new york notoriety. he posed as a woman, masquerading as a woman, pretending to be mute to hide his voice. the shadow of death followed him to texas where he was soon arrested for the murder of his neighbor morris black, whose dismembered body was found floating in pieces in galveston bay. not guilty. reporter: unbelievably durst beat the charges by claiming self-defense even though he admitted to cutting the body into pieces. all three cases back in the spotlight after durst agreed to talk to film maker for a new hbo series. during the interview, durst is confronted with a letter telling police back in 2000 the location of the body of his long time friend susan berman. the film makers in their exhaustive research found another letter durst had previously sent to berman. the address on both envelopes written in near identical block letters and the same misspelling of the word beverly. when confronted durst becomes
documentary will now head to california to face a capital murder charge. robert durst sat shackled in court today charged with the murder of his friend susan berman from nearly 15 years ago. durst just opened up about that case and others for the first time in the hbo series the jinx. it looked at the disappearance of his wife in 1982. the execution-style murder of susan berman in her beverly hills house in 2000. and the murder and dismemberment of his neighbor morris black, in texas, in 2001. durst was never charged in his wife s disappearance and was acquitted of killing morris black. but now the susan berman case is taking center stage. list just arrested durst for killing berman inging berman saturday at a new