Real estate heir Robert Durst was arrested in New Orleans late Saturday night on a warrant out of Los Angeles County, California.
The eccentric 71-year-old New Yorker from a millionaire family is jailed as he awaits a court hearing, which had not been scheduled as of Sunday morning.
It’s unclear why Durst is wanted in California.
The Los Angeles County district attorney last week reopened the cold case of the slaying of longtime Durst friend and crime author Susan Berman. Berman was found shot to death in her Beverly Hills home in December of 2000. Police have never filed charges in the case.
Durst has been tied to several homicide investigations and is the subject of a recent HBO documentary called “The Jinx.”
“The Jinx,” a six-part series produced and directed by Andrew Jarecki, explores whether Durst was connected to the disappearance of his young wife, Kathie Durst, in 1982 or the 2000 killing of Berman. The documentary says investigators have long suspected Berman may have known what happened to Kathie Durst.
The New York real estate mogul was charged in 2003 in the murder and dismemberment of a 71-year-old neighbor in Galveston, Texas, but was found not guilty of the charges.