Robert Durst: Millionaire Murderer May Die Before Trial

Robert Durst got a slap on a wrist for brutally decapitating a neighbor — and now insiders claim the millionaire murderer will beat his next prison sentence by dropping dead in a mental ward!

The National ENQUIRER has learned the ailing 74-year-old crossdresser is confined to a wheelchair, is as thin as a rail and is incarcerated in the medical ward of a California jail. “We worry about him,” one of the creep’s attorneys, Donald M. Re, told The ENQUIRER. “He’s obviously not getting care 24 hours a day, and he’s not living with family members who could make sure he is doing OK.”

The National ENQUIRER has learned the ailing 74-year-old crossdresser is confined to a wheelchair, is as thin as a rail and is incarcerated in the medical ward of a California jail. “We worry about him,” one of the creep’s attorneys, Donald M. Re, told The ENQUIRER. “He’s obviously not getting care 24 hours a day, and he’s not living with family members who could make sure he is doing OK.”

Durst, who became filthy rich as a New York City real estate magnate, is awaiting trial in April on first-degree murder charges. His longtime friend Susan Berman was shot in her Benedict Canyon home in December 2000. The two had been college pals — and Susan (at left) told friends she believed Durst had killed his first wife, Kathie, who went missing in 1982.

Durst had disappeared as the investigation into Kathie's death continued, and had moved to Galveston, Texas. He disguised himself as a woman to avoid detection — but made headlines after confessing to killing and dismembering an elderly neighbor in 2001. He later beat the murder rap by declaring self-defense.

“We try to act as surrogate family to go in and visit to make sure he’s all right,” added his lawyer. “But if you watch him as he goes inside the courtroom, you can tell he is losing weight. This has been very hard for him.” And in a bizarre twist, the disgraced millionaire's declining state is partly responsible for his new court date!

As covered by The ENQUIRER, doddering Durst was participating in a documentary about his sordid past and the multiple accusations of murder. Authorities renewed the investigation into Berman's death after Durst went into a bathroom and — forgetting that he was wearing a microphone — muttered to himself: "What did I do? Killed them all, of course!"