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US tycoon murder suspect Durst says he 'killed them all' US millionaire Durst held after saying he 'killed them all'
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US tycoon Robert Durst has been arrested on a murder charge just before the finale of a TV show investigating the alleged crime. An American millionaire from a prominent New York family has been arrested on suspicion of murder after appearing to say he "killed them all".
He was detained in New Orleans after a warrant was issued by Los Angeles police investigating the murder of mobster's daughter Susan Berman. Robert Durst was arrested in New Orleans on Saturday after Los Angeles prosecutors issued a warrant for the 2000 killing of a friend.
Mr Durst has always maintained his innocence in the murder in 2000. The 71-year-old has always maintained his innocence in Susan Berman's murder.
But HBO's The Jinx catches him on tape apparently confessing to three killings, saying "[I] killed them all". Prosecutors are also reportedly tying the case to the unsolved disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen, in 1982.
The show suggested in a previous episode that Mr Durst had written a letter only Ms Berman's killer could have sent. She went missing after spending the weekend at their country home in New York State and was eventually pronounced legally dead.
It sought to match handwriting on a letter from Mr Durst to Ms Berman with that on an anonymous letter sent to police alerting them to a dead body in the victim's home. In 2001, Mr Durst was acquitted of murder after convincing a jury that while living in Texas disguised as a mute woman, he had shot dead elderly neighbour, Morris Black, dismembered his body and dumped it in Galveston Bay in an act of self-defence.
Mr Durst's lawyer, Chip Lewis, said his client would not challenge his transfer to Los Angeles and would continue to maintain his innocence. Mr Durst's estranged family, who are believed to be worth at least $4bn (£2.71bn), said they were "relieved and also grateful to everyone who assisted" in his arrest.
But the tycoon's estranged family thanked the authorities. "We hope he will finally be held accountable for all he has done," said his brother, Douglas, in a statement quoted by the Associated Press.
"We are relieved and also grateful to everyone who assisted in the arrest of Robert Durst," said his brother, real estate developer Douglas Durst, in a statement quoted by the Associated Press news agency.
"We hope he will finally be held accountable."
'You're caught''You're caught'
The 71-year-old had been previously questioned by police investigating Ms Berman's execution-style killing. Mr Durst was arrested by FBI agents as he walked into a hotel in New Orleans where he had checked into under a false name, officials said.
The show also investigated two other unsolved murder cases linked to the tycoon He was remanded in custody pending a hearing on Monday.
Ms Berman, whose father David Berman was an associate of Las Vegas mobsters Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky, was killed with a bullet to the back of her head in her home, just as investigators prepared to question her about Kathleen's disappearance. Mr Durst's lawyer, Chip Lewis, said his client would not challenge his transfer to Los Angeles and would continue to maintain his innocence.
In the TV programme which aired on Sunday, Mr Durst is challenged about the letter evidence in a long interview. The arrest came after Mr Durst gave a lengthy interview for the six-part documentary The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst.
According to filmmakers, he was still wearing his microphone when he went into a hotel bathroom after the interview at a hotel, and he apparently spoke out loud to himself. The final episode, broadcast on Sunday night, included what appeared to be a confession to the killings of Ms Barman, Mrs Durst and Mr Black.
He can be heard saying "There it is, you're caught" and "What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course". According to the filmmakers, Mr Durst was still wearing a wireless microphone when he went into a hotel bathroom after the interview.
"There it is, you're caught," he whispered to himself in an unguarded moment that was not filmed. "What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course."
It is not known if he is speaking sincerely, but it came after he was asked whether he had written a letter only Ms Berman's killer could have sent.
The filmmakers found similarities between handwriting on a letter from Mr Durst to Ms Berman and that on an anonymous note sent to police alerting them to a dead body in the victim's home. The word "Beverly" is also misspelled as "Beverley" on both documents.
Ms Berman, whose father was an associate of the Las Vegas mobsters Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky, was a close friend of Mr Durst and also acted as his spokeswoman.
She was shot in the back of the head at her home in Los Angeles as investigators from New York prepared to question her over the disappearance of Kathleen Durst.
Los Angeles police were not able to place Mr Durst in Los Angeles at the time of the killing, but suspected he was the author of the anonymous note, according to the New York Times. A handwriting analysis performed in 2003 was inconclusive.
Last week, Mr Durst told the newspaper that he did not have the "faintest idea" who killed Ms Berman, nor know what happened to his first wife.