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  Durst’s lies in, 200–204

  Durst’s self-defense plea in, 181–82

  Durst’s testimony in, 191–93

  final arguments in, 204–7

  jurors in, 184, 190, 207, 208–11, 270

  motive issues in, 198–200

  opening arguments in, 185–87

  Pirro and, 129–30, 140–42, 169–74, 185–91, 205–7, 254–55, 256, 270, 288, 293

  Board of Elections, New York, 144

  Boies, David, 291

  Boston, Mass., 299

  Bowman, Chris, 285, 286, 287, 292–93, 294

  Brandi, Dianne, 291

  Bratton, Bill, 119, 122

  Braun, Walter, 160

  Brenner, Dean, 159–60

  Brenner, Nyle, 116, 177

  Brentwood, Calif., 106

  Bridgehampton, N.Y., 260

  Bridge to Nowhere, 78–79

  Bronx, N.Y., 42, 53, 59, 75, 126

  Brooklyn, N.Y., 41

  Brown, Tom, Jr., 78, 79

  Bullers, James, 177

  Burrows, Randy, 210–11

  Burton, Mark, 288–90

  Caldwell, J., 236

  California, 94, 106, 108, 115, 155, 157, 162, 167, 176, 217, 274, 297

  California, University of, at Los Angeles (UCLA), 65, 105, 179, 299

  Campbell, Glen, 126

  Campbell Hall, N.Y., 284

  Cannizzaro, Leon, Jr., 286–87, 292, 294, 297

  Cantor Fitzgerald, 123

  Cantrell, Harry, 289, 290, 294–95

  Cappelli, Connie, 154

  Capturing the Friedmans (documentary), 15, 254, 280

  Carey, Hugh, 41

  Castro, Tony, 126, 127, 129

  Cazalas, Cody, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 130–31, 138, 141–42, 143, 159, 163, 174, 188, 196, 197, 199, 202–3, 253, 259, 313

  Black murder investigation of, 12–13, 27, 132–36, 189, 212–13, 259

  and Durst’s New Orleans arrest, 13–14

  in hunt for Durst, 157–58, 167

  The Jinx and, 15, 17–18, 255, 259, 262, 272

  and recapture of Durst, 160–61

  Center for Women and Families, 163

  Chalmers hardware store, 133, 135

  Chappaqua, N.Y., 46

  Charatan, Bennat, 260

  Charatan, Debrah Lee, 14, 154–55, 157, 162, 169, 173, 175, 221, 223–24, 227, 241, 251, 269, 284, 296, 300

  Durst’s marriage to, 143–45, 146–48, 150–51, 168, 236

  Durst’s prison phone calls to, 165–67, 173, 182–83, 221

  Durst’s relationship with, 148–50, 260

  The Jinx and, 260–61

  Pirro’s interview of, 146–48, 150–54

  power of attorney given by Durst to, 148

  real-estate business of, 149, 260

  spousal privilege claimed by, 153

  Charatan/Holm Family Foundation, 260–61

  Cheesecake Factory, 247

  Chelin, Pamela, 236

  Cherkasky, Mike, 126–27

  Chicago, Ill., 253

  Chide, Jason, 212

  Children’s Rights, 232, 274

  Chimento, Domenic, 101, 129, 159

  CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 44

  Ciner, Dorothy (alias), 4, 77, 134, 162, 196, 207, 259

  Ciner, Dorothy (Durst classmate), 4, 186, 194

  City Hall (NYC), 78

  Clarac, Robbie, 209

  Clark, David, 14

  CNN, 184, 209

  Colabella, Nick, 51

  Colonial Regional Police Headquarters, 160

  Colquitt, Gabrielle, 55, 120

  Columbia University, 56

  Concord, N.H., 112

  Connecticut, 58, 61, 80, 106

  Constitution, U.S., 8, 87, 171

  Cooper, Anderson, 208–9

  Coppola, Matthew, 144

  Corbalis, Anne Marie, 124, 185, 188

  Coulter, Paul, 116, 176, 178

  Court TV, 206, 259

  Crime Stoppers, 9

  Criss, Susan:

