INGLEWOOD, Calif.: A Los Angeles jury convicted Robert Durst on Friday of murdering his best friend 20 years ago after participating in a documentary about a New York real estate heir that took new life. Linked him to the murder involving his wife. 1982 missing.
Durst, 78, was convicted of first-degree murder of Susan Berman, who was shot at point-blank range in the back of the head at her Los Angeles home in December 2000 as she prepared to tell police that How he helped cover up the murder of his wife.
Burman, the daughter of a Las Vegas mobster, was Durst’s longtime confidant, who told friends he provided a fake excuse for her after his wife disappeared.
Prosecutors painted a portrait of a wealthy narcissist who didn’t think the laws applied to him and ruthlessly dealt with those who stood in his way. He combined evidence with that of Kathy Durst’s suspected murder of Berman and the 2001 murder of a tenant at a fluffhouse in Texas, where Robert Durst hid while fleeing New York officials.
Durst was arrested in 2015 while hiding in a New Orleans hotel on the eve of the airing of the final episode of The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, in which he was confronted with incriminating evidence and what prosecutors told him. Said he did. confession.
Durst can be heard murmuring to himself on the live microphone in the bathroom: There it is. you got caught
Dursts’ decision to testify in his defense in hopes of a repeat of his acquittal in Texas backfired as he was forced to lie under oath, made harmful admissions and destroyed his credibility when questioned by a prosecutor. It was done
The conviction marks a victory for officials who have sought to put Durst behind bars on murder charges in three states. Durst was never charged with the disappearance of his wife, who was never found, and he was acquitted of murder in Galveston, Texas, where he confessed to dismembering the victims’ bodies and throwing it into the sea. Of.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif.: A Los Angeles jury on Friday delivered a verdict in the lengthy murder trial of New York real estate heir Robert Durst.
The jurors deliberated for nearly 7 hours for three days before announcing that they had reached a decision on the murder of her best friend.
Durst, 78, faces life imprisonment after being found guilty of shooting dead his friend Susan Berman at her home in Los Angeles in December 2000.
Prosecutors said Durst silenced Berman to prevent him from telling police what she knew about the disappearance and suspected murder of his wife in New York in 1982.
Durst testified that he did not kill his wife or the barman, although he said he would have lied if he had done so.
Durst faces life imprisonment if convicted of first-degree murder.
He was acquitted of murder in the 2001 Texas murder of a neighbor.
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