For anyone who watched the Robert Durst HBO documentry

[Lint Head]

or who may be interested in the case. I watched the entire series. I think the statements Robert Durst made in the bathroom while wearing the lavalier microphone demonstrated he has the mind of a schizophrenic person. It sounded like two different people talking in a question answer conversation. His father made him watch his mother commit suicide. I think it is a fascinating and tragic real life story. Interesting to know opinion of other folks.

[mainstreetonce]

1. I watched some of it

I don't understand how something he muttered to himself could be considered a confession.

He is clearly mentally I'll.

[LisaL]

5. Who is he supposed to mutter it to for it to be considered a confession?

[sabrina 1]

2. I didn't see this series, but saw another documented account of his life on one of the

crime shows.

It started with the murder of his neighbor and then tracked back to the murder of his wife. The focus was on the three murders.

How he got away with the one he WAS tried for, the neighbor, with I think a sentence of five years, he confessed, claimed self defense and the jury bought it. The sentence airc, was not for the killing, but for tampering with a body (the body was cut in pieces).

Seemed to me, knowing nothing much about him, that yes, he was mentally ill, but also, that anyone else who did not have the money he has, would have been convicted of at least second degree murder.

He killed three people, so far, according to the crime show. The woman he is now accused of murdering was a long time friend of his, who authorities were about to interview regarding the murder of his wife. She was murdered before she could be interviewed.

It's clear that not only he, but many other killers ARE mentally ill. We have not Mental Health system in this country to speak of.

As someone who has a mentally ill member in our family, there is literally no way to keep someone who has violent tendencies, off the street until they do something that will send them to jail. Prison is our Mental HC system.

He was able to use his money to avoid the kind of sentence someone with less or no resources, would have received.

The murder of his wife was a terrible tragedy. She came from a really nice, ordinary working class family who have received no justice for her terrible murder.

[LisaL]

3. He has a lot of $$$.

He could afford a good defense.
I recall one of the jurors interviewed claiming something to the effect they couldn't convict Robert Durst because victim's head was missing (Robert Durst dismembered the body and head was not found). Shows that defense really excelled during jury selection.

[cali]

4. what's tragic to me is that he has, to date, gotten away with murdering 3 people.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. I think he's a cold-blooded murderer. Starting with his first wife.