Durst was charged final month with one rely 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 dying of one other particular person, did trigger the dying of such particular person; to wit: Kathleen Durst.”
Durst was discovered responsible in September of first-degree homicide for taking pictures his finest good friend Susan Berman in 2000 at her Beverly Hills house, hours earlier than she was set to speak to investigators in regards to 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 suppose 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 mentioned McCormack Durst’s household and associates had been left with “ache, anguish and questions which have contributed to their unfaltering pursuit of justice for the previous 39 years.”
Rocah mentioned her workplace “reinvigorated” its investigation into Durst when she took workplace 10 months in the past.
“For practically 4 many years there was an excessive amount of hypothesis about this case, a lot of it fueled by Robert Durst’s personal extremely publicized statements,” Rocah mentioned. “An indictment is an important 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 could have a public assertion on Wednesday.”
Durst is at present in custody in California, the place he stood trial for Berman’s homicide. After Durst examined constructive for Covid-19, he was transferred to the California Well being Care Facility in Stockton final week, in accordance with on-line inmate data.
