The Jinx Killer Robert Durst Dead At 78
perezhilton.comRobert Durst has died at the age of 78. Attorney Chip Lewis confirmed the news to the Associated Press that the convicted killer and documentary subject passed away in a state prison hospital facility in Stockton, apparently from natural causes as he was dealing with numerous medical issues.
The real estate heir was already serving a term of life in prison for the murder of his best friend Susan Berman, whom he was convicted of killing in a highly watched trial last September.
However, he will not be able to face his next prosecution — for the murder of his first wife, Kathleen McCormack. Related: How Durst Contradicted Himself In Murder Trial Testimony Those who have followed the case, immortalized in the film All Good Things with Ryan Gosling, will remember that Kathie disappeared in 1982.
Her body was never found, but it was widely believed she was murdered — and Durst was everyone’s prime suspect. The entire theory of the prosecution in the Susan Berman killing was that Durst killed her in 2000 because after many years she had finally decided to come clean about lying about his alibi for Kathie’s killing.
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