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[h=4]Did subject of HBO documentary really 'kill them all'?[/h]Eccentric real-estate heir Robert Durst faced an extradition hearing on a murder charge Monday, hours after an HBO documentary was aired in which he mumbled "What did I do? Kill them all, of course." Durst,
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Real estate heir Robert Durst was arrested in New Orleans on a first-degree murder warrant. On Sunday night, the final episode of a six-part HBO documentary featuring him aired. VPC
New York City real estate heir Robert Durst leaves a Houston courtroom on Aug. 15, 2014.(Photo: Pat Sullivan, AP)
Eccentric real-estate heir Robert Durst faced an extradition hearing on a murder charge Monday, hours after an HBO documentary was aired in which he mumbled "What did I do? Kill them all, of course."
Durst, 71, an outcast member of a prominent New York family, was taken into custody in a New Orleans hotel lobby Saturday night. He was being held on a first-degree murder warrant from Los Angeles.
Durst, linked to at least three murders, was the focal point of the six-part HBO documentary The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst. In the final episode that aired Sunday evening, he wore his microphone into a bathroom.
"There it is. You're caught," Durst is heard mumbling to himself, adding "What the hell did I do? Killed them all of course."
Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki told Good Morning America on Monday that his team didn't notice Durst's bathroom ramblings for more than two years because the recording had no video and "you're making a film."
"It took a while to really understand the impact of it," Jarecki said. "It was so chilling to hear it."
He said they contacted law enforcement. The Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement Sunday that it had been investigating the slaying of writer and Durst confidant Susan Berman since her body was discovered in her West Los Angeles home on Christmas Eve 2000. Durst discussed the case in the HBO documentary series.
"As a result of investigative leads and additional evidence that has come to light in the past year, investigators have identified Robert Durst as the person responsible for Ms. Berman's death,'' the Los Angeles Police statement said.
Los Angeles authorities said they were seeking Durst's extradition from Louisiana. Durst's lawyer, Chip Lewis, said Durst will not fight extradition but will fight the charges. He also told Fox News he was "underwhelmed" by the HBO episode.
Durst's brother Douglas, president of the family's multibillion dollar real estate conglomerate Durst Organization, expressed "relief" at the arrest.
"We hope he will finally be held accountable for all he has done," Douglas Durst said in a statement.
In 1982, Robert Durst was the only named suspect in the disappearance of his first wife, medical student Kathleen McCormack, who vanished after Durst maintained he dropped her off at a train station near their home north of New York City in Westchester County.
After investigators looking into the McCormack disappearance contacted Berman, she was found murdered with a gunshot wound to the back of her head. Durst was never charged.
Last week's HBO episode hinted that Los Angeles detectives were closing in on Durst, showing an apparent match between a Dec. 23, 2000, anonymous letter alerting police to a body at Berman's address and the handwriting on a letter Durst sent Berman the previous year. Both letters misspelled Beverly Hills as "Beverley."
New York state police investigator Joseph Becerra was the first to take a fresh look at McCormack's disappearance in 2000 and has worked closely with Los Angeles detectives and FBI agents in recent months.
"We're going to monitor the Los Angeles case closely, and hopefully it will lead to some resolution of our case," Becerra said Sunday.
Months after Berman's death, Durst was arrested in the death of a Texas neighbor, Morris Black. Durst admitted cutting up Black's body and dumping the remains in Galveston Bay. Aided by a trio of famed Houston defense lawyers, Durst won an acquittal based on self-defense.
Durst's family's business, the Durst Organization, owns more than 15 skyscrapers, including the Bank of America tower in the heart of Manhattan, and has a large investment in One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the U.S. and the replacement for the destroyed twin towers. Douglas Durst serves as president; Robert Durst is not involved in the family business.
Attorney Ellen Strauss, a friend of Durst's first wife Kathleen from their days as students at Western Connecticut State University, said she was relieved by the arrest. "I feel extremely vindicated after 33 years,'' she said.
"It's not going to bring Kathie back," Strauss added. "He may never be arrested for that case. But he will remain behind bars, where he belongs. It's finally come full circle."
Contributing: William M. Welch in Los Angeles; Jonathan Bandler, The (Westchester County, N.Y.) Journal News
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