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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:06,999 ?? 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:12,999 What I heard was Morris Black was not to be played with. 3 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,000 That, when you're in a moment of fright and fear, 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:18,999 it's called panic. 5 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,999 They said, if a person is already dead 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,999 and you get to chopping up the body, 7 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,999 that's called tampering with evidence. 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:27,999 ?? 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,999 And that's another case 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:31,999 and another trial. 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:41,999 ?? 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:51,999 ?? 13 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,999 ?? 14 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,999 Welcome to "Very Scary People." 15 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:57,999 I'm Donnie Wahlberg. 16 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,999 When Robert Durst's wife Kathie 17 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,999 vanished without a trace, her family suspected foul play, 18 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,999 but there was no proof of a crime. 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,999 No body was ever found. 20 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,999 Eighteen years later, when prosecutors 21 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,999 opened a new investigation into her case, 22 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,999 Durst himself disappeared. 23 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,999 He fled to Galveston, Texas, and began a strange new life ... 24 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,999 a new name, new story, a whole new identity. 25 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,999 He was posing as a deaf- mute woman named Dorothy Ciner, 26 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,999 until a dead body was discovered floating in the bay nearby 27 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,000 and a trail of blood led right back to his door. 28 00:01:32,001 --> 00:01:33,999 It all seemed too bizarre, 29 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,999 but Durst would explain everything in detail. 30 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,999 Here's part 2 of "Robert Durst," 31 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,999 "Nobody Tells the Whole Truth." 32 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:48,999 ?? 33 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:49,999 Good afternoon. In the news today, 34 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,999 a reward of $100,000 offered by a husband 35 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:54,999 to help find his missing wife. 36 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,999 Robert Durst's wife Kathie Durst 37 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,999 went missing in 1982. 38 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,999 The wife, 29-year-old Kathleen Durst, 39 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,999 a medical student at Albert Einstein College, 40 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,999 disappeared from the couple's Manhattan apartment. 41 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Once I heard she disappeared, 42 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,000 I think I knew pretty fast that something bad had happened. 43 00:02:15,951 --> 00:02:17,999 No body turned up. 44 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,999 There's no crime scene, even. 45 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,999 And the case just lost all momentum after a while. 46 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,999 Then, 18 years later, there's this new investigation 47 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,999 in the disappearance of Kathie Durst. 48 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,560 Pirro: I have a lot of questions. 49 00:02:32,561 --> 00:02:33,999 It appears that things 50 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,999 are not what they seemed to be in 1982. 51 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,999 When he learns that there's a new investigation 52 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,999 and he's going to come under scrutiny, once again, 53 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,999 Bob was in a panic. 54 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,980 What he does is he goes down to Galveston 55 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,999 and he rents an apartment. 56 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,999 Posing as a middle-aged woman who was deaf 57 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,999 and her name was Dorothy Ciner. 58 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,999 He's basically on the run, waiting to see what happens. 59 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,999 ?? 60 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:01,999 And then, a few weeks later, 61 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:02,999 Susan Berman is murdered 62 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,999 in Los Angeles. 63 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,999 ?? 64 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,999 Reporter: Susan Berman, an author 65 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,999 and a close friend of Robert Durst. 66 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,000 Birkbeck: She was the closest person 67 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,999 to Bobby back in 1982. 68 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,999 She knew everything that was going on. 69 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Bagli: Someone had addressed 70 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,999 an envelope 71 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,999 to "Beverley Hills Police," 72 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:26,999 and inside, on note paper, was the word "cadaver" 73 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,999 and an address ... Susan's address. 74 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,999 The supposition was that whoever sent that letter 75 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,999 had seen the body and wanted the body to be discovered. 76 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Then, in September 2001, another body turns up. 77 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Reporter: A teenage boy fishing 78 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,999 in the shallow waters 79 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:44,999 off Galveston, Texas, 80 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,000 stumbled on the gruesome remains of a murder. 81 00:03:48,001 --> 00:03:49,999 Reporter #2: Galveston police are convinced 82 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,520 58-year-old Robert Durst killed and dismembered 83 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,999 his 71-year-old neighbor Morris Black. 84 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,999 Who can chop up a body? 85 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,999 ?? 86 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,680 I don't know how a surgeon does it, 87 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,999 let alone a real-estate heir. 88 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,999 Criss: Then, an arrest is made. 89 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,999 They had a bond hearing where they expected him to show up 90 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,999 and, at some point, they realize he's not coming. 91 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Reporter: Today, Durst was due in court, 92 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,999 but didn't show. 93 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,999 This incredibly wealthy man is on the run. 94 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:19,999 You're talking about a guy that's got 95 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,999 millions of dollars at his disposal. 96 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:22,999 Robert, if you see this 97 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,999 or hear this, please come home. 98 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:26,999 Now, he's a fugitive from the law 99 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:27,999 and the question is, "Where is he?" 100 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,999 Criss: I strongly believed 101 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,999 that he is a danger to the community. 102 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,999 He's a very, very dangerous man. 103 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,999 ?? 