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McNair's girlfriend buried in private ceremony

Kazemi, 20, shot and killed retired QB before turning gun on herself

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updated 6:23 p.m. ET July 10, 2009

ORANGE PARK, Fla. - The woman who killed Steve McNair before turning the gun on herself was buried Friday in Florida in a private ceremony with about 30 friends and family members.

Sahel Kazemi, 20, was laid to rest in a modest brown casket after a 30-minute ceremony at Jacksonville Memory Gardens, just before a rain shower began.

Cemetery officials prevented reporters and photographers from covering the graveside service and from speaking with family members following the ceremony.

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Kazemi dropped out of high school and moved to Nashville, Tenn., from Florida with a boyfriend at age 17. She met McNair a few months ago and the two had been dating.

Kazemi shot McNair four times before she killed herself at an apartment McNair shared with a friend in Nashville.

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