--- description: Investigators believe Durst was preparing to go on the lam before they arrested him title: Robert Durst Murder Investigation Expands to Other Cities image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e099efe3d0cd789/6987844a0b72e3d5c66de3e1/real-estate-heir-vide_wong.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 # Robert Durst Murder Investigation Expands to Other Cities by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 19, 2015 7:47 PM CUT  Robert Durst appears in New Orleans on March 17, 2015 Robert Durst appears in New Orleans on March 17, 2015Gerald Herbert—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 19, 2015 7:47 PM CUT The investigation into millionaire murder suspect Robert Durst is going national as police hunt for evidence—and other victims. The agencies handling unsolved murders that have links to the eccentric real-estate heir have reached out to their counterparts in cities where he lived or visited and asked them to dust off old case files to look for patterns. Durst—who is worth an estimated $100 million, according to authorities—has resided or owned property in at least a half-dozen places, including Vermont, Texas, California and New York. One California police department has already said it’s looking into a possible connection … [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/durst-n326476?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3751603/robert-durst-murder-investigation-cities/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3751603/robert-durst-murder-investigation-cities/"},"headline":"Robert Durst Murder Investigation Expands to Other Cities","datePublished":"2015-03-19T19:47:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:18:14.688Z","description":"Investigators believe Durst was preparing to go on the lam before they arrested him","url":"https://time.com/3751603/robert-durst-murder-investigation-cities/","keywords":["Crime","HBO","new orleans"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e099efe3d0cd789/6987844a0b72e3d5c66de3e1/real-estate-heir-vide_wong.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/blt2e099efe3d0cd789/6987844a0b72e3d5c66de3e1/real-estate-heir-vide_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"In this Tuesday, March 17, 2015 photo, Robert Durst appears in New Orleans.","caption":"In this Tuesday, March 17, 2015 photo, Robert Durst appears in New Orleans.","creditText":"Gerald Herbert—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/3751603/robert-durst-murder-investigation-cities/","name":"Robert Durst Murder Investigation Expands to Other Cities"}}]}] ```