104 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,999 After six weeks of being a fugitive, 105 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,000 Robert Durst gets caught in a small town in Pennsylvania 106 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,999 after he was accused of shoplifting a sandwich. 107 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,999 That's how he gets arrested 108 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 and sent back to Galveston, Texas. 109 00:05:01,951 --> 00:05:03,999 ?? 110 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Cooper: Jury selection got underway 111 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,999 in Galveston, Texas, today. 112 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,999 Robert Durst is on trial for murdering 113 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,999 and then dismembering his neighbor. 114 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,999 If he is found guilty of that murder, 115 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,999 he will spend the rest of his life behind bars, 116 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,999 which is a far cry from the lifestyle that he was born into. 117 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,999 He's a member of one of the wealthiest 118 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,999 real-estate families in New York City. 119 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,999 He's worth at least $500 million. 120 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,999 The attorneys that represented him 121 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,999 were some of the best in the country. 122 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,999 Dick DeGuerin, Chip Lewis, and Mike Ramsey, 123 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,999 they're the dream team of criminal defense attorneys 124 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,140 in this region of Texas. 125 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 It was a dream team defense 126 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,999 that cost Bob several million dollars. 127 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,999 The prosecution had a really good circumstantial case. 128 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,999 We had a tremendous amount of physical evidence. 129 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,999 Here we've got what we believe to be the murder weapon. 130 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,999 ?? 131 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,000 We had the blood trail between Morris Black's 132 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,999 apartment and his. 133 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,999 ?? 134 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,999 We also found a receipt from a local hardware store 135 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,999 that indicated a purchase for a bow saw 136 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,999 and several garbage bags. 137 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,999 These were all instruments that were used 138 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,999 in the killing and dismembering 139 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,999 and disposing of Morris Black. 140 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,999 ?? 141 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,999 Going into this trial, 142 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,999 everyone thought that the only way 143 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,999 Robert Durst might have a chance of getting out of this situation 144 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,999 is if he pled that he was insane. 145 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,999 How else do you explain the cutting up the body? 146 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,999 I mean, how do you explain 147 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,999 a person who could be so cold as to do that? 148 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,999 ?? 149 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,000 He was swimming in the blood 150 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,999 and then he cleaned up and went back to the San Luis Hotel 151 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,999 and had a Caesar salad. 152 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,999 He also went to a local Walmart, got a money order, 153 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,999 to pay Morris Black's rent, 154 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,999 so that the landlord would not come around, 155 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,999 looking for the rent. 156 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,999 This is a man who, by many accounts, he was cross-dressing, 157 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,999 he portrayed himself as mute woman. 158 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,999 Certainly, you know, I guess "eccentric," at the very least, 159 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,999 would be the word to describe it. 160 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:15,999 Lavandera: At first glance, when you look 161 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,999 at what's going on here in Galveston, 162 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,999 you think, "Oh, Robert Durst isn't all there. 163 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,999 Like there must be something wrong with him mentally." 164 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,999 But then, little things start popping up, 165 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,999 here and there, that make you question, 166 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,999 "Is there something else going on here?" 167 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,999 He started going around, setting up safe houses, 168 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:33,999 like he did in Galveston. 169 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:34,999 He also did the same thing 170 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:35,999 in New Orleans, 171 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,999 dressed up as a mute female. 172 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,999 Durst had also cemented a very crucial relationship 173 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:42,999 before he went on the run, 174 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,999 with the very person who had wired him 175 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:50,000 the $300,000 that he needed to make bail. 176 00:07:50,001 --> 00:07:52,999 That's when we learned about Debrah Charatan, 177 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,999 his secret wife. 178 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,999 She's another influential person in real estate in New York. 179 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,999 Their romantic relationship had lasted 180 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,999 only a couple of years, 181 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,999 but she was still a confidant of his 182 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:09,999 and, when Bob learned of this new investigation 183 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,999 into Kathie's disappearance, 184 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,999 authorities believe he immediately takes action 185 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,999 and marries his long-time friend Debrah Lee Charatan. 186 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Nobody had known that they got married. 187 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,999 It was clearly a business deal, for her to agree to marry him. 188 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:31,000 Bagli: He gives her power of attorney 189 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:31,000 over his financial accounts. 190 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 Lavandera: When Robert Durst 191 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,999 returns to Texas, 192 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,999 they revoke the bail. 193 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:42,999 "You ran on us on the first one. 194 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,999 You're not getting another shot." 195 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,999 The odds seemed completely stacked against them. 196 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,999 There's no winning defense in a crime like this, 197 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,999 unless you have a winning defense attorney, 198 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:55,999 like Dick DeGuerin. 199 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000 Criss: Mr. DeGuerin, 200 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,999 are you ready? 201 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:58,999 Yes, Your Honor. 202 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 ?? 203 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:07,000 Criss: The State of Texas 204 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,999 v. Robert Durst. 