Cathy Scott - Robert Durst Murders

Cathy Scott is a Los Angeles Times bestselling American true-crime writer and investigative journalist who penned the biographies and true crime books The Killing of Tupac Shakurand The Murder of Biggie Smalls, bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic.

In this interview she tells Ed about the evidence against Durst, which she has gained through intensive research into the case and personal contacts.

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BACKGROUND

Robert Durst was a real estate magnate who inherited his empire from his Father, New York business tycoon Seymour Durst. Durst (Bob) first came to a larger public prominence when the investigation pointed to himself as a suspect in the cold case of his first wife’s Kathleen McCormacks’ unexplained disappearance in 1982. He was then investigated for the murder in 2000 of his friend Susan Berman and the killing the following year of his neighbour Morris Black.

Durst stood trial in 2003 for Black’s murder, but it ended in aquittal; However, the documentary series The Jinx showed significant new evidence in the case of Susan Berman and led to a trial which resulted in Durst being convicted of her murder and sentenced to life without parole. He was then also charged with McCormack’s disappearance in 2021 but died in 2022 before the trial could be set in motion.

At sentencing in 2021, Durst hung his head low and in a hot mic moment was heard to say to himself ‘What did I do’ to which he answered, angrily ‘You killed them all’.

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