Comments on: Famous Real Estate Agent Found Dead

By: Jillayne Schlicke

Jillayne Schlicke — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:16:02 +0000

It will be interesting to see how the assistant arranges her defense.

By: Jim Reppond

Jim Reppond — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:51:23 +0000

Well it looks like the Linda Stein murder mystery has been solved. Her personal assistant, Natavia Lowery, was arrested and charged yesterday (Friday, Nov 9th) with second degree murder. I read the same thing as Sandy had – that Stein had been verbally abusive to her. Apparently she confessed after being brought in for questioning by the NYPD.

Most agents who have assistants work pretty closely with them. My assistant Gina has been with me about three years and I owe much of my success to her dedication and hard work. There can be a lot of stress and details to deal with. But its sad when you see something like this happen.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:22:06 +0000

I read the article (maybe in the Times or PI, can’t remember) and apparently the assistant is saying that Stein “wouldn’t stop yelling at her.”

Sounds pretty crazy but it reminded me of those books. Except in those books they did the intelligent thing and found a better job!

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:38:42 +0000

I was thinking more like Selena, the singer who was killed by her embezzling assistant.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:47:48 +0000

No, it sounds like it was more of a “Nanny Diaries” or “Devil Wears Prada” type situation, except the ending isn’t a happy one. Demanding boss drives harried assistant into a murderous rage.

By: Jillayne Schlicke

Jillayne Schlicke — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:12:27 +0000

…and it was Col. Mustard with the wrench in the foyer, or if we’re playing The Simpsons version, it was Krusty the Klown with the poison donut in the garden.

No, it was the personal assistant, with a blunt object, at the apartment.

Now we’ll all be wondering about motive. The obvious guesses are sex and money.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:38:15 +0000

CNN is reporting that the police have arrested the alleged killer...

By: Jillayne Schlicke

Jillayne Schlicke — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:05:03 +0000

We fear the stranger, yet a person is more likely to be killed by someone he/she knows than by a stranger. It will be interesting to see how this story unfolds. How sad. The Prudential website has a nice obituary posted. Anytime we lose a punk rock pioneer, I will wear black the next day.

http://www.prudentialelliman.com/mainsite/agents/agents.aspx?BID=LSSS

By: Gene Quinney

Gene Quinney — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:12:27 +0000

I don’t think this murder had as much to do with her career as it did with her life style and friends. Nevertheless it does bring to light once again the need to be cautious when dealing with unknown prospects.

http://nogimmicksrealestate.blogspot.com/