Who Is Robert Durst? A Timeline of the Real Estate Heir and Murder Suspect’s Sketchy Past

The 78-year-old is testifying in his defense at his murder trial

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Robert Durst in court in March 2020. (Photo by Etienne Laurent -Pool/Getty Images)

Robert Durst, billionaire real estate heir and subject of HBO’s six-part documentary series “The Jinx,” is standing trial for the 2000 murder of friend Susan Berman, the woman who may have known something about the mysterious disappearance of Durst’s estranged wife more than 33 years ago.

Here is a timeline of the twists and turns that got us from there to here:

1973
Durst marries Kathie McCormack, a dental hygienist.

1980
Durst and McCormack separate and live in separate New York apartments. Durst begins dating another woman, Mia Farrow‘s sister, Prudence.

January 31, 1982
Kathie McCormack goes missing after a party in Connecticut thrown in her honor by friend Gilberte Najamy.

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