03-15-2015, 01:16 PM
For those who follow major crime stories, the name "Robert Durst" is very familiar -- also, I imagine, to anyone who's lived in New York for any length of time and follows the news. Durst is very wealthy; the Durst family are real estate tycoons in New York City.
TIMELINE
1982 -- His Wife Disappears
![[Image: 2680EE4C00000578-2995813-Berman_was_kill...455053.jpg]](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/15/2680EE4C00000578-2995813-Berman_was_killed_shortly_before_she_was_to_be_questioned_about_-a-33_1426434455053.jpg)
Durst's wife ^ Kathie disappeared in 1982 under suspicious circumstances. She's not been heard from since. Her friends have sleuthed the case and suspected Durst of foul play for decades.
2000 -- His Close Friend and Confidante is Executed
![[Image: 2684118800000578-2995813-Durst_was_quest...447592.jpg]](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/15/2684118800000578-2995813-Durst_was_questioned_in_2000_after_the_death_of_his_longtime_fri-m-32_1426434447592.jpg)
One of Durst's closest friends and confidantes in Los Angeles, Susan Berman (daughter of a gangster; pictured above), was shot in the back of the head and killed in her home. It has long been suspected that Durst killed her before she could be interviewed by investigators about the disappearance of Kathy Durst. But, LE could only put Durst in California at the time of Susan's murder, not in L.A. and not at Berman's home, so no charges were filed against him.
2001 -- His Neighbor is Killed/Dismembered
![[Image: 104.jpg]](http://murderpedia.org/male.D/images/durst_robert/104.jpg)
Durst took off to Galveston, Tx when an investigation into Kathy's investigation started heating up again. There, he disguised himself and lived as a mute woman, next door to a man named Morris Black (pictured above). Black ended up dead, dismembered, and floating in garbage bags in a nearby bay (except for his head, which has never been found). Durst was arrested, prosecuted, and admitted to shooting and dismembering his neighbor. He claimed self-defense and was unbelievably acquitted. Seeing the footage from the trial for the first time in the HBO docu, I can almost understand how he got off. Man, he had a great defense team and Durst played his role well to the jury.
2015 -- Durst-initiated documentary to tell his side of the story airs (or, does he want to get caught?)
![[Image: the-jinx.jpg?w=580]](http://images.enstarz.com/data/images/full/50587/the-jinx.jpg?w=580)
^Robert Durst today
I binge-watched episodes 1 - 5 of The Jinx (it's an HBO 6-part documentary about Durst) yesterday. It's a really well-executed and addicting documentary. Even knowing most of the major details from following the story in the media for years, I was hooked. I learned a lot from the background information provided and more so from the interviews with Durst himself -- he'd previously avoided the media. He's an oddly fascinating subject. His wife is something else too.
So, at the end of the fifth installment, an amazing and very incriminating new clue was discovered during the making of the documentary. The final installment airs tonight.
And, today, Durst was arrested in New Orleans for the murder of Susan Berman based on that clue.
I'm interested in anyone's thoughts about the cases or the HBO series.
TIMELINE
1982 -- His Wife Disappears
Durst's wife ^ Kathie disappeared in 1982 under suspicious circumstances. She's not been heard from since. Her friends have sleuthed the case and suspected Durst of foul play for decades.
2000 -- His Close Friend and Confidante is Executed
One of Durst's closest friends and confidantes in Los Angeles, Susan Berman (daughter of a gangster; pictured above), was shot in the back of the head and killed in her home. It has long been suspected that Durst killed her before she could be interviewed by investigators about the disappearance of Kathy Durst. But, LE could only put Durst in California at the time of Susan's murder, not in L.A. and not at Berman's home, so no charges were filed against him.
2001 -- His Neighbor is Killed/Dismembered
Durst took off to Galveston, Tx when an investigation into Kathy's investigation started heating up again. There, he disguised himself and lived as a mute woman, next door to a man named Morris Black (pictured above). Black ended up dead, dismembered, and floating in garbage bags in a nearby bay (except for his head, which has never been found). Durst was arrested, prosecuted, and admitted to shooting and dismembering his neighbor. He claimed self-defense and was unbelievably acquitted. Seeing the footage from the trial for the first time in the HBO docu, I can almost understand how he got off. Man, he had a great defense team and Durst played his role well to the jury.
2015 -- Durst-initiated documentary to tell his side of the story airs (or, does he want to get caught?)
^Robert Durst today
I binge-watched episodes 1 - 5 of The Jinx (it's an HBO 6-part documentary about Durst) yesterday. It's a really well-executed and addicting documentary. Even knowing most of the major details from following the story in the media for years, I was hooked. I learned a lot from the background information provided and more so from the interviews with Durst himself -- he'd previously avoided the media. He's an oddly fascinating subject. His wife is something else too.
So, at the end of the fifth installment, an amazing and very incriminating new clue was discovered during the making of the documentary. The final installment airs tonight.
And, today, Durst was arrested in New Orleans for the murder of Susan Berman based on that clue.
I'm interested in anyone's thoughts about the cases or the HBO series.