  in Black murder trial, 169–72, 173, 183–84, 191, 192, 195, 198, 200, 203, 204

  child pornography case of, 238–39

  dead cat story of, 236–38

  Durst’s post-trial meeting with, 235–36

  Cuba, 13, 14, 261, 284, 285

  Cuomo, Mario, 41

  Dallas, Tex., 158, 168, 177

  Danbury, Conn., 70, 112, 163, 164

  “Dear Prudence” (song), 79

  Debrah Lee Charatan Realty, Inc., 145

  DeGuerin, Dick, 1, 168, 181, 182, 183–84, 185–88, 189, 190, 192–93, 194, 207, 210, 237, 247, 256, 260, 270, 271, 272, 273–74, 288, 290, 291, 293, 295, 296–97

  Pirro attacked by, 171, 172, 173–74, 185–87, 296

  DeLay, Tom, 168

  Denver, Colo., 84

  Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), 144

  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 195, 303

  Dillman, Klaus, 133–34

  D’Imperio, Pat, 129

  DNA evidence, 34–35

  domestic violence:

  hospitals and, 75

  prosecution of, 39–42

  Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Units, 40, 49, 50, 60, 240

  Donohue, Francis T., 30, 101

  Douglas, Anne Scripps, 52–53

  Douglas, Scott, 52–53, 54

  Duffy, Mike, 121, 289

  Dunst, Kirsten, 249

  Durst, Alexander, 250

  Durst, Bernice, suicide of, 105, 182, 191–92, 263, 305–6

  Durst, Debrah Lee Charatan, see Charatan, Debrah Lee

  Durst, Douglas, 74, 82, 150, 183, 186, 222, 232–33, 236, 241, 248–49, 266, 268, 274, 305, 309

  Pirro’s meeting with, 223–29, 230, 268

  on Robert, 220–21

  Robert’s hatred of, 161, 164, 166–67

  Robert’s stalking of, 250–51, 279

  Durst, Jonathan, 236

  Durst, Kathleen “Kathie,” 5, 8, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23, 33, 35–36, 61, 72, 79, 95, 97, 99, 113–14, 116, 128, 136, 143, 150, 152, 153, 155, 161, 164, 167, 176, 177, 193, 200, 201, 205, 207, 213, 221, 227, 242, 247, 250, 255, 256, 264, 266, 267–69, 280, 284, 296, 300

  alleged drug use of, 57, 60, 94, 214

  as battered woman, 87–90

  divorce sought by, 57, 59, 60, 65, 72, 75–76, 90, 112–13, 307

  Durst feared by, 57, 61, 66, 88, 222

  Durst Organization investigated by, 222–23

  Durst’s affairs and, 81

  Durst’s control of, 61, 87–88, 89–90

  Durst’s physical abuse of, 26–27, 42, 54, 57, 59, 66, 72, 75, 88, 90

  Durst’s secret divorce from, 144, 145

  East Eighty-Sixth Street apartment of, 73, 91

  Durst, Kathleen “Kathie,” disappearance of, 2, 3–4, 53–54, 55–56, 158, 170, 175, 289

  Durst family and, 230–33, 267, 273–74, 308

  Durst family’s hiring of Scoppetta in, 60–61, 86–87, 219–20, 228–29, 231, 273–74

  and Durst family’s refusal to help in search, 82–83

  Durst’s delay in reporting, 32–33, 37, 56

  Durst’s disposal of Kathie’s clothes and personal effects in, 63, 73, 134–35

  Durst’s lack of alibi in, 58, 71, 265

  Durst’s original statement in, 56–57, 58

  Durst’s trip to Ship Bottom, N.J., after, 76–77, 91, 164, 269

  inconsistencies and lies in Durst’s account of, 58, 65–66, 69–71, 72–74, 84

  media and, 58–59, 60, 65, 72, 85

  Najamy’s investigation of, 61–64, 84–85, 114, 266, 302

  Strauss and, 111–15

  Struk’s investigation of, 36–38, 56–61, 63–67, 73, 264–66

  victim-blaming in, 36, 60, 214

  witness statements in, 57, 59–60, 69, 71–72

  Wright’s investigation of, 219, 232, 273–74

  Durst, Kathleen “Kathie,” disappearance of, Pirro’s reinvestigation of, 2, 30�
�36, 69–92, 129, 157, 172, 186, 217–18, 241, 244, 262, 286, 301–2, 304, 311–13

