NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Robert Durst, a wealthy heir to a New York real estate fortune, has been arrested in New Orleans on a warrant from Los Angeles, where his girlfriend’s killing 15 years ago has been pursued by a cold-case squad.
Durst is the subject of a six-part HBO series detailing his life of wealth and privilege as well as suspected links to the disappearance of his wife in New York and the killings of his neighbor in Texas and girlfriend in Los Angeles.
The 71-year-old admitted killing the neighbor a decade ago, but denied involvement in his wife’s disappearance or his girlfriend’s murder.
He was arrested in New Orleans on Saturday, as HBO was preparing to broadcast Sunday’s first episode of a six-part documentary, “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst,” by filmmaker Andrew Jarecki.
Jarecki told The Associated Press that Durst, who has remained free despite suspicions of his involvement in three murders, is a strange but smart man who’s long feuded with his wealthy family.