Durst is serving a life sentence in California for killing a confidante who helped him cover up Kathie Durst's slaying.
Rocah said a warrant has been issued for Durst’s arrest in the New York case.
Asked by a reporter if he had any reaction to the indictment, Durst lawyer Chip Lewis replied in an email: “Fake news!” Asked in a subsequent email if he’ll be representing Durst in the New York case and whether there are concerns about moving him to New York, given his health issues, Lewis responded, “Not sure he will make it. But if he does, I’ll let you know.”
The grand jury that indicted Durst kept meeting and hearing witnesses even after State Police Investigator Joseph Becerra filed a criminal complaint in a town court in Lewisboro, New York, on Oct. 19 charging Durst with second-degree murder. He had never previously been charged in her disappearance. Robert Durst’s behavior became increasingly erratic as investigators made several attempts over the years to close the case. In 1999, authorities searched a lake and the couple’s home but turned up little evidence, with Becerra equating the search to “a needle in a haystack.”
After Berman’s death, Durst went into hiding, disguising himself as a mute woman living in a cheap apartment in Galveston, Texas. There, he killed a neighbor, chopped up his body and tossed it out to sea. Durst claimed self-defense — that he and Black were struggling for control of a gun — and was acquitted. He was convicted of destroying evidence for discarding the body parts.
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