Suspected psycho serial killer Robert Durst is rotting away in his own filth in a Los Angeles prison hospital as he awaits trial for the execution-style murder of his best friend, Susan Berman!
The National ENQUIRER has obtained exclusive images of the 76-year-old crackpot’s urine-stained hospital bed behind bars in the notorious Los Angeles Twin Towers Correctional Facility — where the cross-dresser and onetime heir to a New York real estate fortune has been sealed since 2016.
Click through the gallery above for the exclusive photos!
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![Robert Durst appearing in the Los Angeles Superior Court](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
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Durst is facing a first-degree murder rap for shooting his college pal and closest confidant, Susan, in her Benedict Canyon, Calif., home in December 2000.
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![Robert Durst, left, sits on the witness stand as his attorney Dick DeGuerin shows the jury photos of Durst and his wife Kathy on their wedding day, in Galveston, Texas. The cross-dressing son of a New York City real estate tycoon is accused of murder for killing a neighbor at a low-rent Galveston apartment house where they both lived,](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
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Susan had told friends that she believed Durst killed his first wife,
Kathleen, who went missing at age 29 in 1982.
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![Galveston Police identification officer Gary Jones, left, points out a detail to the jury during testimony of murder defendant Robert Durst in Galveston, Texas, . Durst is on trial for the murder of Morris Black](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
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Durst had already admitted to dismembering an elderly boarding-house neighbor in Galveston, Texas, where he disguised himself as a woman to avoid being recognized by cops looking to question him about his wife.
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![Robert Durst appearing in GALVESTON, USA](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
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Shockingly, Durst beat that rap by declaring it was a matter of self-defense that he killed the man, carved up the body, and dumped pieces of it in the bay!
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![New York real estate heir Robert Durst’s jail cell](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
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He was finally jailed in 2015 after he appeared in HBO’s damning, true-crime documentary series The Jinx and was caught on an open mic saying: “What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course!”
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![New York real estate heir Robert Durst’s jail cell](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
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The once high-living Durst’s universe now consists of a filthy, cluttered jailhouse hospital room, where he lies on yellowed sheets, flanked by a life-saving breathing machine and a narrow window!
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![New York real estate heir Robert Durst’s jail cell](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
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Remnants of his former life among the privileged include a stack of classic books in a corner, including Moby Dick and War and Peace.
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![New York real estate heir Robert Durst’s jail cell](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
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Copies of such high-minded magazines as The Economist, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair are also strewn about.
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![New York real estate heir Robert Durst’s jail cell](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
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His wall is plastered with crudely torn magazine pages and, bizarrely, an April 3 obituary of a San Francisco private detective who had investigated Durst’s case.
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![New York real estate heir Robert Durst’s jail cell](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
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There is also an ad for the famed New York deli Zabar’s. Durst’s estranged brother Douglas — who continues to run the family’s real estate empire — is a known pal of Eli Zabar, a son of the upscale food market’s original founders.
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![New York real estate heir Robert Durst’s jail cell](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
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Durst was confined to the hospital bed after a string of serious illnesses, including esophageal cancer diagnosed in 2007, and hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid on the brain. His deteriorating condition has raised concerns that he may never go to trial to answer for his alleged atrocities.
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![New York real estate heir Robert Durst’s jail cell](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
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The trial was scheduled to start in Los Angeles in September but was recently postponed to Jan. 14 after a motion from his defense team. “It’s disgusting how long it’s taken to bring him to justice,” said a source close to Susan’s family. “He’s behind bars but his money can still buy him all this postponement and privilege in jail!
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![New York real estate heir Robert Durst’s jail cell](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
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Rich Markey, another close friend of Susan’s, said, “Being an extremely wealthy guy gave him the opportunity to get through life … but now that everybody knows his dark side, we’ll see what happens to him.
“His $100 million is worth nothing to him now!”
Durst is facing a first-degree murder rap for shooting his college pal and closest confidant, Susan, in her Benedict Canyon, Calif., home in December 2000.
Photo credit: Shutterstock
Susan had told friends that she believed Durst killed his first wife,
Kathleen, who went missing at age 29 in 1982.
Photo credit: Shutterstock
Durst had already admitted to dismembering an elderly boarding-house neighbor in Galveston, Texas, where he disguised himself as a woman to avoid being recognized by cops looking to question him about his wife.
Photo credit: Shutterstock
Shockingly, Durst beat that rap by declaring it was a matter of self-defense that he killed the man, carved up the body, and dumped pieces of it in the bay!
Photo credit: Shutterstock
He was finally jailed in 2015 after he appeared in HBO’s damning, true-crime documentary series The Jinx and was caught on an open mic saying: “What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course!”
Photo credit: Coleman-Rayner
The once high-living Durst’s universe now consists of a filthy, cluttered jailhouse hospital room, where he lies on yellowed sheets, flanked by a life-saving breathing machine and a narrow window!
Photo credit: Coleman-Rayner
Remnants of his former life among the privileged include a stack of classic books in a corner, including Moby Dick and War and Peace.
Photo credit: Coleman-Rayner
Copies of such high-minded magazines as The Economist, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair are also strewn about.
Photo credit: Coleman-Rayner
His wall is plastered with crudely torn magazine pages and, bizarrely, an April 3 obituary of a San Francisco private detective who had investigated Durst’s case.
Photo credit: Coleman-Rayner
There is also an ad for the famed New York deli Zabar’s. Durst’s estranged brother Douglas — who continues to run the family’s real estate empire — is a known pal of Eli Zabar, a son of the upscale food market’s original founders.
Photo credit: Coleman-Rayner
Durst was confined to the hospital bed after a string of serious illnesses, including esophageal cancer diagnosed in 2007, and hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid on the brain. His deteriorating condition has raised concerns that he may never go to trial to answer for his alleged atrocities.
Photo credit: Coleman-Rayner
The trial was scheduled to start in Los Angeles in September but was recently postponed to Jan. 14 after a motion from his defense team. “It’s disgusting how long it’s taken to bring him to justice,” said a source close to Susan’s family. “He’s behind bars but his money can still buy him all this postponement and privilege in jail!
Photo credit: Coleman-Rayner
Rich Markey, another close friend of Susan’s, said, “Being an extremely wealthy guy gave him the opportunity to get through life … but now that everybody knows his dark side, we’ll see what happens to him.
“His $100 million is worth nothing to him now!”
Photo credit: Coleman-Rayner