RAMONES - ATTORNEY: 'MALE DNA FOUND WITH RAMONES MANAGER'S BLOOD'

ATTORNEY: 'MALE DNA FOUND WITH RAMONES MANAGER'S BLOOD'

Officials investigating the murder of former RAMONES manager LINDA STEIN found male DNA in a bathroom sink mixed with the victim's blood, according to the lawyer for the woman charged with the killing. Defence attorney Ronald Kuby, who is representing murder suspect Natavia Lowery, claims the evidence is detailed in a medical examiner's report, dated 11 January (08) and sent to him by prosecutors. Kuby alleges the unknown man left his DNA while cleaning up after beating Stein to death at her New York home last October (07). He also claims that while Stein's blood was splattered around her apartment, none was found on 26-year-old Lowery's clothing. But Manhattan District Attorney spokeswoman Barbara Thompson has played down Kuby's claims about the significance of the male DNA evidence, saying, "There was a very tiny speck of blood found. There is nothing to suggest that the blood came from the murderer." Lowery, who worked as Stein's assistant, is charged with murdering the punk pioneer-turned-real estate agent.