Complaint in Steve McNair case seeks to challenge the Murder-Suicide Theory

A three-member team from the Davidson County grand jury will review a complaint filed in the Steve McNair murder-suicide case, presented in an effort to circumvent prosecutors and get the case reopened.

Vincent Hill, a former Metro officer, has disputed investigators’ findings in the Titans quarterback’s death from the beginning. He wrote a book called Playbook to a Murder presenting his own theory of the crime and made the rounds of news programs and talk shows in the weeks following McNair’s July 4 shooting.

On June 1, he filed a 32-page complaint with the grand jury, asking that they start a new investigation into McNair’s death. The grand jury convenes Friday.

But Susan Niland, a spokeswoman for the Davidson County prosecutor’s office, couldn’t recall a case in recent history being reopened over a complaint like Hill’s.

“It is not unusual for someone to ask us to review a case …” Niland said. “These referrals can be made by private citizens, family members, lawyers. We get them via phone calls, letters, and through our website.

“To date, Mr. Hill has not contacted our office with his concerns, nor has he provided us with any information about the Steve McNair homicide.”

Still, the grand jury foreman and two members will review the complaint and decide whether the entire group should take it up. Typically, the 13-member grand jury decides whether to issue indictments based on evidence presented by police and prosecutors. Both their deliberations and documents filed with them are shielded from public view.