Westchester DA: Police Could Have Done More Early On To Link Robert Durst To Wife Kathleen's Disappearance
Robert Durst died last week, after being sentenced in the Los Angeles murder of his best friend, Susan Berman, in 2000.
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Robert Durst died last week, after being sentenced in the Los Angeles murder of his best friend, Susan Berman, in 2000.
His attorney said he died in a California state prison hospital facility in Stockton.
Kathie Durst disappeared in 1982 in Westchester County. Last month, her husband, Robert Durst, was indicted on charges he killed her.
Millionaire real estate scion Robert Durst has been charged in suburban New York City with the death of his former wife, Kathie Durst, who vanished in 1982, authorities confirmed Friday.
Defense Attorney Dick DeGuerin said he was notified that Durst was admitted after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Durst, 78, was convicted in Los Angeles Superior Court last month of first-degree murder for shooting Susan Berman point-blank in the back of the head at her home in December 2000.
The conviction marks a victory for authorities who have sought to put Durst behind bars for murder in three states.
Durst is charged in the 2000 shooting death of his friend, Susan Berman.
Prosecutors say Robert Durst shot and killed Susan Berman to prevent her from talking about the 1982 disappearance of his wife Kathie Durst.
The NYPD said Tuesday that it has a new lead in the murder of the first wife of Robert Durst decades ago.
A former close friend of New York real estate heir and documentary figure Robert Durst says the millionaire heir's best friend confided in him that Durst killed his first wife.
New York real estate heir and documentary figure Robert Durst is set to make a long-awaited appearance Monday in a Los Angeles courtroom to a charge of killing his friend 16 years ago.
Real estate heir Robert Durst will soon learn whether a federal judge will accept a 7-year-and-one-month sentence on a weapons charge that's kept him in Louisiana pending a murder trial in California.
Robert Durst pleaded guilty in New Orleans on Wednesday to a weapons charge.
Kathleen Durst's 101-year-old mother-in-law and three sisters are using an obscure state law on burial rights to demand $100 million from New York real estate heir Robert Durst.
A newly-released video shows bizarre behavior from suspected serial killer and New York real estate heir Robert Durst.
Louisiana gun charges against New York real estate heir Robert Durst were dismissed Thursday, clearing the way for federal proceedings in New Orleans in a similar case.
Prosecutors said Thursday in asking for the delay that defense motions and documents of more than 130 pages were submitted with two days' notice or less.
A magistrate on Monday ordered New York real estate heir Robert Durst held without bond on weapons charges in Louisiana.
Police cars were seen at Durst's Houston apartment on Tuesday.
A judge has scheduled a hearing next week for New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who faces weapons and drug charges in Louisiana and a murder charge in Los Angeles.
Robert Durst, heir to a New York real estate fortune, is waiving extradition and will return to Los Angeles to face a murder charge in the 2000 death of a writer and friend who acted as his spokeswoman.
Robert Durst, the man charged in the murder of his former spokeswoman and long suspected in the disappearance of his own wife, is also the heir to the real estate fortune of an iconic New York family.
Robert Durst was never arrested or charged in the disappearance of his wife, Kathleen Durst, more than 30 years ago.
The Los Angeles case involved Susan Berman, the daughter of a Las Vegas casino owner. The case was never officially closed, but potential new evidence has surfaced.
As Gov. Kathy Hochul pushes for a "bell-to-bell" ban on cellphones inside classrooms, two schools in the Bronx got ahead of the curve and are seeing benefits.
An attorney for NYC Mayor Eric Adams has asked a judge to hurry up and make a ruling on the motion to dismiss his federal corruption case.
A fire at a decades-old neighborhood cat sanctuary on Long Island killed the owner and dozens of the animals, officials say.
Three NYPD vehicles were damaged over the weekend during a car meetup on Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park, Queens.
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Three NYPD vehicles were damaged over the weekend during a car meetup on Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park, Queens.
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Kimberly Sullivan, the Connecticut woman accused of imprisoning her stepson for 20 years, must wear a GPS monitor while out on bail, a judge ruled.
Stormy weather starts the week around NYC, with the risk of localized flooding, damaging winds and possibly even a tornado.
In the New Jersey governor's race, Democrat Josh Gottheimer says a Republican's idea for a congestion pricing-like toll on New Yorkers is "outrageous."
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Repairs on Route 80 in Wharton, New Jersey, are not expected to be complete until early to mid-May, NJDOT said Friday.
New Jersey's days as the only state in the nation where drivers are not allowed to pump their gas could soon come to an end.
A fire at a decades-old neighborhood cat sanctuary on Long Island killed the owner and dozens of the animals, officials say.
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A nature lover successfully lobbied to create Long Island's first amphibian crossing, the underground Frog Hollow Tunnel.
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An attorney for NYC Mayor Eric Adams has asked a judge to hurry up and make a ruling on the motion to dismiss his federal corruption case.
The Trump administration has targeted international students in wake of pro-Palestinian protests and other activities.
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The Ulster County clerk refused to file a $113,000 fine from Texas against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas.
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Sleep apnea screenings will be free for New Yorkers under a new law passed at City Hall on Wednesday.
One of Mayor Eric Adams' signature mental health care programs is in question after a City Council report suggested it's ineffective.
Nestlé USA cites consumer complaints, including "one potential choking incident" for recalling products sold nationwide.
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President Trump signed an executive order targeting funding for Smithsonian Institution programs that he says contain "divisive, race-centered ideology."
The Flash: Vertical Velocity coaster is the first "super boomerang" roller coaster in North America.
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Suffolk County police share an update on a deadly fire at a home that also housed hundreds of cats.
CBS News New York's Tony Sadiku has the latest weather forecast.
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