He was 78 years old. In October this year, he was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his friend Susan Berman in 2000. He was involved in two other murders.
His lawyer confirmed that Durst died a natural death and that he had numerous health problems. According to the New York Post, Durst ended up in the hospital last year due to covid-19, and he also had bladder cancer.
Durst accidentally admitted three old cases of unsolved murders during the filming of the 2015 HBO documentary. While still wearing a microphone after one interview, he was filmed muttering to himself in his chin in the toilet:
"What did I do? I killed them all."
Suspected of killing his wife and neighbors
Durst is accused of shooting Berman in the head to cover up the disappearance of his wife Kathleen McCormack Durst, who disappeared in New York in 1982. The 78-year-old was only tried for the murder of Berman in her house in California, and he is also suspected of the murders of his wife and former neighbor that took place in the past 39 years.
Although he was suspected for years of the disappearance of his wife, a 29-year-old medical student, he was never charged. Prosecutors said he killed her and that 18 years later he decided to kill Berman because she revealed to others that she helped him cover up the crime.
Shortly after the verdict was announced, the McCormack family asked the Westchester County prosecutor in New York to prosecute Durst, and the case was reopened in May. Prosecutors also linked Durst to the 2001 murder of neighbor Maurice Black in Galveston, Texas.
Durst was acquitted of murder charges, although he admitted that he dismembered Black and threw away his remains after he was accidentally hit.
Durst was the grandson of the founder of one of the leading New York real estate companies, and he followed the announcement of the verdict from prison due to exposure to coronavirus.
He was arrested while entering a hotel in New Orleans, where he was reported under a false name, just hours before the broadcast of the last episode of the HBO documentary, without which, according to prosecutors, there would be no conviction.
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