The defense had argued that the search of Mr. DeGuerin, appear to have miscalculated in New Orleans. Durst later pleaded guilty to charges of jumping bond and evidence tampering in connection with the case. Investigators in California, New York and Texas do not believe it was self-defense. Black’s death was an accident that occurred while the two men grappled over a gun. “I just threw the garbage bags off the pier,” he said. Durst said that he had no idea where the head is.
In 2003, a jury in Galveston, Tex., acquitted him of murder charges, despite his testimony explaining how he cut up the body of a neighbor, Morris Black, and threw the parts into Galveston Bay. He was never charged in the disappearance of his first wife. Durst, who is worth more than $100 million, has benefited from some of the best defense lawyers money could buy. Berman to ensure she did not reveal what she knew about what happened to Ms. Durst’s first wife, Kathleen, disappeared in 1982, and the authorities believe he killed Ms. Robert Durst broke with his family in 1994, after his father and uncle picked his younger brother Douglas to take over the business.
Durst is the oldest son of Seymour Durst, whose family owns a dozen skyscrapers in Manhattan. The resolution of the Los Angeles case could finally cast light on the mysteries that have enveloped Mr. Durst, who appeared so thin that his shackles kept slipping below his waist, responded to questions from the judge in a weak, raspy monotone.
“We want to go to trial and prove that he didn’t kill Susan Berman and doesn’t know who did.” Durst’s lead lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, said. “We got everything we wanted out of the way so we can get to California,” Mr. Durst faced a maximum prison sentence of 10 years and a fine of $250,000. Under the plea agreement, the prosecution has to arraign Mr. Durst will eventually be transferred to federal prison, most likely to Terminal Island, outside of Los Angeles, to face charges that he murdered a former confidante, Susan Berman.
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