  Berman as focus of, 93–94, 101, 106–8, 117–18, 296–97

  Douglas Durst and, 223–29, 230, 269

  Lake Truesdale search in, 54–55, 267

  Martin’s tip in, 31, 32, 54

  news leak in, 96–103, 107, 187

  possible murder timeline developed in, 90–91

  press blackout in, 94, 99

  press conferences and interviews in, 108–11

  South Salem cottage searched in, 55, 244

  Durst, Robert:

  aliases and disguises of, 4, 13, 77, 134, 157–58, 162, 201, 259, 308–9

  Ann McCormack’s lawsuit against, 83–84

  antisocial personality disorder exhibited by, 299–300, 304–5

  Berman and, see Berman, Susan

  Black and, see Black, Morris

  bulimia of, 288, 304–5

  Charatan given power of attorney by, 148

  Charatan’s marriage to, 143–45, 146–48, 150–51, 168, 236, 260

  Charatan’s relationship with, 148–50, 260

  as cheapskate, 73, 76, 79, 83, 86, 91, 93, 136, 149, 158, 165, 213

  contents of rental car of, 160–64

  cunning of, 4

  Douglas stalked by, 250–51, 279

  drug use by, 13, 58, 161, 283, 285, 307

  ego of, 12, 306–7

  extramarital affairs of, 79–81, 300–301

  failing health of, 1, 5, 284

  as fugitive, 157–58, 164–66

  guns of, 13, 57, 88, 128, 137, 161, 166, 174, 190, 195, 201–2, 203, 206, 210, 212, 283, 285, 307

  jail time served by, 235–36

  The Jinx and, see Jinx, The

  Kathleen and, see Durst, Kathleen “Kathie”

  McCormacks disliked by, 26, 82

  mother’s suicide and, 105, 182, 191–92, 264, 305–6

  multiple homes of, 106

  narcissism of, 256

  New Orleans arrest and incarceration of, 1, 4, 7, 13–14, 17, 28, 283–84

  New Orleans bail denied to, 297

  New Orleans hearing of, 284–97

  parole violation by, 235–36

  Pennsylvania trial of, 174–75

  personal wealth of, 2, 4, 37, 64

  public urination arrest of, 251

  Riverside Drive apartment of, 56, 57, 58, 59–60, 69, 70, 71–72, 231

  in secret divorce from Kathie, 144, 145

  sense of entitlement of, 81–82

  Sharp’s analysis of mental health and behavior of, 299–309

  shoplifting arrest of, 158–60, 165

  violent temper of, 81–82

  Durst, Seymour, 56, 74, 77, 82–83, 149, 150, 191, 192, 218, 219–20, 221–22, 250, 263, 266, 274, 305

  Durst, Thomas, 82, 83, 217–18, 221, 223, 227, 232

  Durst family, 33, 66, 74, 77, 79, 102, 105, 114, 145, 150, 183, 185, 192, 217, 218, 221, 222, 223, 229, 236, 251, 265, 266, 302, 304, 308

  Kathie’s disappearance and, 230–33, 266–67, 273–74, 308

  in refusal to help in search for Kathie, 82–83

  Scoppetta hired by, 60–61, 86–87, 219–20, 228–29, 231, 273–74

  Durst Organization, 33, 36, 60, 76, 77, 78, 106, 150, 166, 169, 186, 192, 225, 228, 229, 231, 236, 269

