Durst Arraigned
New York real estate scion Robert Durst pleaded not guilty Thursday in the 2000 murder of his best friend, Susan Berman.
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Judge Orders Robert Durst Tried on Murder Charge
Quoting Robert Durst’s own words from a television documentary, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered the eccentric multimillionaire to stand trial on charges of murdering his close friend 18 years ago.
Read more‘Killed Them All, of Course’
Two months after the HBO documentary series “The Jinx” presented the conclusion that New York real estate multimillionaire Robert Durst had likely murdered three people, Durst told a friend from jail that he made a mistake talking to the show’s producers.
Read moreWitness Says Durst’s Wife Feared His ‘Homicidal Side’
The long-missing first wife of New York real estate heir Robert Durst told her medical school professor she was terrified of her husband, who had “a homicidal side,” the professor told a Superior Court judge Wednesday.
Read moreEvidence Piles Up in Robert Durst Murder Hearing
Evidence in the murder case against eccentric New York real estate scion Robert Durst will show he killed his friend and confidant Susan Berman in 2000 to keep her from revealing his involvement in the disappearance and presumed murder of his young wife nearly 19 years before, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Read moreProsecutors Demand That Robert Durst Be Tried for Murder
A hearing on whether New York real estate heir Robert Durst should stand trial for the December 2000 murder of his close friend got under way Monday with photos of the bullet wound in the back of the friend’s head and bruising to her body.
Read moreDurst Murder Detective Had Sex With a Witness
The New York detective who led the hunt for real estate heir Robert Durst’s missing wife 35 years ago acknowledged in court Wednesday that he had sex with a witness during the investigation.
Read moreProsecutor Irks Judge in Durst Murder Hearing
Testy exchanges Tuesday between attorneys and at one point, the judge, punctuated the cross-examination of the New York detective who investigated the disappearance of Robert Durst’s wife 35 years ago, and conceded that he failed to follow up on leads that could have implicated the eccentric real estate heir.
Read moreDetective Saw Robert Durst as Prime Suspect in First Murder
The New York police detective who led the unsuccessful investigation of the disappearance of Robert Durst’s first wife Kathleen in 1982 testified Wednesday that he came to suspect early on that the real estate heir may have killed her.
Read moreDurst Murder Detective Strikes Back at Critics
The New York police detective who first investigated the disappearance of Robert Durst’s wife in early 1982 fired back Tuesday at critics who accused him of botching the case and letting the eccentric real estate scion evade justice.
Read moreLast Phone Call With Murdered Durst Friend Recounted in Court
A day or two before writer Susan Berman was murdered in December 2000, she told a childhood friend that she was about to “blow … wide open” the story of a rich and powerful New Yorker’s long-missing wife, the friend testified Wednesday.
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Preliminary Evidence Piles Up in Robert Durst Murder Trial
Before she vanished in 1982, Robert Durst’s wife Kathleen told an emergency room doctor that her husband had hit her and told her divorce attorney that she feared he would kill her, a former New York state trooper testified Monday.
Read moreAttorney-Client Privilege Debated in Durst Murder Pretrial
As real estate scion Robert Durst sat in jail awaiting trial for murdering and dismembering a neighbor in Galveston, Texas, he practiced what he would say in court and how he would say it, according to a recording of a jailhouse phone call with his wife.
Read moreDustup Between Attorneys in Durst Murder Pretrial
When New York real estate heir Robert Durst told a close friend in early 1982 that his wife, Kathleen Durst, had gone missing several days earlier, Durst didn’t sound especially concerned, the friend told a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday.
Read moreHusband Contradicts Wife’s Testimony in Durst Murder Pretrial
Robert Durst’s personal attorney said his wife got it wrong last month when she testified that the New York real estate scion had been in Beverly Hills at the time he is accused of killing his close friend, Susan Berman.
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Damning Testimony in Murder Pretrial for Robert Durst
Susan Berman, whom New York real estate heir Robert Durst is accused of murdering, told her boyfriend that Durst had killed his own wife, Kathleen, the boyfriend testified Monday in court.
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Prosecutor’s Grilling Upsets Witness in Durst Murder Hearing
In a final day of intense questioning and shaky memories, the wife of one of Robert Durst’s attorneys acknowledged on the stand Monday that her husband prompted her to modify her previous testimony that Durst had said he was in Los Angeles around the time he is accused of murdering his closest friend here.
Read moreWitness in Durst Murder Trial Recants Testimony
Under cross-examination Thursday, a witness who testified on Wednesday that Robert Durst was in Los Angeles at or about the time he allegedly murdered his friend Susan Berman withdrew that statement and said she wasn’t sure.
Read moreAccused Murderer Durst’s ‘Close, Dear Friend’ Frustrates Prosecutor
A longtime friend of accused murderer Robert Durst testified Wednesday that the New York real estate heir told her he had been in Beverly Hills around the time he is suspected of killing his best friend, Susan Berman.
Read moreWitness’s Friendship With Attorney Complicates Durst Murder Trial
The government attorney prosecuting Robert Durst for murder tried for hours Tuesday to shake a longtime friend’s support for the multimillionaire real estate heir, while sparring with other attorneys and the judge over complicated privilege issues.
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