beautiful upstairs neighbor. it was like prince charming and a princess. kathie was the love of his life. reporter: but it didn t last. the altmans attended their wedding and then a few years later, watched their prince and princess grow apart. she became more independent. it wasn t the fairy tale anymore. reporter: no. in fact, kathie s brother jim told us it was more like a horror movie. there s a dark side of bob that, you know, was fairly well camouflaged when they were first, you know, going out and getting married. but it escalated ultimately into psychological abuse, economic abuse and physical abuse. reporter: remember that doctor s letter warning that the 10-year-old bob suffered from severe hostility issues? kathie gave a copy to her friends including ellen strauss. evidence, she said. just in case. kathie warned all of us that if anything ever happened, look
it was weeks later when they finally caught him, shoplifting in bethlehem, pennsylvania. while more than $38,000 in cash was in his car. the altmans visited him in jail. you know, i asked him how he was doin . and he said, you know, not great. he talked about how he pretty much was going to do maybe suicide by cop. reporter: but bob of course didn t pull that particular trigger and was sent back to texas for trial, where his houston attorney dick deguerin devised the defense that beat the murder charge. it was a simple case of a struggle over a gun, and the gun went off. if it truly was self-defense, then what happened after the killing doesn t change that. reporter: bob wasn t so confididn t he d get off. in fact he asked his friends the
conflict and i can t get my head around is whatever happened to bob. it s hard. reporter: the altmans shared personal photos and the story of bob they ve lived and breathed starting with the family disaster that tormented him. his mom committed suicide when he was 7 years-old and it was a devastating experience for bob. reporter: compounded by bob s strained relationships with his brother douglas and his father seymour. but then, in the 1970s, stewart introduced bob to a young woman and this whole twisted tale was set in motion. i was living on east 52nd street on the second floor and kathie was living on the third floor, and bob owned the building. he used to come and collect the rent. reporter: kathie was kathie mccormack, stewart s young and
pensacola naval base showed videos of mass shootings at a dinner party with three friends prior to the attack. investigators believe the friends were not involved in the shooting. the house judiciary committee released a 55-page historical report that laid out the constitutional grounds for impeaching president trump. this comes after trump announced he will not be taking part in judiciary hearings. now back to dateline. reporter: at the end of the highway to galveston, texas, is a road sign. mile zero, it says. this is where bob durst went to vanish. he had actually moved here just weeks before susan berman s murder. and initially, he was not a suspect, but he took pains to keep himself hidden, as he told his friends the altmans. nobody would be looking for a robert durst in a $300 a month apartment under an assumed name.
whether or not he sounded believable with the story that he was telling. will the defendant please rise. reporter: the altmans said bob was convinced, 99.9% certain that he d be convicted. we the jury find the defendant robert durst not guilty. reporter: the jury took five days to save him from 25 years to life in prison. though he later served a little time in federal prison for skipping bail and dismembering morris black. but by 2005 he was a free man again. now the only person who could catch bob durst was bob durst. coming up what was he thinking? caught off camera and seemingly off guard on the jinx. did robert durst confess? why did he give that interview? thought he d be able to show he s not a horrible person. when dateline continues. man: sneezes