Durst (78) is in danger of life without parole. The amount of the sentence is to be announced on October 18.
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Durst murdered his friend Susan Berman in 2000 by shooting her in the back of the head at her Los Angeles home. According to the indictment, the woman was ready to talk to the police about the circumstances of Durst’s wife’s disappearance in 1982.
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Durst’s prosecutors portrayed Durst as a wealthy narcissistic man who felt he was not subject to the law and was ruthlessly getting rid of people who obstructed him. In addition to Berman’s murder, Durst is also suspected of murdering his wife Kathleen in New York and his neighbor in Texas, who revealed his identity when the tycoon hid from the law.
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Durst did not attend the trial in person. Instead, he was in solitary confinement in prison because he was in contact with an infected covid-19.
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Confession from the bathroom
Durst was arrested in 2015 in New Orleans on the eve of the final episode of HBO’s Robert Durst’s Unclear Crimes. According to the indictment, he made a confession when a small clipped microphone caught his self-talk in the bathroom. “Yes, it is. They got you … What the hell did I do? I killed them all, of course, ”the millionaire said to himself.
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Durst’s lawyer said he was disappointed with the jury’s decision. According to him, his client will use all possibilities of appeal.
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