NASHVILLE — Keith Norfleet, the ex-boyfriend of the 20-year-old woman police say is responsible for the murder-suicide that claimed the life of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair, is relieved not to be a suspect but is mourning the woman he still loves, his father said.

"He felt he could have talked her out of it if he had been able to see her before that," said Joseph Norfleet, who is serving as a spokesman for his son.

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