Doug Schumann, left, and Lizbet Engelsted dance after Schumann was the highest bidder on lot 31, a trip to Argentina for $40,000 during the 2009 Naples Winter Wine Festival auction at the Ritz-Carlton Tiburon in Naples on Feb. 7, 2009. Greg Kahn/Staff
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Lisbet Engelsted, left, and Doug Schumann at NCH Magnolia Ball
The death of a 46-year-old Naples woman who authorities say fell down a marble staircase inside a $4.5 million Gordon Drive home in June has been officially classified as an accident, the Naples Police Department reported.
Lisbet Alicia Engelsted died of a head trauma — or a blunt craniocerebral injury, according to her autopsy report.
“Her injuries are consistent with a fall,” Naples Lt. Robb Bock said, adding there was no reason to believe she was pushed down the stairs.
Toxicology tests listed Engelsted’s blood-alcohol level at 0.27 and 0.33, which are three to four times the legal driving limit of 0.08 in Florida, according to reports.
Engelsted’s body was discovered in a small pool of blood June 18, inside a home at 3200 Gordon Drive. The home belongs to Douglas Schumann, 66, who at one time dated Engelsted. However, at the time of her death they were just friends, he said.
Engelsted was living at his Gordon Drive home, while he lived at another. Records indicate that Schumann owned 13 homes in the Naples area at the time of Engelsted’s death.
“It was just a sad event, and that’s all I can really say,” said Schumann, who was traveling aboard a ship in the south of France when he learned Engelsted had died.
Schumann said he asked a friend to check on Engelsted when he couldn’t get her on the phone and learned that she had missed some appointments. Authorities were called to the home around 8:30 a.m. June 18.
Family members described Engelsted as a “serious athlete” who had become an enthusiastic triathlete. In January, she ran the Naples Daily News Half Marathon. But Schumann said Engelsted struggled with a personal demon — alcohol.
She attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings almost daily, he said, but sometimes succumbed to her cravings.
“She was not an unhappy person. She was a happy person,” Schumann said. “When we spoke last, which was a few hours before she passed away, she was in very high spirits.”
Naples police officially closed the case in October.
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Comments » 33
naplessell writes:
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suzy7 writes:
Well !!!!!, I guess maybe !!!!
biomanogt writes:
I guess the old saying " money can't buy you happiness" is true!
justright writes:
How tragic. Rest in peace.
LGoldstein writes:
"Engelsted was living at his Gordon Drive home, while he lived at another." What the Frank! The article has two billion other mistakes. Shut down or hire some cockroaches to print news.
ed34145 writes:
LGoldstein....read the article again. It is stated correctly.
The author introduced Mr. Schumann then said that Engelsted (the woman) was living at his (Mr. Schumann's) home while he (Schumann) lived at another.
LGoldstein writes:
ed34145, "Engelsted was living at his Gordon Drive home, while he lived at another." What is correct about this statement? Once you enter the realm or absurd, all bets are off regarding interpretation.
beetlejuice writes:
sad
JaysusChrist writes:
She wasn't just drunk...she was CRUNK!
All joking aside, even a serious athlete can lose their balance in such an intoxicated state. It is an unfortunate loss.
crazyjoedivola writes:
First he said he asked a friend to check on her since he couldn't get her on the phone, then he says, "“When we spoke last, which was a few hours before she passed away, she was in very high spirits.” Confusing.
greathornedlizard writes:
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beetlejuice writes:
Morgan & Morgan for the fallers, trippers, ballers, in order to FIGHT against losers who should have been there for her, instead of wherever.
naplesnole77 writes:
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PeopleSpeak writes:
Cougartown, meet COPS.
I'll be the first to admit that journalism in Collier County is essentially absent and the Scrapps Rag should clean house... but when you actually think about what happened, this story is pretty depressing and telling for Naples.
Nasty (how many appointments do you miss BEFORE 8:30AM unless they were scheduled for 10 or 11PM the night before) cougar (dude is 20 yrs her senior) gets obliterated (.3 BAC) at house where her "buddy" put her up, meanwhile he's home at 4200 block working on his private jet charter service.
PeopleSpeak writes:
**Not a cougar in the strictest sense of the word, particularly in relation to the sugar daddy, but I'm presuming you all could imagine her at Blue Martini.
Godstheboss writes:
Amazing how pathetic some people can be after reading a story about the loss of a life.
louiegagootz writes:
...a little bitter, are we?
naplesnole77 writes:
??? she was not a hooker....
HarryNuts writes:
Now YOU must be a VIP in your universe trolling all morning on NaplesNews!
Go back to your liguid breakfast and 15 cats
naplesFL3755 writes:
We are human beings, and each of us has problems & weaknesses. The delight that some of you take in mocking this tragic story is appalling and shows zero empathy for those involved.
Ms. Englested was a lovely and kind lady, who is missed by those who knew her. I would hope that those who post here remember that she left behind children, and loved ones, and to consider their feelings when comments are left.
And remember John 8:7 - "Let the person among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone..."
justsaynoemore writes:
The most disturbing part of this story (after the disturbing, viscious comments by readers), is that AA and the press have since 1935 a handshake pact of ANONYMITY for alcholics. Just because her "boyfriend" broke her anonymity, the NDN didn't have to print it. A followup article with perhaps an alcohol toxicity number might have been appropriate, because I don't see anything from an authoritative official saying she was "drunk", just the speculation of a "boyfriend". Aloholics suffer from a disease and alcholism is rampant in America and especially Naples, which I think was the state of mind of most of the viscious commenters. Go to a meeting, sober up, and join the human race again.
Ghostrider19 writes:
My dad used to say there are rich drunks and poor drunks, and the only difference is what and where they drink they are exactly the same, and no what your social standing is you should treat everyone equally and with respect.
HarryNuts writes:
If she fell off the roof of her trailer while that intoxicated would you be such a bleeding heart?
I highly doubt it.
The comments would be twice as vicious (and hilarious) and no one would be rationalizing her 'disease'
HarryNuts writes:
Or as they say, "Poop comes in all colors"
AMEN
flamom73 writes:
Was Phil Spector anywhere around?
sharks2009 writes:
The alcohol was hard on her. She looks more like 66 than 46.
naplesnole77 writes:
i agree..that is why she had her "accident"..
so he could troll for new meat..
PATSWIFEY (Inactive) writes:
how unfortunate for her.
sad. just sad.
marcg (Inactive) writes:
She was in very high spirits and full of grain alcohol when he last spoke to her. She was a very happy person, living rent-free in a 4.5 million dollar home.
greathornedlizard writes:
I've just read a dozen "drunk" remarks and a half dozen "sugardaddy" remarks yet I got scratched for mentioning that wooden stairs are less unforgiving than marble stairs?
Lighten up!
cheryl5458 writes:
All you "nasty" people should be ahsamed of your rude comments... a life was lost,a child lost a mother, parents lost a child, and so on! all I can say is that you are very jeolous people. I'm amazed at how many of you are so perfect. Alcoholism is a disease and from what I read, she was trying to help herself! Get a life people!
AfterDark (Inactive) writes:
Enough of the hatred and joking!!!
Hey, I bet you can’t say Lt. Robb Bock 5 times fast. Robb Block, Blob Block, Clob Rot., Bla Bla… blasted!!!
HarryNuts writes:
BAHAHAHA
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