteriorating
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  circumstances contributed to the murder suicide the murder of Steve McNair.
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  Jenny Kazemi had hopes of marrying the Titans quarterback. The
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  CBS report indicated that Kazemi had over twenty thousand, five
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  hundred dollars in her bank account, which contradicts the police
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  narrative suggesting she was distressed over financial issues and the
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  disintegrating relationship. However, text messages exchanged between the two imply
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  that two thousand dollars of that amount was provided by
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  McNair on the night prior to his murder. Metro Police
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  spokesperson text messages recounted on the morning of July third,
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  she sent a text to mcnahir expressing her concern about
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  potentially experiencing a breakdown due to overwhelming stress. In his reply,
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  he reassured her that everything would be fine. I need
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  to pay the cell phone bills and the hospital. Could
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  you please transfer two thousand dollars to my account, the
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  message read. Shortly thereafter. Nine minutes later, she indicated that
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  she might require a visit to the hospital as she
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  was struggling to breathe. A few hours later, she informed
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  McNair that she wished to settle some bills before heading
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  to work, as they were causing her significant anxiety. He
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  reassured her that he had arranged for someone to transfer
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  the funds. Leah Ignagny, a woman from Nashville, reported to
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  the police that she had been in a relationship with
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  McNair in the weeks leading up to his death. She
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  had vacated the Lee Avenue condominium and was subsequently f
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  followed home by a woman driving a black escalade. Chris Wall,
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  who was responsible for the security of McNair's family reported
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  to investigators that McNair had become increasingly frustrated with his
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  relationship with Kazimi. According to Wall, she frequently contacted him
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  while he was with his wife and children, which was
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  becoming tiresome for him. Wall noted that McNair had begun
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  to distance himself from the relationship and was seeing her
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  less frequently. Following Kazimi's arrest for a DUI and subsequent
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  bail provided by McNair, he proceeded to spend the night
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  at Ignagni's apartment. Attempts to contact Ignagny for a statement
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  were unsuccessful. Additionally, the report clarifies the sequence of events
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  leading up to the fatalities. Initially, law enforcement indicated that
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  Kazimi purchased the firearm from Gilliam in the parking lot
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  of her work place at Dave and Buster's the night
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  following her d u I.