Durst was charged final month with one depend of homicide within the second diploma within the alleged killing of his former spouse, Kathleen McCormack Durst.
Monday’s indictment states that “on or about” January 31, 1982, in Lewisboro in Westchester County, Durst “with intent to trigger the demise of one other particular person, did trigger the demise of such particular person; to wit: Kathleen Durst.”
Durst was discovered responsible in September of first-degree homicide for capturing his greatest pal Susan Berman in 2000 at her Beverly Hills house, hours earlier than she was set to speak to investigators concerning the mysterious disappearance of Durst’s spouse, Kathleen McCormack Durst.
Durst was sentenced to life in jail with out parole in October for Berman’s homicide.
Kathleen McCormack Durst was final seen in 1982 and her physique has not been discovered. McCormack Durst was declared legally lifeless in 2017.
“I do not assume there’s any proof to go on,” DeGuerin instructed CNN. “It doesn’t suggest he cannot be indicted.”
In a information launch, Westchester District Lawyer Miriam Rocah stated McCormack Durst’s household and buddies had been left with “ache, anguish and questions which have contributed to their unfaltering pursuit of justice for the previous 39 years.”
Rocah stated her workplace “reinvigorated” its investigation into Durst when she took workplace 10 months in the past.
“For practically 4 many years there was a substantial amount of hypothesis about this case, a lot of it fueled by Robert Durst’s personal extremely publicized statements,” Rocah stated. “An indictment is a vital step within the means of holding wrongdoers accountable for his or her actions.”
Bob Abrams, who represents Durst McCormack’s household, instructed CNN, “The household can have a public assertion on Wednesday.”
Durst is presently in custody in California, the place he stood trial for Berman’s homicide. After Durst examined optimistic for Covid-19, he was transferred to the California Well being Care Facility in Stockton final week, in response to on-line inmate information.
