Formal charges are reported to be pending against Natavia Lowery, 26, and she is said to have "made statements implicating herself" in killing Linda Stein.
Linda Stein, who was the ex-wife of Sire Records head Seymour Stein, managed The Ramones during the band's years of great success as one of the pioneers of the punk rock movement.
However, Linda Stein went into property after she stopped managing The Ramones in 1980.
Linda Stein was born in Manhattan, and she had worked as a teacher before a date with Seymour Stein brought her into the world of pop and rock music.
