Sahel Kazemi Funeral:Sahel Kazemi Funeral Set for Friday

Funeral arrangements are set for Friday in Jacksonville, Fla., for Sahel “Jenny” Kazemi, the 20-year-old found dead along with Steve McNair on July 4 at a condo he shared with a friend.

Farzin Abdi, her nephew, was packing some of her personal belongings from her Hermitage apartment into the trunk of a rental car today. The items included some James Dean prints, other pictures and black trash bags filled with Kazemi’s keepsakes.

“I’m not doing too good,” Abdi said.Abdi said after authorities released her body a local funeral home made arrangements to ship it to Florida.Kazemi had moved to Nashville nearly four years ago with her ex-boyfriend, Keith Norfleet.Kazemi bought the semi-automatic pistol on Thursday evening from a person Metro police are not naming. She made the purchase just hours after she was bailed out of jail by McNair for a DUI charge.

Both were found dead less than 48 hours later in a Second Avenue-area condo McNair rented just across the river from LP Field. He was found dead on the couch with four gunshot wounds — one bullet in each temple, and two in the chest — the medical examiner said. The autopsy showed that three of the shots were fired from at least three feet away. One, to the head, was shot at close range, he said.

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Sahel Kazemi DUI Video

The DUI arrest video of Sahel Kazemi, the young woman who murdered Steve McNair, has now been released. Check out the DUI video here, and see photos of Sahel Kazemi as well.The story seems to just get worse. Reports came out today that Sahel Kazemi had really been at a low point in her life, and even seemed a bit delusional about her relationship with McNair. Now the DUI video of her arrest has hit the net, showing Kazemi looking a bit disoriented while being tested by the arresting officer.

Sahel Kazemi was pulled over two nights before the murder in the Escalade that McNair supposedly bought her.The officer reportedly smelled alchohol, but Kazemi told him that she was just high. She refused to take a BAC test, and was subsequently arrested.

In the video you can see her attempting to follow the officer’s directions, and even wobbling a little while standing on one foot. The video then cuts to a shot of her in the back of the cop car. From there you can see the glazed look in her eyes, which seems to be a sure sign of being intoxicated.

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Steve McNair’s Wife Mechelle McNair (Photo)

Here is a photo of Steve McNair’s wife, Mechelle Cartwright (aka Mechelle or Michelle McNair). McNair’s wife allegedly did not know about her husband’s affair with Sahel Kazemi, 20, broke first on LALATE Saturday afternoon.Sahel Kazemi was dating Steve McNair, despite his marriage to Mechelle Cartwright.

A new report in New York Daily News has a source close to Mechelle claiming she didn’t know about the affair, “she’s blindsided” by it and “crushed”. Kazemi’s sister, Soheyla Kazemi, tells The Florida Times-Union of Jacksonville that Sahel believed McNair and her were set to marry.

Keith Norfleet, Kazemi’s ex boyfriend, says Kazemi told him that she was dating McNair. Keith says Sahel was raised by her sister after her mother, born in Iran, was murdered when Sahel was just 9 years old. He says the 20 year old, originally from Jacksonville, had a kind heart: “She is the sweetest girl, and she did not deserve this.”

McNair was found dead on a sofa in the condo he rented. McNair had multiple gun shots, and one to the head.Somewhere else in the condo (location not yet specified) was found dead Kazemi with a single shot to the head, the gun located near her body.

Reports say Kazemi had a new black Cadillac Escalade that he bought and registered to both their names. Two days before her death she was arrested for DUI in the SUV. McNair posted her bail. A friend tells press that Sahel Kazemi this week said McNair was dating her after meeting her as a waitress at Dave & Busters.

The McNair Family has issued the following statement:

“The families of Steve McNair in Mississippi and Tennessee appreciate the concern, thoughts and prayers during this difficult time of our loss of a husband, father and son. The family requests everyone would allow them time to mourn. The McNair family appreciates and continues to request your prayers at this time.”

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Saleh Kazemi (Sahel Kazemi) Identified as Woman with Steve McNair (Photos)

Steve McNair was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds. 20 year-old Sahel Kazemi was also found dead at the Nashville, Tennessee condo. McNair had several bullet wounds, and Kazemi was found with a single shot to the head.McNair was 36 and played 13 seasons before retiring in April 2008. He was married to Mechelle McNair. and they had four sons. A police spokesman said authorities were still investigating the shootings and questioning everyone with any possible involvement or motive.See pictures of McNair’s special friend Sahel Kazemi here.

Police officers responded at the scene after receiving a call about injured persons inside the condo. When they arrived at the site, they found a man and woman shot to death inside the residence. The condominium is one that McNair often used.In June, McNair opened a restaurant near the Tennessee State University campus. It was closed Saturday evening, but it had become a small memorial, with flowers, candles and notes placed outside the door.On the restaurant's windows were messages: "We will miss you Steve" and "We love you Steve."

Sahel Kazemi has been identified as the woman found dead with Steve McNair. All of the details of the Kazemi-McNair relationship aren’t known, but the 20-year-old Kazemi was recently cited for DUI while driving a car registered to McNair. The former NFLer was in the passenger seat when the car was pulled over.

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