US tycoon Robert Durst guilty of Beverly Hills murder of best friendRobert Durst is an estranged member of one of New York's wealthiest and most powerful real estate dynastiesLOS ANGELES - US real estate scion Robert Durst was Friday convicted of killing his best friend to prevent her talking to police about his wife's disappearance. Durst, an estranged member of one of New York's wealthiest and most powerful real estate dynasties, was never charged in his wife's case. He was arrested in March 2015 in a New Orleans hotel room in connection with Berman's murder, hours before the final episode of the HBO documentary "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst" aired. He repeatedly denied any involvement in Berman's death, but acknowledged he had written an anonymous letter to police telling them that her body lay in her Beverly Hills home. He said a friend of Durst had testified that the real estate magnate had told him of Berman: "It was her or me.

Source: Bangkok Post September 18, 2021 00:33 UTC