Robert Durst gets life in prison for the 2000 murder of his friend, Susan Berman.
in the murder of his best friend, Susan, and he was facing life in prison without the possibility of parole.Berman and his wife, Kathy, on a hot mic during the filming of the documentary,"The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst."In the HBO doc, you hear Durst muttering to himself,"You're caught ... What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course." He claims he was high on meth when he made the confession.
You'll recall ... Kathy disappeared way back in 1982 and it's widely suspected Durst killed her, though she was never found and he was never charged. Kathy's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Durst, but he scored a legal 'W' in that suit.Los Angeles County prosecutors set out to prove Durst killed Berman because she knew something about Kathy's death.
Police said they linked the letter to Durst, but the case went cold ... until it was reopened in wake of the HBO doc.
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