205 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,999 In the district court of Galveston County, Texas, 206 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,999 the defendant, Robert Durst, 207 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,999 stands charged by indictment with the offense of murder. 208 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:17,999 Robert Durst's defense, 209 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,999 led by defense attorney Dick DeGuerin, 210 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,999 surprises everyone. 211 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:23,999 The defense that DeGuerin presented 212 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,999 was quite an audacious one, which was, 213 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:27,999 "Yes, my client did it. 214 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,999 We're not arguing that. 215 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,999 But he did it out of self-defense." 216 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,999 Reporter: Robert Durst says Morris Black 217 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,999 was accidentally killed in self-defense 218 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,999 while both men struggled for a gun. 219 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,999 Well, if the defense is self-defense, 220 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,999 you almost have to put him on the stand. 221 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,999 Only two people know what happened. 222 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:45,999 One is now deceased. 223 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:46,999 The other one is Mr. Durst. 224 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Cooper: It's got to be 225 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,999 a risky strategy, 226 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,440 putting this man on the stand. 227 00:09:50,441 --> 00:09:51,999 Do they even know what he's gonna say? 228 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:52,999 They're going to prep him very well, 229 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,999 but it is definitely a high-risk strategy. 230 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,999 ?? 231 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Lavandera: Dick DeGuerin lives 232 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 by this philosophy where 233 00:10:00,001 --> 00:10:01,999 you embrace the negative. 234 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,999 Don't deny what you can't deny. 235 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,999 DeGuerin has this phrase that he teaches law students ... 236 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,999 "You kiss the ugly baby." 237 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,999 You have to take whatever your horrible thing in your case is, 238 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:13,999 and you kiss that ugly baby. 239 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,999 They quickly figured out that Robert Durst can't deny 240 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,000 that he killed Morris Black, 241 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,999 so you have to admit what you did. 242 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,999 And you take away the prosecutor's 243 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,999 sharpest knife in their toolbox. 244 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:29,620 There was a mountain of evidence 245 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,999 showing that Robert Durst was guilty of killing, 246 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,999 but that doesn't mean he was guilty of murder. 247 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:36,999 ?? 248 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,999 Before Robert Durst took the stand, 249 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,999 his defense attorneys tried to prepare the jury 250 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,999 for some of his quirks. 251 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:48,999 They told us, as a child, he suffered with Asperger's. 252 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,999 Defense attorneys say Durst suffers 253 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:51,999 from a mild form of autism, 254 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,000 which, they say, explains why Durst acted the way he did. 255 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,999 When I watched him walk from the table 256 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,999 to that box to sit in, 257 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,999 he looked frail and he got up there 258 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,999 and he was real [Hushed] soft-spoken. 259 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:27,000 And he said he didn't want to be Bob anymore. 260 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,999 This kind of ends up playing into this whole idea of, 261 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,999 you know, of him having to explain 262 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,999 why this multimillionaire is living 263 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,999 on a Texas island, dressed as a woman. 264 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:39,999 By his own admission, 265 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,999 Robert Durst came to Galveston with a secret, 266 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:46,999 that he wanted to change identities. 267 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,999 ?? 268 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,999 Morris Black was Robert Durst's next-door neighbor, 269 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,999 who distinguished himself in Galveston 270 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,999 as being a complete and utter crank. 271 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:04,999 The defense said that they immediately became fast friends. 272 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,999 ?? 273 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,999 And, eventually, they become friendly enough 274 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:16,999 where Robert Durst drops the disguise of being Dorothy Ciner. 275 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,999 Morris Black was the only one 276 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,999 who knew Robert Durst as Robert Durst. 277 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,999 ?? 278 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,999 They were both estranged from their family, 279 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,999 were lone wolves, and they were also incredibly cheap. 280 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Bagli: Bob says he gave him a key 281 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,999 to his apartment. 282 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,999 Bob had a television. 283 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,999 He welcomed Morris in to watch television. 284 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,999 ?? 285 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,999 But what I heard in this case ... 286 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,999 Morris Black was not to be played with. 287 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,999 ?? 288 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Bob had a pistol, 289 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,000 which he kept in the oven. 290 00:12:58,001 --> 00:12:59,999 Warren: They presented it more like 291 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:05,999 Morris was more interested in Durst's weapon. 292 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,999 You know, like he had a fantasy with his weapon. 293 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:14,999 ?? 294 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,000 Bagli: But, at a certain point, 295 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,999 Bob says, 296 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:21,999 he took the key away from Morris Black. 297 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,999 ?? 298 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,999 He comes home one evening and finds Morris there, 299 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,999 holding his gun, according to Bob. 300 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:36,999 ?? 301 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,999 They tussled, 302 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,999 but it was like a self-defense tussle. 303 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:47,999 ?? 304 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,000 And, as they fell to the ground... 305 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,999 [Gunshot] ...the gun goes off, 306 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,999 killing Morris Black. 307 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,999 ?? 308 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,999 According to Durst, Morris was shot in the face. 309 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,999 Bob says he's freaking out because he knows 310 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:06,999 that there's now a new investigation 311 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,999 into Kathie's disappearance. 