and then he would get a skirt, you know, and try to match it up, you know, and most of the time he couldn t. so i would try and help him match. reporter: kay had seen her share of cross-dressers, but there was something different about this one. he wanted to be somebody else besides robert durst. reporter: which might explain another untold story of those years an odd and so far unexplained habit of frequenting eureka s seedy side. hanging out at a it was a homeless shelter/soup kitchen. reporter: wait a minute. he bought a house and he hangs out at a homeless shelter? he s hanging out at a homeless shelter. reporter: but, said charles bagli, he was also restless. he was in constant motion, whether it he was here, in texas, or in california, or in europe.
up, you know, and most of the time, he couldn t. so i would try and help him match. reporter: kay had seen her share of cross-dressers, but there was something different about this one. he wanted to be somebody else besides robert durst. reporter: which might explain another untold story of those years an odd and so far unexplained habit of frequenting eureka s seedy side. hanging out at a it was a homeless shelter/soup kitchen. reporter: wait a minute. he bought a house and he hangs out at a homeless shelter? he s hanging out at a homeless shelter. reporter: but, said charles bagli, he was also restless. he was in constant motion, whether it he was here, in texas, or in california, or in europe. reporter: or los angeles, where he d look in on susan berman, who you ll remember
reporter: and then in 1982, kathie durst disappeared. how did he take it? it s bob. you know, he asked if we had seen her, if we heard anything, if we knew anything. reporter: but they didn t. no one did. bob was typically almost detached in his demeanor. you know, almost, i don t know nothing. i don t know anything. reporter: from the outset, bob denied any involvement in kathie s disappearance and still does. at the time, he was careful to distance himself from investigators. new york times reporter charles bagli has covered the durst real estate empire for three decades. and when kathie vanished, said bagli, bob s protective friend susan berman, a name you ve probably heard of, became his unofficial spokesperson. and susan would call back and say, well, bob s, you know, really not feeling right right now.
don t let him get away with it. reporter: and then in 1982, kathie durst disappeared. how did he take it? it s bob. you know, he asked if we had seen her, if we heard anything, if we knew anything. reporter: but they didn t. no one did. bob was typically almost detached in his demeanor. you know, almost, i don t know nothing. i don t know anything. reporter: from the outset bob denied any involvement in kathie s disappearance and still does. at the time he was careful to distance himself from investigators. new york times reporter charles bagli has covered the durst real estate empire for three decades. and when kathie vanished, said bagli, bob s protective friend susan berman, a name you ve probably heard of, became his unofficial spokeperson. and susan would call back and say, well, bob s, you know,
you know, and try to match it up, you know, and most of the time he couldn t. so i would try and help him match. reporter: kay had seen her share of cross-dressers, but there was something different about this one. he wanted to be somebody else besides robert durst. reporter: which might explain another untold story of those years an odd and so far unexplained habit of frequenting eureka s seedy side. hanging out at a it was a homeless shelter/soup kitchen. reporter: wait a minute. he bought a house and he hangs out at a homeless shelter? he s hanging out at a homeless shelter. reporter: but, said charles bagli, he was also restless. he was in constant motion, whether it he was here, in texas, or in california, or in europe. reporter: or los angeles, where he d look in on susan berman, who you ll remember