No Traces of Pot in Murder Victim

Some new details from the ME's office about slain realtor to the stars Linda Stein. Toxicology tests on Stein, who was brutally bludgeoned to death in her Fifth Avenue apartment in October, show that there were "no traces of marijuana in her system," according to the NY Post.

Stein's assistant, Natavia Lowery, has been accused of murdering her employer. At the time of her arrest, police had said Lowery snapped after Stein verbally abused her and blew pot smoke in her face. Lowery's lawyer, Ron Kuby, spoke to the Post and reiterated that his client's confession was coerced:

"The police were able to tell her the things they knew, and she repeated those things back," he said. "She made things up to get out of the interrogation room. She made up the marijuana smoke. She made up the yoga stick. She made up the killing to get out of the interrogation room.

"The only way to get out was to confess," he said. "If they had kept her another hour longer, she would have told them the hiding place of Osama bin Laden."

Last month, the Post revealed that Lowery had been using Stein's ATM card so many times that a financial forensic analyst was now working on the case full time.

And the Daily Intelligencer asks a good question: "Why did it take over three months for toxicology reports to come in on her death and just ten days for Heath Ledger's?"

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stick a fork in her, she's done. lowery's gonna cook .

Kuby is good and I'll wait for this one to play out. We've only heard Johnny Law's take on this, lets see what happens. (And the Sharpton comment is go ol' race baiting.)

I'm having a hard time imagining whether "financial forensic analyst" would be kind of a cool job or just a seriously boring one. Especially in this case.

"Okay, she went to Jamba Juice. Then to Jamba Juice again. Then she's in The Gap. And there she goes back to the Jamba Juice. Has lunch at Dallas BBQ. Gets another Jamba Juice. Buys some makeup at CVS... and surprise, she's back at the Jamba Juice."

I am saying again, and again this is a clear cut case of grifter murders her employer - leave aside what kind of person Ms. Stein may have been. This murdering crazy person KILLED her then used her credit cards.

For fuck’s sake.

This murdering crazy person KILLED her then used her credit cards. It's not fashionable to see things in black and white.

Even is she had blown pot smoke in the killer's face, that's still no excuse for bashing her head in. This grifter (and a stupid one at that) is GUILTY!

BTW, where's her mother now? Her mom was all over previous stories insisting she was innocent.

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