312 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,999 The way he told the story, he didn't believe anybody 313 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,999 was going to believe him, that it was self-defense, 314 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,999 so he had to make this calculated decision 315 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,999 to hide this body. 316 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:24,999 So, in a fugue-like state, 317 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,999 he went over to Chalmers hardware store 318 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,999 and got what everybody else would get, right? 319 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:32,999 A bow saw. 320 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,999 ?? 321 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Criss: According to him, 322 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,999 in order to cut the body up, 323 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,999 he had to get drunk and smoke a lot of pot. 324 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:46,999 ?? 325 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Bagli: I've never heard 326 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,000 anybody describe, 327 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,000 in such bloody detail, 328 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,999 something that they did that was so horrific. 329 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,999 ?? 330 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:03,999 Bob's defense team hammered away with the jury 331 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,999 that they had to separate 332 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,999 the act of how Morris Black died 333 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,999 from the cutting up of the body. 334 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,999 This case is not about what Bob Durst did 335 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,999 after Morris Black died. 336 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,999 The sole issue for you ladies and gentlemen to decide 337 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,000 is how Morris Black died. 338 00:15:24,001 --> 00:15:26,999 They said that, if a person is already dead 339 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,999 and you get to chopping up the body, 340 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,999 that's called tampering with evidence 341 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,999 and that's another case, and another trial. 342 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,000 Reporter: Prosecutors say Durst 343 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,999 very calmly planned 344 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,200 to get away with murder, 345 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,999 wrapping body parts in trash bags and inside suitcases, 346 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,400 even using his money to pay for the victim's rent. 347 00:15:47,401 --> 00:15:49,999 They say Durst's actions after the shooting 348 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:50,999 prove his guilt. 349 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,999 But they didn't come up with a good story to tell 350 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,999 about why the murder occurred. 351 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,999 They're saying that Durst shot Morris Black 352 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,999 dead-center in the back of his head, 353 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:05,999 but you can't say that 354 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,999 'cause you don't have the head! 355 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,050 ?? 356 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,999 What you had is Mr. Durst taking the stand 357 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,999 and telling a story that basically couldn't be disproved. 358 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:15,999 It's like proving the negative, 359 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,999 and the prosecutor had a hard time doing that. 360 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:20,999 DeGuerin: Reasonable doubt. 361 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,999 ?? 362 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:24,999 It means a doubt based 363 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,999 on reason and common sense. 364 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,999 ?? 365 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,999 Mr. Foreman, I understand you have a verdict? 366 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,999 ?? 367 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,999 "We, the jury, find the defendant, 368 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:38,999 Robert Durst, 369 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,050 not guilty." 370 00:16:40,051 --> 00:16:42,999 [Camera shutters clicking continuously] 371 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:47,999 ?? 372 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,999 I don't think he believed, for a minute, 373 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,999 that he was gonna be found not guilty. 374 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,999 McCormack: Not guilty? 375 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,000 He cut a guy in pieces 376 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,999 and went and hid the evidence. 377 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,999 Not guilty? 378 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,999 We did the best with what we had 379 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,999 and, whether it agree to you all 380 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,999 or to anyone else out there in America, 381 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,999 this is what we came up with. 382 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:24,000 ?? 383 00:17:24,321 --> 00:17:26,999 We begin with a courtroom shocker. 384 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:27,999 A man who admitted 385 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,999 that he killed his neighbor 386 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:30,999 and chopped up his body 387 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,999 is found not guilty of murder by a Texas jury. 388 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,060 After Robert Durst was acquitted of murdering Morris Black, 389 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,999 he pleads guilty to some lesser charges ... 390 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:40,999 tampering with evidence, 391 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,999 for dismembering Morris Black's body; 392 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,050 jumping bail; 393 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,999 and then, federal Weapons charges. 394 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,999 Within two and a half years, 395 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 Robert Durst is back out on the streets. 396 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:58,999 ?? 397 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,999 By then, New York filmmaker Andrew Jarecki was inspired 398 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:06,999 to make a feature film based on Robert Durst's life. 399 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,999 By late 2010, 400 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,999 "All Good Things" is coming out. 401 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,999 All Good Things was the name of the health food store 402 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,999 that Robert and Kathie Durst were running in Vermont 403 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,999 in the early 1970s. 404 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:19,999 ?? 405 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,999 We thought carefully about trying to make it 406 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,999 as accurate as possible and I remember saying to my partner, 407 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,999 when we were writing that movie, "I would like to make a movie 408 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,999 that the real Bob Durst could see 409 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:31,999 and have an emotional reaction to." 410 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,999 And Bob says 411 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000 that he loved the movie. 412 00:19:01,621 --> 00:19:03,999 I wrote a story in The Times, 413 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,999 how much he liked the movie, 414 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,999 despite the fact that 415 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,999 it implicated him in three murders. 