Robert Durst Arrested With First Degree Murder Charges In New Orleans!

Robert Durst, the subject of the HBO series "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst," has been arrested on a murder warrant issued by police in Los Angeles related to the death of his friend, Susan Berman a day before the final episode of the series. Durst, 71, was arrested Saturday in New Orleans. For years, questions have swirled around Mr. Durst about the unsolved killing of a close friend in Los Angeles in 2000, and about his first wife’s disappearance in 1982, and the shooting and dismemberment of a Texas neighbor in 2001. Mr. Durst is the subject of an HBO documentary series examining the unsolved killings of the friend, Susan Berman, and his ex-wife, Kathleen Durst.

The final episode of the documentary, "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst" was scheduled to air today. The Los Angeles district attorney recently reopened an investigation into Ms. Berman’s death, and is tying it to the case of Mr. Durst’s missing wife in New York. Mr. Durst went on trial in 2001 for the murder of a Texas neighbor, Morris Black. A jury found him not guilty, though Mr. Durst admitted having dismembered Mr. Black’s body. On Sunday morning, in an appearance at the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, Mr. Durst was arraigned on a charge of first-degree murder.

He appeared in a nearly empty courtroom wearing an orange jumpsuit. He was accompanied by two lawyers; four F.B.I. agents were also present. Judge Juana Lombard ordered him held with bond and an extradition was scheduled for Monday morning. Mr. Lewis said earlier on Sunday that Mr. Durst would waive extradition. The details of the warrant were not released on Sunday morning. A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the warrant was issued by the Los Angeles Police Department. Officials from that police agency did not immediately return calls for comment.