Category: Robert Durst

Robert Durst, Real Estate Heir Convicted of Murder, Dies

LOS ANGELES—Robert Durst, the wealthy New York real estate heir and failed fugitive who was dogged for decades with suspicion in the disappearance and deaths of those around him before he was convicted last year of killing his best friend, has died. He was 78. Durst died of natural causes Monday in a hospital outside…


NY Real Estate Heir, Convicted Killer Robert Durst Dies in Prison

LOS ANGELES—New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a friend in her Benedict Canyon home, died Jan. 10 in prison. According to Chip Lewis, one of his attorneys, the 78-year-old Durst died of “natural causes associated with the litany of medical issues we had…


Robert Durst Indicted in 1982 Murder of Wife Kathie Durst

NEW YORK—Robert Durst was indicted Monday for murder in the death of his first wife, Kathie Durst, whose disappearance nearly four decades ago has long shadowed the incarcerated millionaire, contributing to his increasingly bizarre and violent behavior and leading to an infamous on-camera confession. A grand jury in the New York City suburbs returned the…


Real Estate Heir Robert Durst Indicted in 1982 Murder of Wife Kathie Durst

Robert Durst was indicted Monday for murder in the death of his first wife, Kathie Durst, who disappeared nearly four decades ago. “Durst, 78, was charged by a Westchester County Grand Jury in an indictment on Nov. 1, 2021, with Murder in the Second Degree,” the office of New York’s Westchester County District Attorney announced. “When…


Robert Durst Charged With 1982 Murder of Wife Kathie Durst

NEW YORK—Millionaire real estate scion Robert Durst, who was sentenced last week in California to life in prison for killing a confidante, has been charged in suburban New York City with the death of his wife, Kathie Durst, who vanished in 1982, authorities confirmed Friday. A state police investigator filed a criminal complaint Tuesday in…


Convicted Murderer Robert Durst Hospitalized With COVID-19: Lawyer

LOS ANGELES—New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who days ago was sentenced in a two-decade-old murder case, has been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19, his lawyer said Saturday, Defense Attorney Dick DeGuerin said he was notified that Durst was admitted after testing positive for the coronavirus. DeGuerin said he didn’t know Durst’s condition and was…


Robert Durst Sentenced to Life for Murder of Best Friend in California

Robert Durst, a New York real estate heir and multimillionaire, was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without chance of parole for the murder of his best friend in California more than two decades ago. The 78-year-old Durst was convicted last month in Los Angeles Superior Court of first degree murder in the death of…


Robert Durst Sentenced to Life for California Murder of Best Friend

Robert Durst, a New York real estate heir and multimillionaire, was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without chance of parole for the murder of his best friend in California more than two decades ago. The 78-year-old Durst was convicted last month in Los Angeles Superior Court of first degree murder in the death of…


New York Millionaire Robert Durst Guilty of Best Friend’s Murder

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—A Los Angeles jury convicted Robert Durst on Friday of murdering his best friend 20 years ago, a case that took on new life after the New York real estate heir participated in a documentary that connected him to the slaying that was linked to his wife’s 1982 disappearance. Durst, 78, was not in…


Robert Durst Testifies He Would Lie to Get out of Trouble

LOS ANGELES—A prosecutor attempted to ensnare Robert Durst in a web of deceit Tuesday after he admitted at his murder trial that he lied under oath in the past and would lie to get out of trouble. The New York real estate heir said he hadn’t lied during five days of testimony, but a series…