  Kathie’s investigation of, 222–23

  Robert’s lawsuit against, 236

  Dwyer, Jim, 220–21, 230, 232

  Easy Street: The True Story of a Mob Family (Berman), 105

  Egenhauser, Barbara, 34

  Elaine’s (restaurant), 79, 105, 146

  Elmira, N.Y., 43–44

  Emery, Richard, 233

  Emmy Awards, 15, 243, 312

  Enron Corporation, 168

  Eureka, Calif., 176

  Facelle, Tom, 45–46, 47–49

  Family Court, 39

  Family Court Act, Article Eight of, 39

  Farrow, Mia, 79, 80–81

  Farrow, Prudence, 79–80, 81, 300

  FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 14, 25, 158, 159, 251, 279, 283, 284

  FDNY (New York City Fire Department), 125

  Ferrer, Christy, 123

  Ferrer, Neil, 123

  Ferris, Esther, 43, 44–45, 52, 214, 262

  Fields, Marjory, 41, 67, 75

  First Amendment, 169, 291, 295

  Fiske, Janet, 32, 34

  Fleet Bank, 162

  Fleming, Mrs., 43–44

  Florida, 283

  48 Hours (TV show), 110, 187

  Fourteenth Amendment, 46

  Fox & Friends (TV show), 286

  Fox News, 7, 8, 11, 14, 26, 27, 138, 149, 243, 251, 277, 285, 291, 292, 294

  Franklin Pierce Law Center, 112

  Gacy, John Wayne, 199

  Gaido’s (restaurant), 138

  Galveston, Tex., 3, 8, 13, 19, 77, 97, 111, 126, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 141, 143, 144, 146, 148, 152, 157, 158, 160, 161, 167, 168, 169, 171–72, 178, 185, 186–87, 191, 194, 196, 203, 206, 207, 208, 210, 212, 213, 217, 235, 236, 241, 254, 256, 259, 285, 291, 293, 308

  Galveston Bay, 131–32, 136

  Galveston County, Tex., 141, 171, 174

  Garceau, Carmen and David, 55

  Geberth, Vernon, 212

  George H. W. Bush Airport, 129

  Gibbons, Lieutenant, 265

  Giordano, Susan, 284, 288

  Giuliani, Rudy, 122

  Godfather, The (film), 225

  Gongora, Joanne, 204, 208–10, 270

  Good Morning America (TV show), 187

  Good Samaritan laws, 24, 277

  Google, 144

  Gosling, Ryan, 249, 253

  Grand Central, 62

  Gray, Kevin, 110

  Greenwich Village, N.Y., 62

  Groce, Garrett, 236–37

  Ground Zero, 123, 125

  Guarino, Michael, 140–41, 171

  Hahnville, La., 1

  Halston, 79

  Hamptons, N.Y., 151, 182, 261

  Harlem, N.Y., 56, 64

  Harper’s Bazaar, 149

  Harrison, N.Y., 85, 164

  Harvard University, 299

  HBO, 1, 8, 19, 21, 23, 24, 77, 137, 220, 262, 283

  Hebert, David, 15, 96, 129, 130, 173, 185, 188, 243

  Helmsley, Harry, 149

  High Technology Crimes Bureau, 240

  Hill, Erica, 12

  Hilton Garden Inn (Danbury, Conn.), 163

  Holiday Inn (Galveston, Tex.), 213

  Holm, Steven I., 260–61

  Home of Peace Cemetery (Los Angeles), 119

  Homer, La., 176, 177

  Houston, Tex., 14, 106, 129, 131, 168, 169, 235, 236, 251, 283

  Houston Chronicle, 112

  Howard Beach, Queens, 148

  Hudson River, 53

  Hynes, Charles “Joe,” 244

  Hynes, Kevin, 243–47, 248, 268–69

  If I Did It (Simpson), 256

  Igors (dogs), 70, 221, 268, 309

  India, 79

  Inside Edition (TV show), 237, 238

  Jackman, Bob, 145

  Jackson, Michael, 3

  Jacobi Medical Center (Bronx, N.Y.), 42, 72, 75, 88, 90

  Jarecki, Andrew, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 59, 88, 107, 117, 118, 178, 218, 219, 220, 233, 243–44, 248, 249, 250, 253–58, 262, 267, 268, 272, 274, 276–78, 280, 284, 306

