More Questions Than Answers In The McNair Murder Case

But police hesitated to say at first whether Kazemi's single gunshot wound to the head was self-inflicted. Medical examiners said that once they knew Kazemi had purchased the gun and had trace signs of gunshot residue on one of her hands, they were ready to rule her death a suicide and close the book on the case.

But questions soon arose about where the 20-year-old waitress at Dave & Buster's restaurant got the pistol that was found at the crime scene, under her head. Federal agents traced it back through two sellers to Gilliam, an out-of-work car salesman with a serious felony on his record.

Gilliam, father of a toddler, cooperated with police and told them he sold the gun. With his fiancee present, Gilliam told police he didn't remember the girl's name who bought the gun for $100. But he later admitted he had met her downtown at a club, and had been exchanging phone calls and texts with her. He said he didn't know she was dating McNair at the time. He called her after a fight with his fiancee, and he didn't want to admit the potential relationship in front of the fiancee, he later told police.

He told police that he didn't know why Kazemi wanted the gun, and that he was with a friend all night when the deaths happened. His alibi didn't check out, according to the police file, when his friend, a bonding agent, told police Gilliam hadn't been with him.

Still, Postiglione said information about Gilliam's interest in Kazemi and lying about his alibi never made him a suspect. Phone records show he was in the Smyrna and La Vergne area all night, Postiglione said, and his lying about that doesn't mean he was involved in the deaths.

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So just to recap, medical examiners weren't sure it was a suicide until a convicted felon who lied to the police about how he knew Sahel Kazemi and lied about where he was the night of the murder, told them that he sold her the gun. That's the confirmation they needed to conclude she killed Steve McNair and then killed herself?! Seriously?!

I am not saying this is some kind of conspiracy, but I am saying that someone else should be allowed to reopen the investigation and take a fresh look at all the evidence. Something just isn't right about all of this, especially when the police are saying the guy who said he sold the gun, Adrian Gilliam, was never a suspect in the crime. How in the fuck is that even possible considering the lies he told initially? And especially since if he doesn't tell them that he sold her the gun and didn't know why she wanted it, then they still by there own admission aren't even sure that Kazemi killed McNair and herself.