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The hits keep coming in the trial of Natavia Lowery, who is accused of bludgeoning her former boss Linda Stein to death in 2007. But before we get to yesterday's testimony from Stein's ex-husband, music producer Seymour Stein, there's something else that has come to our attention.
A reader pointed out to us that Natavia Lowery is wearing two different pairs of pants in the surveillance video from the day of Stein's murder. This hasn't been brought up during the trial, and so far it has only been pointed out that there were no blood spatters on Lowery's clothes. But the footage shows Lowery entering the apartment building with khaki pants that have cargo pockets on each side. Later she is shown leaving Stein's apartment, with two bags (one that appears to be heavy and which is never seen again), wearing totally different khaki pants, with no cargo pockets! How has this not been called to attention?
Meanwhile, yesterday Seymour Stein took the stand testifying that he called his ex-wife the day of her murder and Lowery answered her phone, telling him she was out running (she told others who called that she was out for a walk). That surveillance footage (after the jump) has shown that Stein never actually left her apartment that day (but Lowery was in and out allegedly covering he tracks); and when Mr. Stein called, his ex-wife had already been dead for hours. The belief is that Lowery was trying to buy time and stall the body from being discovered.
A recorded conversation between Lowery and a debt collector was also presented yesterday; in it, she pays $1,133.61 in back rent via Stein's checking account (the NY Post has audio). Prosecutors charge that she stole over $30,000 from her former boss, and that a confrontation about this is what led to the murder. Another testimony came from an old co-worker of Stein's, who said she asked Lowery how working for the real estate agent was going, to which Lowery responded in what was described as a determined voice: "We're going to have to put an end to this."
UPDATE: Here are some more screenshots, showing Lowery's pants before and after the murder allegedly took place. The pants are turned inside out after she leaves Stein's apartment.
Pocket, no pocket, inside-out pant seam