  Durst case as fascination of, 15–16

  see also All Good Things; Jinx, The

  Jarecki, Nancy, 19, 20, 24

  Jersey Shore, N.J., 78, 164

  Jinx, The: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (documentary), 1, 4, 12, 13, 14, 59, 63, 71, 76, 88, 102, 107, 112, 114, 117, 118, 157, 184, 199, 209, 210, 218–20, 227, 231, 232, 233, 237, 250, 253–81, 283, 287, 288, 293, 301, 308

  Black murder trial in, 270–73

  “cadaver” note in, 10–11, 21–22, 177, 178–79, 257–59, 275–77, 284

  Cazalas and, 15, 17–18, 255, 259, 262, 271–72

>   Durst’s letter to Susan in, 10–11, 21–22, 257–58, 273–80, 284

  Durst’s New Orleans arrest and, 14

  Durst’s off-screen confession in, 22, 242, 276–77, 278–80

  Durst’s on-screen statements in, 262–64, 267–68, 271–72, 273, 274, 305, 306

  Durst’s willing involvement in, 16, 178–79, 253, 306–7

  Pirro and, 7–8, 11–12, 15, 17–28, 253–62, 275–76, 285, 312

  Struk in, 264–65

  Jones, Gary, 212

  Journal News, 111, 116

  Judge Jeanine Pirro (TV show), 242–43

  Justice Department, U.S., 40

  justice system, money and, 2, 4

  Justice with Judge Jeanine (TV show), 7, 238, 243, 269, 299

  Jinx revelations discussed on, 26–27

  JW Marriott Hotel (New Orleans), 13, 14, 283–84, 285, 290

  Katonah, N.Y., 35, 54, 56, 62, 70, 164, 166

  Kaufman, Mella, 106

  Kaufman, Paul, 106

  Kaufman, Sareb, 10, 25, 106, 119–20, 158, 257, 269–70, 274–75, 278

  Kelly, Greg, 259

  Kelly, Kate, 163

  Kennedy, John F., Jr., 244

  Kennedy, Michael, 102, 169, 183

  Kerik, Bernie, 64, 122–23

  Kirkland and Ellis (law firm), 261

  Knapp Commission, 64

  Koch, Ed, 77, 222

  Koresh, David, 168

  Kranes, Marsha, 58

  Kreeger, Evan, 232

  Kreeger, Wendy Durst, 82, 148, 163, 218, 232, 304

  LaBert, Mrs., 44

  Labor Department, U.S., 149

  Ladder Company J (FDNY), 125

  Lagasse, Emeril, 283

  Lake Truesdale, 20, 31, 55, 267

  Langella, Frank, 249

  Lankford, Kim, 118, 149, 269, 300

  Larry King Live (TV show), 186

  Lauer, Matt, 209

  Lauer, Tim, 285, 287, 292, 293

  Law & Order (TV show), 66–67, 153

  Lay, Kenneth, 169

  League City, Tex., 211

  Lebanon, 44

  Lehigh University, 159, 165

  Lehigh Valley, Pa., 159

  Le Madeleine (restaurant), 226

  Lennon, John, 79

  Leonard, Diane, 163

  Lewis, Chip, 169, 171, 184, 205, 207, 237, 254–55, 271, 273, 276, 293

  Lincoln Center, 148

  Lion’s Head (restaurant), 62

  Lloyd, Eddie, 101

  Lodes, Carl, 46

  Long Beach Island, N.J., 76, 77, 78, 91

  Lopez, Eddie, 57, 71, 72

  Los Angeles, Calif., 3, 4–5, 10, 11, 28, 106, 107, 108, 111, 115, 116, 119, 120, 128, 167, 168, 176, 177, 241, 251, 277, 279, 283, 286, 296, 297, 299

  Los Angeles County, Calif., 277

  Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), 14, 94, 107, 111, 116–19, 176, 178, 275, 279

  West Los Angeles Homicide Unit of, 117

  Los Angeles Times, 118, 292

  Louisiana, 177, 283, 284, 287, 294

  Lovell, Chris, 209, 210–11, 270