Real estate heir and convicted murderer Robert Durst died Monday. He was 78-years-old
Actual property inheritor and convicted assassin Robert Durst died Monday. He was 78-years-old (Image: AP)

Robert Durst, the New York actual property inheritor lengthy suspected of being a serial killer, has died, his lawyer confirmed Monday. He was 78.

Durst was sentenced to life in jail in October for the execution-style killing of his greatest good friend Susan Berman. He was quickly after charged within the loss of life of his spouse Kathie, who vanished in 1982.

Durst had suffered from a cardiac arrest and was unable to be revived, his legal professional Chip Lewis informed The New York Occasions.

In keeping with Lewis, the 78-year-old had gone to San Joaquin Common Hospital in California for testing, the place he had a coronary heart assault.

Durst had been serving his life sentence on the California Well being Care Facility after he was discovered responsible for the homicide of Berman final September.

Durst killed Berman to stop her from from speaking about his spouse’s disappearance. Prosecutors stated that Berman had offered a false alibi for Durst when his spouse disappeared.

Shortly after his conviction, Durst examined constructive for Covid-19 and was briefly placed on a ventilator. His legal professional stated the virus had worsened his already deteriorating well being.  He had additionally battled bladder most cancers.

Durst was suspected of getting killed three folks: his first spouse, Katheen Durst, who disappeared in 1982; his good friend, Susan Berman; and Morris Black, a neighbor who was shot in Durst’s Texas house in 2001.

In every loss of life, investigators discovered circumstances pointing to Mr. Durst because the perpetrator. After Berman’s loss of life, Durst went into hiding, the place he disguised himself as a mute lady. Durst was acquitted in Black’s loss of life after telling the jury he did it in self-defense.

Berman’s killing had been an unsolved thriller for 15 years, till The Jinx, a documentary Durst participated in that unearthed proof that led to his arrest.

In the chilling closing scene of the documentary, Durst leaves his microphone on when he heads for a loo break throughout an interview.

Durst is then heard saying to himself: ‘What the hell did I do? Killed all of them, in fact.’

He was arrested a day earlier than the finale aired.

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