has got a wealthy family. it s difficult for everybody. there is a club of people consumed by trying to figure out what happened. i have never seen anything like it. a missing wife. everything about this wreaks of murder. a murdered best friend. a dead neighbor. they try to understand. now, the stories that you have not heard. as the friends of robert durst speak out. i hope and i pray, when all this is done, we all get answers. and here they own account of the strange life. the reclusive millionaire spent much of his time on the road, so where was he? what was he doing? who was he with? what does it die of his wealth doing hanging out at a homeless shelter, soothe kitchen. for decades, suspicions, and questions raised and no. will their family be answers? cases and vernon? the twisted tale of robert durst, and a mystery. where are you? he definitely is hello, and welcome to dateline. robert durst was born into privilege, he never seem to
then what happened after the killing doesn t change that. bob wasn t so confident he would get off. in fact, he asked his friends altmans to help them would be like for him. he thought that if we got to know the ins and outs, that maybe would be easy for him once he was on the inside. right about how he would hear his favorite music, for example. he was gonna find out if maybe there was a radio station we could buy so that if he were in jail, he could have music that he liked. bob knew that his chances of acquittal dependent on large biden winning the juries sympathy. for that, he went on a crash diet. bob was trying to use every way within his power to look frail when he was on trial in galveston. he also went to considerable trouble to practice his testimony as presiding judge
traveled fast. it was my first thought was, what if they listen to me? they did not interview susan berman and a timely matter. what were they waiting for, the dough? bob skipped susan berman s memorial service. and a few weeks later, he surfaced in galveston, texas. not a good place to get lost. except, of course, trouble eventually found him there. a killing, a dismemberment, and an unforgettable acquittal. we all know the story. but not this version. coming up did robert durst rehearse telling the truth? his wife and friend, murdered a reporter [inaudible] he discussed with them whether he believed the store that he was telling. when dateline continues. d emerge your best every day with emergen-c
but nothing much came of it, at least not back then. years past and then matt byrd bank who wrote a book on durst called a deadly secret, got a tip from some independent investigators also working the case. a possible connection. there were clinical records that placed durst in the eureka area the day that this girl disappeared. the transaction was just up the coast in trinidad, maybe 20 minutes or so by car. that spot where the witness saw girl picked up on the road in eureka. and then, before the trial on galveston, brett beck heard this at a really good source that was close to the defense team, i was told that durst was extremely concerned about karen mitchell and was so concerned, he thought he was gonna get charged. i brought this up on his own with his defense attorney? yes, and he said bobby, let s worry about one case at a time. not true said dick deguerin. i never had any concern
weeks before susan berman s murder and initially he was not a suspect but he took pains to keep themself hidden. and he told his friends the obvious don t be looking for robert durst in a 300 dollar month apartment under a fake name. the name of an old high school classmate named dorothy signer. although in his log he wrote that he didn t like where he was. it it s not in my eyes which made my head sweat. but, the version bob told over the years doesn t tell the real story. certainly not the famous killing of his elderly neighbors, mars play, or bob s activities in galveston or elsewhere. it was really strange, him in black, around galveston amongst the homeless. why is a guy of his wealth and his family s influence doing, stealing identities?