--- description: The finale of 'The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst' coincidentally airs Sunday night. title: Subject of HBO's 'The Jinx' Arrested in New Orleans image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11b933ca46af7b49/698783a13c1639556445243f/robert-durst.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Subject of HBO's _The Jinx_ Arrested in New Orleans by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 15, 2015 3:40 PM CUT  Real estate heir Robert Durst appears in a criminal courtroom for his trial on charges of trespassing on property owned by his estranged family, in New York Dec. 10, 2014\. Durst was arrested in New Orleans for an out of state warrant, issued by Los Angeles County, on March 15, 2015. Real estate heir Robert Durst appears in a criminal courtroom for his trial on charges of trespassing on property owned by his estranged family, in New York Dec. 10, 2014\. Durst was arrested in New Orleans for an out of state warrant, issued by Los Angeles County, on March 15, 2015.Mike Segar—Reuters by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 15, 2015 3:40 PM CUT Infamous real-estate heir Robert Durst has been arrested in New Orleans for an out of state warrant, officials said. The warrant was issued by Los Angeles County. Durst, 71, famously went on trial for the fall 2001 murder of neighbor Morris Black, who was found dismembered in a Galveston, Texas, bay. Even after jumping bail and later being found in Pennsylvania when he shoplifted a sandwich, he was acquitted via a self-defense claim. Many have also suspected Durst, whose family is considered one of the top five real-estate holders in New York City, in the 1982 disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen Durst… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/infamous-murder-suspect-robert-durst-arrested-new-orleans-n323766 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3745254/robert-durst-arrested-new-orleans-hbo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3745254/robert-durst-arrested-new-orleans-hbo/"},"headline":"Subject of HBO's The Jinx Arrested in New Orleans","datePublished":"2015-03-15T15:40:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:10:17.177Z","description":"The finale of The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst coincidentally airs Sunday night","url":"https://time.com/3745254/robert-durst-arrested-new-orleans-hbo/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11b933ca46af7b49/698783a13c1639556445243f/robert-durst.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11b933ca46af7b49/698783a13c1639556445243f/robert-durst.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Real estate heir Robert Durst appears in a criminal courtroom for his trial on charges of trespassing on property owned by his estranged family, in New York","caption":"Real estate heir Robert Durst appears in a criminal courtroom for his trial on charges of trespassing on property owned by his estranged family, in New York","creditText":"Mike Segar—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3745254/robert-durst-arrested-new-orleans-hbo/","name":"Subject of HBO's The Jinx Arrested in New Orleans"}}]}] ```