416 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,999 But, it also made his family look horrible, 417 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,999 and he reveled in that. 418 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,999 Based on Durst's very positive response 419 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:18,999 to "All Good Things," 420 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,999 he contacts the director and suggests 421 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,999 that Jarecki should interview him 422 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,999 for a documentary about his life. 423 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,999 They did two massive interviews, 424 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,999 one at the end of 2010, and then again in 2012. 425 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:37,999 Why in the world would he agree to do an interview, on-camera? 426 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,999 He had never talked before, 427 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:45,000 so he wanted to tell his story as he had it in his head. 428 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,999 I believe Bob sat down to do "The Jinx" 429 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,999 because he believed that he was infallible. 430 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,999 ?? 431 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,999 In February of 2015, 432 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,999 the six-part docuseries "The Jinx" premieres on HBO, 433 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,999 which is owned by HLN's parent company, WarnerMedia. 434 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,999 For the first time, Durst makes revealing statements on-camera, 435 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,999 like this one, about his trial testimony in Galveston. 436 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,999 You know, it's a question of not, "What do I say," 437 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:14,999 but, "How do I say it?" 438 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:19,999 I never intentionally, purposefully, lied. 439 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,999 I made mistakes. 440 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,999 Did not tell the whole truth. 441 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,999 Nobody tells the whole truth. 442 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Bob admits a lot of things on "The Jinx." 443 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:36,000 I was talking to him after every episode. 444 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,999 By the fifth episode, when I called him, 445 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,999 he was very agitated. 446 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,000 Reporter: In "The Jinx," 447 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,999 a new, stunning revelation 448 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,999 by the stepson of Susan Berman, 449 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,999 killed execution-style in her Beverly Hills home. 450 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,999 In a storage box, the stepson comes across a letter 451 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,999 Durst sent to Berman shortly before she died. 452 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,999 Durst's handwriting, 453 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:00,999 the killer's note to police, 454 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,999 they bear remarkable similarities, 455 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,999 down to the misspelling of "Beverly." 456 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,999 It was sent on December 23rd, 457 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,999 the same day that Susan was killed. 458 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,140 Inside, on note paper, 459 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,999 was the word "cadaver" 460 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,999 and an address ... Susan's address. 461 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,999 Oh, God, the "B" is exactly the same. 462 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,999 ?? 463 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:27,999 Son of a bitch. 464 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,560 Whoever wrote that letter knew 465 00:21:29,561 --> 00:21:30,999 that Susan Berman was dead. 466 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,999 Then, in the sixth and final episode, 467 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:38,999 Andrew Jarecki shows Durst the letter, and confronts him. 468 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:38,999 So you wrote one of these, but you didn't write 469 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,999 the other one? 470 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:41,999 I wrote this one. 471 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 I did not write the cadaver one. 472 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,280 And can you tell me which one you didn't write? 473 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:52,999 No. 474 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 Reporter: When confronted, 475 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,999 Durst becomes nervous, 476 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,000 even burping uncomfortably on camera. 477 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,999 I would con...clude they were both written 478 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,999 by the same person. 479 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,999 Then, the interview comes to an end 480 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,000 and Bob asks to go to the bathroom. 481 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,000 Reporter: Visibly rattled, Durst stepped 482 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,999 away to the bathroom, 483 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000 his microphone still live. 484 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,000 [Moaning] 485 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,000 I just had no idea that, that last five minutes, 486 00:22:40,001 --> 00:22:41,999 we would see something like that. 487 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,999 I stood up and gasped. 488 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:45,999 I shed a couple of tears 489 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:50,999 because it was a final closure on your worst fears. 490 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,999 And I thought to myself, "Oh, my God. 491 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:53,999 He's gonna run." 492 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:59,000 ?? 493 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:06,999 ?? 494 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,999 Welcome back to "Very Scary People." 495 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,820 When Robert Durst reached out to documentary producers 496 00:23:12,821 --> 00:23:15,999 and offered to tell the truth about his controversial life, 497 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,999 his goal was to set the record straight, 498 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,999 to create a positive impression. 499 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,999 He was confident he could control the narrative 500 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,280 until a confrontation about the handwriting 501 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,999 on the Susan Berman letter. 502 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,000 Then he went on the run again. 503 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,860 Jordan: The day before HBO broadcast 504 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,680 that final episode of "The Jinx," 505 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,999 a warrant had been issued for his arrest 506 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 in the murder of Susan Berman, 507 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,260 but nobody could find him. 508 00:23:41,261 --> 00:23:43,999 LAPD at this point knows he's left his home in Houston 509 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,999 with five bags, and he's going somewhere. 510 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,999 The FBI is looking at his whereabouts, 511 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,999 and they see that he gets into a car 512 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,999 and he starts driving east. 513 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:02,999 And then he turns off his phone, and so they can't track him. 514 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,999 What he did was go to New Orleans. 515 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,999 He's checked into the Marriott under an assumed name. 516 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,999 It was that day or the next day... 517 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,999 Bob turns on his phone. 518 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,999 Big mistake. 