Robert Durst, New York real estate heir convicted of murder, dead at 78
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Robert Durst, the New York City real estate heir who was convicted of murdering his friend Susan Berman, has died in prison, his attorney confirmed to CBS News. After decades as an unsolved case, Durst was just charged with his wife's murder in October."After 40 years spent seeking justice for her death, I know how upsetting this news must be for Kathleen Durst's family," Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Durst claimed he shot and killed Black in self-defense after finding him in his living room, although Cody Cazalas, Galveston Major Crimes detective at that time, told CBS News' "48 Hours" that Durst "probably walked up behind him and shot him in the back of the head." The body had been cut up, the parts shoved into plastic bags, and dumped into the Galveston Bay. Black's head was never found, so prosecutors were never able to determine whether it was an execution or simply an accident as Durst claimed, and Durst's lawyers argued that he chopped up the body out of panic.
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