--- description: The arrest of millionaire developer Robert Durst on murder charges in the 2000 execution-style slaying of a mobster's daughter-turned-journalist in Los Angeles isn't the most... title: Robert Durst, the Millionaire Who Can't Run From His Past image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2dbd2eeff25fff2/698783a52dce0172489de089/ap897115220628.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Robert Durst, the Millionaire Drifter Who Can't Run From His Past by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 16, 2015 2:29 AM CUT  This booking photo provided shows Robert Durst after his March 14, 2015 arrest in New Orleans on an extradition warrant to Los Angeles This booking photo provided shows Robert Durst after his March 14, 2015 arrest in New Orleans on an extradition warrant to Los AngelesOrleans Parish Sheriff's Office/AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 16, 2015 2:29 AM CUT [The arrest of millionaire developer Robert Durst](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/infamous-murder-suspect-robert-durst-arrested-new-orleans-n323766 "undefined") on murder charges in the 2000 execution-style slaying of a mobster’s daughter-turned-journalist in Los Angeles isn’t the most bizarre twist in Durst’s life. Not by a long shot. Durst, 71, was arrested Saturday in New Orleans at a hotel where he’d registered under a false name with a fake ID, having paid for the room in cash. He was charged with murder in the death of Susan Berman, a friend who was found in her bedroom with a single gunshot wound to the back of her head on Christmas Eve 2000 … [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/robert-durst-millionaire-drifter-who-cant-run-his-past-n324001?cid=par-time-article%5F20150316 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3745421/robert-durst-the-millionaire-drifter-who-cant-run-from-his-past/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3745421/robert-durst-the-millionaire-drifter-who-cant-run-from-his-past/"},"headline":"Robert Durst, the Millionaire Drifter Who Can't Run From His Past","datePublished":"2015-03-16T02:29:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:10:30.310Z","description":"The arrest of millionaire developer Robert Durst on murder charges in the 2000 execution-style slaying of a mobster's daughter-turned-journalist in Los Angeles isn't the most...","url":"https://time.com/3745421/robert-durst-the-millionaire-drifter-who-cant-run-from-his-past/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2dbd2eeff25fff2/698783a52dce0172489de089/ap897115220628.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/bltd2dbd2eeff25fff2/698783a52dce0172489de089/ap897115220628.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Robert Durst","caption":"Robert Durst","creditText":"Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office/AP","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/3745421/robert-durst-the-millionaire-drifter-who-cant-run-from-his-past/","name":"Robert Durst, the Millionaire Drifter Who Can't Run From His Past"}}]}] ```