Linda Stein, former manager to the Ramones and ex-wife to Sire Records founder Seymour Stein, was murdered by her assistant.
Police have arrested 26 year old Natavia Lowery for second degree murder after 62 year old Stein was found bludgeoned to death in New York last Tuesday.Lowery is alleged to have killed her employer after Stein refused to stop blowing marijuana smoke in her face.
Lowery was one of 70 people interviewed over the murder.
Police say Lowery snapped after abusive treatment from her employer. She grabbed a hockey stick and struck 6 or 7 blows to Stein's head.
In the 70's, Linda Stein managed The Ramones. The band was signed to her former husband Seymour Stein's label Sire Records.
