and according to jarecki, the filmmakers had given evidence to the authorities two years before the show aired. which, to bob's attorney dick deguerin, meant the show was far from objective reporting. >> they edited probably 50 or more hours down into a few minutes. and i think the editing job was designed to make him look bad. >> reporter: but it was a simple comparison of handwriting samples that, on it's own, seemed to condemn robert durst. it was episode five of "the jinx" series, in which a letter he admitted sending to susan berman was compared to the infamous cadaver note her presumed killer sent the cops. soon after seeing that episode, bob packed up and left houston. but the cops were monitoring his cell phone and eventually tracked him to the jw marriott hotel in new orleans.