Chiefs' Belcher spent night out before murder-suicide [View all]

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Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend -- and later himself -- after he spent the previous night in an entertainment district and slept at the apartment of another woman, witnesses told police.

The events could explain why Belcher got into an argument with Kasandra Perkins, the mother of their 3-month-old child, that preceded the murder-suicide.

Five hours before he shot Perkins, Belcher was questioned by police when he was reported sleeping in a car outside the other woman's apartment, police said Tuesday.

Police responded to a suspicious vehicle call about 2:50 a.m at an apartment complex near downtown Kansas City, Missouri, where they found Belcher dozing in the car, Sergeant Darin Snapp said.

Officers woke him up and asked what he was doing, Snapp said.

Belcher said he was waiting for his girlfriend to come home and didn't have the door code number so he could not go inside, Snapp said. Belcher then called someone on his cell phone and about that time a woman came to the door of the apartment and waved him in, Snapp said.

Belcher had been partying in an area of bars known as the Power & Light District, police said, and later went to the other woman's apartment.

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Pretty easy to figure out:
- Perkin's cousin is married to another Chiefs' player, and gets introduced to Belcher,
- who wouldn't want to marry a millionaire?
- Perkin's abandons plans to become a teacher, moves to KC, moves in with Belcher,
- Perkin's becomes his baby momma, which now guarantees at least child support,
- Belcher has started hanging around with football groupies, probably during pregnancy,
- couple fights and Perkin's get Belcher's momma to come and try to keep him in line,
- Belcher feels trapped, finally explodes.

Couple of immature people with really bad judgement (after all he's a 25 year old driving a Bentley and she's a mother out of wedlock).

He might be on steroids, but he might also just naturally produce a lot of testosterone (he's an NFL linebacker and his neck widens out below his ears).

He's in a rage anyway, since he shot her 9 times (probably in the lower torso, since she took a while to die, while he killed himself with one shot to the head).