519 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,000 'Cause now they know where he is. 520 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:32,999 So, that Saturday afternoon, two FBI agents go the Marriott, 521 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:33,999 and they ask for the manager, 522 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,999 and they say, "Do you have Bob Durst here?" 523 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,999 "No, nobody by the name of Bob Durst." 524 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,999 They said, "Well, how about...?" 525 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,999 And they go through 10 aliases. 526 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,050 "No." 527 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,999 So, they're standing around in the lobby, and they turn in, 528 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,999 and who comes walking through the revolving door 529 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:02,000 but a guy that looks a hell of a lot like Bob Durst. 530 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:08,000 So they pull him aside, and they said, "Are you Bob Durst?" 531 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,680 Reporter: Breaking news tonight ... 532 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,820 multimillionaire Robert Durst arrested in connection 533 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,999 with the execution-style killing 534 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,999 of his long-time friend Susan Berman. 535 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,999 He's going to jail. 536 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,999 There he is in the backseat of the car, smiling, looking happy. 537 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,820 Woman: His facial expressions are often inappropriate. 538 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,999 But this man has been Teflon-coated his entire life. 539 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,999 Nothing bad sticks to Robert Durst. 540 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:37,999 When did you find out about the statement in the bathroom? 541 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:38,999 When I saw it on television, 542 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,999 like most everybody else in the country. 543 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,280 And if that's the strength of their case, man, 544 00:25:44,281 --> 00:25:45,999 I could be ready tomorrow. 545 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:50,999 We want to contest the basis for his arrest 546 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,999 because I think it's not based on facts ... 547 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,999 it's based on ratings. 548 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,999 FBI find cash, a Smith & Wesson, and five ounces of marijuana. 549 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,999 That is a lot of marijuana for any one individual to smoke. 550 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,999 They find $117,000 in cash. 551 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,999 He also had maps with Florida, the U. S., and Cuba. 552 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,999 This is a guy who was clearly plotting and planning something. 553 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,999 They found a mask that would cover your face, over your neck, 554 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,050 up to your chest area. 555 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,999 It was creepy-looking. 556 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,999 ?? 557 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,940 Man: This morning, New York real-estate heir Robert Durst 558 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,999 remains behind bars in New Orleans. 559 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,999 Bagli: John Lewin, the prosecutor, 560 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,999 he had gotten on a plane 561 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,999 the minute he heard they had him in custody. 562 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,999 And he lands very early in New Orleans 563 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,999 and goes straight to the jailhouse 564 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,000 and asks if Bob is willing to talk to him, which he was. 565 00:26:49,001 --> 00:26:50,999 -Do you want to sit here? -Yes. 566 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:52,999 We'll give him the softest seat. 567 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,999 And they start talking for almost three hours. 568 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,000 Without Durst's lawyer present. 569 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,999 Bagli: It was a brilliant interview 570 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,999 because the prosecutor had a checklist 571 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,999 of what he wanted to ask Bob and get a response to, 572 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,000 like the so-called "cadaver note." 573 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:05,999 Lewin explains his theories 574 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:10,000 of the crimes he believes Durst has committed. 575 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,999 In the case of Morris Black, 576 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,999 Lewin theorizes that Black was the one person in Galveston 577 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,999 who knew the true identity of Robert Durst 578 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,000 and may have threatened to expose him. 579 00:28:55,081 --> 00:28:57,999 Bagli: By the end of the conversation, 580 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,999 they start dancing around, very obliquely, 581 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,000 about, you know, a plea agreement. 582 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,000 Okay. 583 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:29,000 Lewin is telling him, basically, "We gotcha." 584 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,999 It looks as if he wants to tell his story. 585 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,999 The defense view of Robert Durst 586 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,999 playing that game of cat-and-mouse 587 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:02,000 is that Robert Durst was playing the prosecutor at that time. 588 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,999 Criss: I do think that 589 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,999 the prosecutor in Los Angeles has got his number. 590 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,999 I think he understands Bob better 591 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,999 than anybody who's dealt with him. 592 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:14,999 He's researched this case. 593 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:20,000 He knows everything you could possibly know. 594 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:47,000 ?? 595 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,999 DeGuerin: Bob Durst did not kill Susan Berman, 596 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,999 and he doesn't know who did, and he wants to prove it. 597 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,999 Woman: How strong is the case against him? 598 00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:58,999 Man: Completely out of whack. 599 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,999 I mean, 20 hours of footage! 600 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,999 20 hours of interviews that this guy gave 601 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:05,999 without his lawyer present, without anybody present 602 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,999 to keep his mouth shut to HBO. 603 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,999 That's going to be used against him. 604 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,000 Bagli: The fundamental problem for the defense 605 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:20,999 is that their client talked and talked and talked again. 606 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,000 He did the very thing that 607 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,999 his lawyers and his friends warned him against. 608 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,999 Don't poke a stick in the beehive. 609 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,999 Woman: Durst's attorney says he needs 610 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,999 to be in a hospital instead of jail 611 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,999 because of several medical conditions, 612 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,999 one of which was definitely obvious here. 613 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:40,999 You can see it right about here. 614 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,999 It's a shunt bulging from the side of his shaven head, 615 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,000 implanted during surgery to treat hydrocephalus. 