Cops Blame Kazemi in McNair Murder; But Are They Right?

Posted by admin on July 8, 2009 under Crime, Opinion, news | Read the First Comment

It’s not really surprising that the Metro Nashville Police Department has decided that Sahel Kazemi killed Steve McNair in the pro-quarterback’s condo last week. Supposedly Kazemi and McNair were alone when the shooting happened, McNair was shot two times in the chest, and 1 time in the head from over 3 feet away, then one final shot to his temple for the coup de grace. According to Metro PD, Kazemi then shot herself in the temple, and collapsed on the gun.

But does this even make sense?

According to Kazemi’s nephew she didn’t own a gun. She told the nephew that McNair “has enough guns” if she needed one for protection. But according to Metro PD she bought a gun from “a guy” on July 2nd, the same day she got a DUI in Nashville, with McNair in the car.

Who is this guy that illegally sold Kazemi the gun? (You have to be 21 in TN, and Kazemi was only 20) How’d the cops find this guy? They’re not saying and they’re not releasing his name. They’re also not planning on charging him with a crime despite his admitting to selling to an underage girl.

Now having allegedly owned this gun less than 48 hours, and having never fired a shot before in her life, this 20 year old girl, described as always happy and never depressed, somehow manages to put 3 bullets into McNair from over a yard away? Then calmly walks over and, hitman style, puts one more in his temple just to make sure? Then takes a few steps away and simply shoots herself in the temple, collapsing on the handgun.

Ok, sure it’s possible she could have hit McNair twice in the chest and once in the head from that range. Beginners luck, if you will, with the handgun, but it’s not very likely. And if everything’s so neat and tidy, then why did McNair’s friend, and co-owner of the condo Wayne Neely not call the cops when he came in? He claims he didn’t notice the two dead bodies, one on the couch, one on the floor, but did call another McNair friend Robert Gaddy, who arrived arrived about 90 minutes later. Gaddy made the 911 call.

And what about Kazemi’s ex-boyfriend Keith Norfleet, who was still in love with her by his own admission, and wanted her back. Norfleet, an aspiring rapper, has a song called “Closed Casket” where he raps “about a cheating couple and putting bullets in both their heads.” More than a little odd to say the least. Kazemi had called 911 on Norfleet before, when they were dating, for hitting her with a cell phone in the face.

Tennessee’s own state medical examiner has questions:

Levy said while the case is certainly consistent with a murder-suicide scenario, there are several things that are atypical: men are usually the perpetrator, and there is typically a history of domestic violence in the relationship or mental issues in the shooter. So far, neither factor is present, Levy said.

Kazemi also apparently is accused of breaking the laws of physics, for how does a pistol held to her temple end up under her collapsed body? The laws of physics seem to make this very implausible, the body would be pushed away from the gun by the force of the bullet entering the temple and the gun would be pushed away from the body by the recoil. And finally why haven’t we heard about GSR found on Kazemi’s hand if she supposedly fired 5 shots she should have been covered in it?

Did Metro PD solve this case, or did they sweep all the inconsistencies under the rug in the name of expediency?