I don't even know where to begin with this whole ordeal. First, I hear that Steve McNair was killed, which was shocking. Then I hear that his boo boo was killed alongside him. Uh, wasn't McNair supposedly a "happily married" father of four? Guess not. Then, it's revealed that his girlfriend is a 20-year-old waitress he met at Dave and Buster's. No, seriously. After examining the crime scene and evidence, Nashville police tell us that it is being classified as a murder-suicide on his girlfriend's part. What drove her to kill him? Quite honestly, we'll never really know, but apparently, she was in financial turmoil, was becoming frustrated that McNair wouldn't leave his family and marry her, and found out that McNair was seeing another woman. Yes, this information is speculation, but it comes directly from friends of the girlfriend, whose name I can't spell and don't feel like looking up.
I am in no way condoning what happened, nor making light of such a serious situation. It's terrible, absolutely terrible, what happened to Steve McNair, and there are no two ways about it. However, the fact that he was gunned down is such a mess of allegations, revelations, and rumors makes the situation even worse. This is straight out of a Lifetime movie. As more and more information comes to the surface, it gets more sad and more surreal. I can't help but say that his legacy in my mind is very much tarnished by the events of the past week.
The worst part of the whole story to me is the effect that this entire episode is having on McNair's survivors. McNair's wife had no idea that her husband was cheating on her, and only found out once she heard the reports of his murder. I can't even fathom what that woman must be feeling right now. Police have said that she is "distraught", and rightfully so. And his children? Goodness. I mean, first you find out that your father has been murdered in cold blood, and then you have to read reports and hear stories about his infidelity towards your mother. This whole story is just sad. I hope that his family is somehow able to overcome the huge tragedies that have occurred recently and live happy, fulfilling lives.
Lord knows they deserve it after all they've gone through in the past few days.
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