616 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:56,000 I do want to say here and now, though, I am not guilty. 617 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,999 I did not kill Susan Berman. 618 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:04,999 As it stands today, Bob is charged with one murder, 619 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,000 the murder of Susan Berman. 620 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,999 But the theory of the prosecution's case 621 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:16,999 is that Bob executed Susan because he was afraid 622 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,999 that she would reveal to the authorities 623 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:24,999 her role in the disappearance of Kathie Durst. 624 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,999 That man kills witnesses. 625 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,999 That's what he does. 626 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:30,500 That's what he did in this case. 627 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,800 That's what he did with Morris Black. 628 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,999 Mr. Durst, when pushed into a corner, 629 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,999 he murders people. 630 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,999 Chesnoff: They have an idea that somehow 631 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:41,999 they're gonna try three murder cases, 632 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:42,999 one of which 633 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:43,999 he's previously been acquitted of, 634 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,999 the other he's never been charged in, 635 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,999 and this case. 636 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,999 DeGuerin: The first presumption that they have 637 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,999 is that, first, 638 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:53,999 Kathie Durst is dead. 639 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,999 There's no evidence that she is. 640 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,999 But second ... that Bob Durst 641 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,999 had anything to do with her disappearance. 642 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,999 There's no evidence. 643 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:03,999 There never has been. 644 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,999 There isn't anything new. 645 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,980 Birkbeck: It's a circumstantial case, 646 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,999 so John Lewin has a very difficult task ahead of him, 647 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,999 especially given the defense team that Durst has assembled, 648 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,999 which is pretty much the same defense team he used 649 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:18,999 in the Morris Black trial. 650 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,999 That man beat a murder in Galveston. 651 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:23,999 Beat a murder! 652 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,999 He murdered that man, and he got away with it. 653 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,999 He's not gonna get away a second time. 654 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,999 Birkbeck: This is not a slam dunk by any means. 655 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,999 This is gonna be something to watch. 656 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:35,999 Do not underestimate Robert Durst 657 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,000 or his defense team. 658 00:33:38,681 --> 00:33:40,999 Man: We're back in session. 659 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,999 People versus Robert Durst. 660 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,999 Jordan: As early as 2017, Deputy D.A. John Lewin 661 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:49,999 began calling conditional witnesses. 662 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,999 These are people that he wanted to get on the record 663 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,999 before the trial began. 664 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,999 Bagli: The Deputy District Attorney 665 00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,999 dug up a dozen people 666 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:04,999 who Susan told some fragment of the story. 667 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,000 And when you put them all together, 668 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:13,999 they are a mosaic that tells a bit about what Susan knew. 669 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:19,999 Lynda Obst ... she had been interviewed for "The Jinx," 670 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,999 but she didn't talk about this piece of information, 671 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,999 and she testified that Susan had told her 672 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,999 that she helped Bob 673 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,999 with covering up how Kathie disappeared. 674 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,999 Lynda testified that Susan admitted 675 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,999 that she had called Kathie's medical school 676 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,999 and pretended to be Kathie. 677 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,999 You're seeing people come forward now 678 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,999 who have protected him in the past. 679 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:44,999 ?? 680 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,999 One of the people 681 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,999 who had not spoken to law enforcement until then 682 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,999 was a mutual friend of Susan Berman and Robert Durst 683 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,999 named Nick Chavin. 684 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,999 Bagli: The prosecutor in Los Angeles 685 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,999 spent seven months trying to get Nick to talk, 686 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,999 and Nick, as he put it, 687 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:09,999 is weighing his loyalty to his two best friends, 688 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,999 Susan on the one hand and Bob on the other. 689 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:16,999 And, ultimately, he decided to cooperate. 690 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,999 He became the big mystery witness 691 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:23,999 at the first big hearing in Los Angeles. 692 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,999 Jordan: Chavin gave testimony 693 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,999 about an encounter he had with Robert Durst 694 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,999 in New York in 2014. 695 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,999 [Telephone rings] 696 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,999 Bagli: Nick gets a call, and Bob says, 697 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:39,999 "I wanna talk to you about Susie." 698 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:46,999 So they have dinner, they get outside, and Nick says to him, 699 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:51,999 "Bob, you wanted to talk about Susie?" ... 700 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,999 this person that was near and dear to both of them ... 701 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,999 and he's looking down at the ground, 702 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,999 and he says, "I had no choice. 703 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:02,999 It was her or me." 704 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:12,000 ?? 705 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,999 ?? 706 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:16,999 Man: I want to thank all of you. 707 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,999 This has been a really long process. 708 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,999 Man #2: Prosecution's making their case right now 709 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:22,999 in a Los Angeles courtroom. 710 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,999 More than 150 witnesses could be called to the stand. 711 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,999 After decades of suspicion, 712 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:29,999 Robert Durst's long-awaited murder trial 713 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,260 is about to finally begin. 714 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,999 Paul Vercammen is on this story from Los Angeles. 