03-19-2015, 01:26 PM
(03-18-2015, 08:05 AM)ramseycat Wrote: On GMA this morning they said he was transferred to the psych ward where he will remain until his bail hearing next week.
The Sheriff in New Orleans placed him there saying that Durst is a suicide risk. Durst's attorney says that's absolutely not true. Wonder what's going on behind the scenes with law enforcement.
The latest:
Real estate heir Robert Durst was in possession of a fake ID, nearly $43,000 in cash and a latex mask that could cover someone's head and neck when he was arrested at a New Orleans hotel on Saturday, a search warrant affidavit says.
According to the affidavit made public Wednesday, the FBI learned Durst had been withdrawing large sums of money since October. The affidavit also says Durst was found to be in possession of a fake Texas ID card under the name "Everette Ward" when he was arrested. Authorities say they were concerned Durst had the financial means to flee the country.
The affidavit was for a search of his condominium in Houston, which was executed Tuesday. Authorities seized a cellphone, bank statements, credit cards, compact discs and various court documents from the residence.
Durst could face the death penalty if convicted of killing Berman, the daughter of a prominent Las Vegas mobster, under special circumstances that allege he ambushed her and murdered a witness to a crime.
A law enforcement official said his arrest in connection with Berman's death was based on a letter Durst wrote to Berman a year before her killing and similarities it had to one that pointed police to her body. That evidence, which was uncovered and made public in the HBO documentary, revived the cold case.
The search warrant affidavit referenced above indicates a forensic document examiner confirmed for Los Angeles police in November that the letter that had alerted authorities to Berman's body was written by Durst.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/affidavit-re...-arrested/