Robert Durst of HBO's "The Jinx" arrested in New Orleans

[slayer202]

yeah, there's still not a whole lotta evidence...proof he wrote the police letter? maybe. but is that enough? I'd have to say no

 

[zinfamous]

I'm not so sure. I could see him saying that he went to the house of his friend and found the body and just sent the letter because he didn't want his friend to be left there like that.

There isn't really any motive for him to kill her and they have no other evidence, other than the recording (the guy is a little crazy so they might be able to explain what he said as just misc ramblings). I could see this guy walking again.

yeah, there's still not a whole lotta evidence...proof he wrote the police letter? maybe. but is that enough? I'd have to say no

Yep. I also thought that handwriting comparisons were mostly inadmissible in court because it is generally considered some form of quackery? Or is that just the handwriting as a measure of personality foolishness?

Considering that this dude is rolling around pissing on chip racks in convenience stores, his lawyers might have some fun with this.

Still, there is an admission on tape. Maybe they end up arguing that it was the other personality that murdered the people?

Probably life-time in a loony bin if they go with the insanity plea?

 

[slayer202]

I don't find the "confession" too reliable. He can be going through all kinds of scenarios in his mind and I wouldn't say with any certainty that it felt like a true confession. He's certainly regretting the decision to participate, but that could be because he realizes the direction the series has gone. Of course, he did kill all those people.

http://www.gq.com/news-politics/200204/killer-in-the-blue-dress

here's an interesting read from 2002. I'm reading it now

 

[Fritzo]

yeah, there's still not a whole lotta evidence...proof he wrote the police letter? maybe. but is that enough? I'd have to say no

The nuances in his handwriting were so unique they're practically a fingerprint.

 

[who?]

Maybe the "confession" was just him mocking the interviewer.

 

[zinfamous]

The nuances in his handwriting were so unique they're practically a fingerprint.

Are they, though? I thought block lettering/print are considered the most anonymous form of handwriting. Durst certainly uses that as his defense several times...which also shows his planned intent for using it in the cadaver note.

Still, his argument of why someone would use it supports why he would use it. The forensics guy argues that they are pretty much dead-on, so I assume there is some type of evidence here--I'm just not sure how solid this type of evidence is in court.

As pyonir mentioned earlier, I think the best part of that interview was when Jerecki asked Durst to identify which example was his handwriting, and which wasn't, and Durst admitted that he couldn't. That's the kind of theater that works in court, I imagine (that stupid glove bullshit), but there is no way in hell that Durst's lawyers will allow him on the stand to be confronted in such a way.

...unless his lawyers suddenly grow a pair and decide to just pillory this fucker and let justice finally take its course. Then again, I've been wondering if that is why they allowed this documentary to happen in the first place.

 

[slayer202]

He took the stand the first time and it worked. You can't help feeling sorry for the guy, and if all you have is circumstantial evidence, putting him on the stand might work. However, now you'll have a prosecutor more prepared and ready to trip his ass up, which we know can work. It should be very interesting...gonna be a media circus though

 

[JulesMaximus]

He took the stand the first time and it worked. You can't help feel sorry for the guy, and if all you have is circumstantial evidence, putting him on the stand might work. However, now you'll have a prosecutor more prepared and ready to trip his ass up, which we know can work. It should be very interesting...gonna be a media circus though

Oh, it will be entertaining no doubt.

 

[BrokenVisage]

http://nypost.com/2015/03/17/ap-confuses-robert-durst​-with-limp-bizkits-fred-durst/

So apparently an AP reporter actually wrote that Robert Durst was the "former frontman of Limp Bizkit" hahahaha I almost feel sorry for the guy for having that name.

It does confirm his motive though.... did it for the nookie (come on!)

 

[MongGrel]

Maybe the "confession" was just him mocking the interviewer.

I get the feeling what the defense is going to try to do, that he was aware of being recorded and was trying to play with them.

 

[Printer Bandit]

I still don't get how you can kill someone and chop him into pieces and not suffer any consequences.

#onlyinamerica

 

[MongGrel]

I still don't get how you can kill someone and chop him into pieces and not suffer any consequences.

#onlyinamerica

Kind of still scratching my head over that one myself.

 

[slayer202]

they didn't try him for anything other than murder. why not, is another question.

 

[Ichinisan]

I still don't get how you can kill someone and chop him into pieces and not suffer any consequences.

#onlyinamerica

"Self defense."

 

[zinfamous]

I still don't get how you can kill someone and chop him into pieces and not suffer any consequences.

#onlyinamerica

they interview two of the jurors from Galveston. One of them, particular, is pretty much on the same subhuman level as Durst.

Texas, is really the only explanation. Dumb, dumb, fucking dumb people in Texas.

 

[szechuanpork]

all i know is when i'm stoned and i'm pissing in the lavatory, i say some pretty stupid shit. it was bob's brother, douglas durst, who killed bob's first wife and the la woman. the galveston murder was bob, but it was self-defense. the other two seem more professionally done. the galveston case seems like something bob could have only done.

 

[MongGrel]

all i know is when i'm stoned and i'm pissing in the lavatory, i say some pretty stupid shit. it was bob's brother, douglas durst, who killed bob's first wife and the la woman. the galveston murder was bob, but it was self-defense. the other two seem more professionally done. the galveston case seems like something bob could have only done.

Um, yeah right.

*Turns on the mic*

 

[Ichinisan]

all i know is when i'm stoned and i'm pissing in the lavatory, i say some pretty stupid shit. it was bob's brother, douglas durst, who killed bob's first wife and the la woman. the galveston murder was bob, but it was self-defense. the other two seem more professionally done. the galveston case seems like something bob could have only done.

Delusion. Bob killed his first wife. His close personal friend with mob ties helped him dispose of the body. He killed her when the DA was re-opening the case and going to CA to speak with her.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Bones?

He's dead Jim.


Robert Durst, Real Estate Heir Convicted of Murder, Dies

Robert Durst, the New York real estate heir sentenced to life in prison for killing his best friend, has died.
Associated PressJan. 10, 2022

 

[brianmanahan]

rest in pain