The Jinx murderer Robert Durst dies

Robert Durst, the wealthy US real estate heir who was the subject of documentary series The Jinx, has died.

He died in a state prison hospital facility from natural causes, due to a number of health issues.

The 78-year-old was convicted in September of shooting Susan Berman at point-blank range in 2000 at her Los Angeles home.

He gained notoriety after the unsolved 1982 disappearance of his wife, Kathleen McCormack; the 2000 murder of his long-time friend Susan Berman, for which he was convicted in September 2021 (two days later, he was hospitalised with COVID-19); and the 2001 killing of his neighbour Morris Black, in Galveston, Texas, for which he was acquitted in 2003.

At the time of his death, Durst was awaiting trial on a fresh charge, for the murder of his wife Kathie McCormack Durst, 39 years after her disappearance.

Six-part HBO documentary The Jinx won critical acclaim for its insight and a rambling, off-camera admission.

Source: ABC