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Millionaire and real estate heir Robert Durst during the murder trial in March 2020
Photo: ALEX GALLARDO / AFP
Just recently, US millionaire Robert Durst, 78, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a close friend. He may soon have to answer again in court: A murder charge had been filed against Durst because of the disappearance of his then wife Kathie McCormack Durst, US media reported, citing the authorities in Lewisboro, north of the metropolis of New York City. McCormack Durst disappeared without a trace in 1982 and has never been found - and no charges related to her disappearance have ever been brought before.
Just last week, the Los Angeles real estate heir was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of his girlfriend Susan Berman over 20 years ago.
About a month earlier, Durst had been found guilty by a jury of shooting Berman at her Beverly Hills home over Christmas 2000.
Thirst, who suffered from bladder cancer, among other things, appeared sitting in a wheelchair in the courthouse.
Most recently, he was also sick with Covid-19.
His lawyers announced that they would appeal.
Durst was already on trial in 2003
Durst has also been on trial before. In 2003 he confessed to having killed and dismembered a neighbor in Galveston, Texas, two years earlier. The killing was done in self-defense, he panicked and decided to dismember the body. Durst was acquitted. According to prosecutors, Durst wanted to steal the man's identity to avoid the investigation into his wife's disappearance.
In the 2015 HBO documentary "The Jinx," Durst appeared to admit the murders.
He went to the bathroom while still wearing a microphone on.
That recorded a series of comments that looked like a confession.
“You are caught!
What the fuck did i do?
Killed them all, of course, ”he said.
However, according to media reports, the transcripts of the sound recordings in court showed that the quotations had been merged and edited to put them in a different order and context.
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