The US millionaire Robert Durst (78), who has just been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a friend, may soon have to answer for another incident in court. A murder charge had been filed against Durst because of the disappearance of his then-wife Kathie McCormack Durst in 1982, US media reported on Friday, citing the authorities in Lewisboro, north of the metropolis of New York. McCormack Durst had never been found – and no charges related to her disappearance had ever been brought.
Just last week, the Los Angeles real estate heir was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the murder of a friend over 20 years ago. About a month earlier, Durst had been found guilty by a jury of having shot and killed his friend Susan Berman at her Beverly Hills home over the Christmas period of 2000. Thirst, who suffered from bladder cancer, among other things, appeared sitting in a wheelchair in the courthouse. Most recently, he was also sick with Covid-19. His lawyers announced that they would appeal.
It would be his third murder
Thirst was also in court earlier. In 2003 he confessed to having killed and dismembered a neighbor in Galveston, Texas, two years earlier. The killing was done in self-defense, he panicked and decided to dismember the body. Durst was acquitted. According to prosecutors, Durst wanted to steal the man’s identity to avoid the investigation into his wife’s disappearance.
In the 2015 HBO documentary “The Jinx”, Durst seemed to admit the murders. He went to the bathroom while still wearing a microphone on. That recorded a series of comments that looked like a confession. «You are caught! What the fuck did i do? Killed them all, of course, ”he said. However, according to media reports, the transcripts of the sound recordings in court showed that the quotations had been merged and edited to put them in a different order and context. (SDA)