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March 25, 2008

Defense Lawyers in Stein Murder Case Point to Blood

lindastein.jpgLawyers for Natavia Lowery, the personal assistant accused of killing Linda Stein, are arguing in the press that a recently released forensics report practically exonerates their client from the crime. Police and the DA's office said that they'll wait until the trial to address the evidence, but that it was not as significant as Ron Kuby and David Pressman were describing.

The forensic evidence was detailed in a report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner that showed blood of an unidentified male was found in the bathroom sink at the crime scene, mingled with Linda Stein's blood. Also, despite the blood-spattered crime scene, medical examiners could find no blood on the clothing of Natavia Lowery.

While Kuby and Pressman described this information as a "stunning revelation," an investigator told the Sun that what was found in the sink was a minute amount of blood that was barely detectable. The spokeswoman for the Manhattan DA's office described it as a "speck."

Natavia Lowery initially confessed that she bludgeoned Stein to death with a yoga stick, but her defense has been arguing that confession was coerced. More recently investigators found that Lowery was siphoning money from Stein's accounts.

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