Robert Durst, the convicted killer, actual property inheritor, and topic of HBO true crime documentary ‘The Jinx’ – has died at age 78 from issues of COVID-19 whereas serving a life sentence for homicide at a Los Angeles correctional facility.
He died simply 4 months after being sentenced to life in jail for the execution-style killing of his longtime buddy Susan Berman in 2000.
His lawyer Chip Lewis confirmed to the New York Instances he died at San Joaquin Common Hospital after going into cardiac arrest.
In December, he was seen wanting frail and with a respiration tube in a mug shot launched by the California Division of Corrections.
At his time of demise, had been acquitted of butchering his neighbor in 2003, and charged by a grand jury over the mysterious disappearance of his first spouse in 1982.
Durst’s legal professionals stated he was affected by a ‘myriad of life-threatening points’ together with bladder most cancers final September. ‘His well being deteriorated over the weeks of the trial,’ stated his lawyer Dick DeGuerin. ‘He appeared like demise warmed over.’
In December, he was seen wanting frail and with a respiration tube in a mug shot launched by the California Division of Corrections
Final October, Durst was sentenced to life for the execution-style killing of his longtime buddy and confidant, Susan Berman. Prosecutors alleged his motive was to stop her from revealing what she knew concerning the vanishing of his spouse, Kathleen McCormack Durst in 1982.
All through his trial, his protection tried to postpone his case resulting from ongoing well being issues, together with chest pains, respiration issues, ache whereas dressing and from having a catheter, and urinary tract infections resulting from his bladder most cancers.
Regardless of his slipping well being, he was sentenced to life in jail with out parole for the December 2000 homicide of his greatest buddy Susan Berman and was then indicted for the homicide of his first spouse Kathie Durst in 1982.
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