715 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,999 The first time we caught a glimpse of Durst, 716 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:39,999 he was stooped over, 717 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,999 and he must not weigh much more than 120 pounds. 718 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:47,999 Bob has come to look like a very old man 719 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:48,999 and somewhat feeble. 720 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:54,000 He moves very slowly and with a great amount of effort. 721 00:36:54,001 --> 00:36:56,999 Man: Durst will hear the opening statements 722 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,999 from the Grim Reaper of cold-case defendants. 723 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,000 John Lewin has had a lot of success 724 00:37:02,001 --> 00:37:03,999 prosecuting cold cases, 725 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,000 especially under circumstantial evidence. 726 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,999 What the evidence will show 727 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,999 is that Bob Durst killed Kathie Durst 728 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,999 in the midst of a nasty divorce, 729 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,999 that he killed Susan Berman because he was afraid 730 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,999 that Susan Berman was going to reveal what he knew. 731 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,999 Lewin also put this out there . .. that although loyal, 732 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,000 Susan Berman was not the best at keeping secrets. 733 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:36,999 And when Susan Berman told him that, "You know what? 734 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,999 I'm gonna talk to investigators," 735 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:40,999 that she sealed her fate. 736 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,999 Vercammen: And then John Lewin brings it up, that cadaver note, 737 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:49,000 that note that points police to Susan Berman's body. 738 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,999 You're writing a note to the police 739 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,999 that only the killer could have written. 740 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,999 And then, they're getting ready to pick a jury, 741 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,999 and then, all of a sudden, boom! 742 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,999 Man: Durst's lawyers now admit that he was the one 743 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:11,999 who wrote the note and mailed it. 744 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,999 After many years of adamantly and repeatedly denying 745 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,999 that he wrote the cadaver note, 746 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:18,999 three months ago, 747 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,999 Durst stipulated that he wrote the cadaver note. 748 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,999 So many had wondered for months, how in the world 749 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,999 will the defense explain that cadaver note? 750 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:32,999 They actually admit to the jury 751 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:36,999 that Robert Durst found her body. 752 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:42,999 When Bob showed up and found her dead, he panicked. 753 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:47,999 He wrote the anonymous letter so her body would be found, 754 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:48,999 and he ran. 755 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,999 Man: Durst's lawyers' mantra is 756 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,560 a lack of evidence is evidence, 757 00:38:52,561 --> 00:38:53,999 in this case, of his innocence. 758 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,999 There is no forensic evidence whatsoever 759 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,999 linking Bob to Mrs. Durst's disappearance 760 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,999 or, more importantly, Ms. Berman's murder. 761 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,999 No evidence of fingerprints in the house, 762 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,999 blood, DNA, ballistics. 763 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,999 Two houses, no forensic evidence. 764 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,999 Vercammen: And on that call where the prosecution says 765 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,999 Susan Berman posed as Kathie Durst, 766 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:18,999 the defense has basically said 767 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,999 this call from Susan Berman never happened. 768 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,000 And then "The Jinx." 769 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,999 "The Jinx" will definitely be center stage, 770 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:35,999 but the defense said this is heavily edited, 771 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,999 it is deceiving and deliberately misleading. 772 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,999 DeGuerin: We're gonna see the unedited parts. 773 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,999 And I think the evidence will show you 774 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,999 that the editing changed a lot of it. 775 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,999 I call it "gotcha journalism." 776 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:58,999 ?? 777 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,999 Bagli: I think this is gonna be a final reckoning. 778 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:05,999 And the defense ... one thing that they have on their side 779 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,999 is all they have to do is convince one juror 780 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:14,999 that the prosecution hasn't proven what happened. 781 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:20,999 ?? 782 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:25,999 ?? 783 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:29,999 This trial is not simply about the murder of Susan Berman. 784 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:36,999 This trial covers three deaths over a span of almost 40 years. 785 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,999 And it's about justice. 786 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,999 McCormack: I'll be watching this trial very closely. 787 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,999 I don't think I get up and not think of Kathie 788 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,999 on any given day ... probably several times a day. 789 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:52,999 Mayer: A lot of people have suffered over the years, 790 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,999 not knowing what happened to Kathie. 791 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,999 She had a lot of people who loved her, including myself. 792 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,999 I think it would give a lot of people 793 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:08,999 at least some peace of mind to know the truth. 794 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,999 Draper: It just may simply be 795 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,999 Robert Durst will be the custodian 796 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:15,999 of all these secrets 797 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:20,999 and that those secrets will remain locked up inside of him. 798 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:21,999 You know, things stay hidden, 799 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,999 but they don't stay hidden forever. 800 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:30,999 ?? 801 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:37,999 ?? 802 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,999 When Robert Durst entered the courtroom 803 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,999 for the Susan Berman trial, people gasped. 804 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,999 He looked weak and frail, his voice barely audible. 805 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:48,999 His attorneys confirmed his poor health, 806 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:50,999 and many wondered if he would live long enough 807 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:51,999 to hear the verdict. 808 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,000 In spite of any evidence against him, 809 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:58,999 Durst always insisted he did not kill his best friend, Susan. 810 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,999 Will the jury believe him? 811 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:01,999 I'm Donnie Wahlberg. 812 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,000 Thanks for watching. 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