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Convicted Murderer Robert Durst Dies In Prison At Age 78
Real estate heir Robert Durst, who was convicted last year of killing a friend in her Benedict Canyon home, has died in a California prison at the age of 78.
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Real estate heir Robert Durst, who was convicted last year of killing a friend in her Benedict Canyon home, has died in a California prison at the age of 78.
Kathie Durst's body has never been found.
Prosecutors allege Durst shot his longtime friend Berman because she was going to speak to investigators about the 1982 disappearance of Durst's first wife, whose body has never been found.
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New York real estate scion Robert Durst testified Monday that he sent police a letter letting them know about a cadaver inside Susan Berman's Benedict Canyon home after finding her body there in December of 2000.
Prosecutors contend Durst killed his wife in 1982, and murdered Berman in December of 2000 because she was about to talk to police about his involvement in her disappearance.
Durst's testimony Monday was the first time he's spoken for himself since the trial began. The 78-year-old was seated in a wheelchair as he testified, and appeared frail, struggled to hear his attorney, and spoke in a raspy voice as he answered his attorney's questions.
Attorneys for New York real estate scion Robert Durst, currently on trial for murder, have filed an emergency motion for a mistrial, alleging that he has life-threatening health issues that are continuing to worsen.
In her second day of testimony in the trial against Robert Durst, original "SNL" cast member Laraine Newman sat for continued cross-examination by Durst's attorneys.
Laraine Newman, an original cast member of "Saturday Night Live," testified Wednesday in the Robert Durst trial.
Robert Durst's lead attorney Wednesday told jurors that the millionaire real estate scion had no motive and nothing to gain from the shooting death of his longtime friend Susan Berman more than two decades ago.
The trial, which initially began days before the coronavirus pandemic prompted widespread closures, has now been restarted after a 14-month delay.
The trial of Robert Durst, a multimillionaire accused of killing his longtime friend Susan Berman at her Benedict Canyon home back in 2000, is set to resume Monday at the Inglewood Courthouse after a year-long delay due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Attorneys for Robert Durst, accused of December 2000 shooting death of Susan Berman, asked the judge Thursday to indefinitely postpone the trial.
The murder trial for former real estate scion Robert Durst - already previously delayed by the coronavirus emergency - was postponed again Friday until next April.
The murder trial of New York real estate heir Robert Durst may not resume until April of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The trial has been paused since March 12.
DeGuerin's remarks were part of the first day of the defense's opening statement, after the prosecution wrapped up its three-day opening statement on Monday.
Closing statements concluded Wednesday for Robert Durst, who is accused of accused of killing his longtime friend, Susan Berman, in 2000.
Durst, 76, faces one count of murder for the 2000 killing of his friend, Susan Berman.
After months of legal wrangling over the use of handwriting experts to determine who wrote an anonymous December 2000 note to police alerting them to a body inside a Benedict Canyon home, an attorney for millionaire New York real estate scion Robert Durst now admits his client wrote the message.
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