Leah Ignagni, a 25-year-old woman from Nashville, Tenn., was also dating Steve McNair at the time of his death, new details from Nashville police revealed Monday night.
According to the case summary, Leah Ignagni confirmed she was dating McNair, who was killed on July 4 in a murder-suicide, and she recalled seeing a woman in a black Cadillac Escalade parked outside his condo two or three weeks before his murder.
Ignagni also said the woman followed her and that she later saw the Escalade circling her block or parked outside her apartment a week or two later. A 2007 black Escalade was co-registered both to Sahel Kazemi and McNair. This backs up earlier case details that stated Kazemi was suspicious of McNair being involved with someone else.
Ignagni told police that McNair visited her around 4 a.m. on July 2, just a couple of hours after Kazemi's DUI arrest, and then he spent the night at Ignagni's apartment before leaving early on July 3.
There was also a string of eerie text messages -- exchanged two hours before the murder-suicide -- that were released as part of the case summary (you can view some of those texts here).
We don't know much about Leah Ignagni, this "other, other" woman McNair was dating, but a quick Google search brings up her MySpace and Twitter accounts, amongst her other social media profiles. It's pretty clear she's a fan of NFL players in general, as she follows Kerry Rhodes, Keith Bulluck and Reggie Bush on her Twitter account.
Even months after McNair's death, it appears this case isn't officially closed. CBS has promised to reveal a "big" mistake that the police department made in the investigation. While police spokesman Don Aaron denied the case summary was a response to a two-part report on CBS' The Early Show, it's hard not to think it was a direct reaction to their investigative push.
"If anyone has information that needs to come to the attention of the police department, we'll be happy to receive it as part of this investigation," Aaron told The Associated Press. "But at this juncture, there has been nothing uncovered that suggests this is not a murder-suicide."




















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-20-2009 @ 4:53AM
Benny said...
what a shame of wasted live
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10-20-2009 @ 5:02AM
Max_In_Missouri said...
He may have been a cheater, but at least McNair didn't rape a girl like Kobe.
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10-20-2009 @ 5:23AM
ren said...
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if he did. Apparently, he thought no chick was offlimits under any circumstances.
10-20-2009 @ 8:17AM
daquyanna said...
When did he have time to sleep, eat or visit his wife and other kids? I'm just saying wow!
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10-20-2009 @ 8:28AM
Chris said...
Did you even follow the Kobe case when it was out? Last I checked, the case against Kobe was dropped. The girl had specimens of sperm from over a million men in her underwear! I don't know how you can go around calling him a rapist when he was cleared of all charges and when she was clearly the town whore looking to get rich off of rich basketball jock.
In terms of McNair, yes he was a cheater and he took advantage of young women (over 18) and I sympathize with his wife and the girl who killed him because he was just wrong and played with both of their feelings and lives, but his cheating doesn't automatically make him a rapist either.Your logic makes absolutely no sense. Cheater does not equal rapist.
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10-20-2009 @ 9:36AM
drg625 said...
Cheater does not equal rapist.
IF YOU WERE HIS WIFE AND/OR KIDS, YOU'D FEEL "RAPED" !
10-20-2009 @ 9:49AM
gsstarzan said...
Everybody just feels sorry for McNair, these professional athletes think they are untouchable and no one cares about the lives they destroy. How many people attended the funeral of the woman that McNair drove to the edge compared with how many attended his funeral? Also ruining his wife and kids names because he couldnt keep his dick in his pants. Professional sports is a joke.
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