ROBERT Durst’s final mugshot, taken three weeks earlier than his loss of life at age 78, present him respiration via a tube.
Within the picture, launched by the California Division of Corrections on Wednesday, respiration tubes might be seen round Durst’s ears and going into his nostril.
The previous actual property agent had confronted a number of well being points, together with contracting Covid-19. Throughout most of his trial, he was seen in a wheelchair.
His protection workforce tried to postpone the case attributable to his well being issues which included chest pains, respiration points, ache from a catheter and urinary tract infections attributable to bladder most cancers.
Nonetheless, Durst was sentenced to life in jail with out the opportunity of parole for the December 2000 homicide of his finest pal, Susan Berman.
He was additionally indicted in November for the homicide of his first spouse, Kathie Durst, in 1982.
Prosecutors argued that Durst had killed Berman to maintain her from speaking to police in regards to the disappearance and suspected homicide of his spouse, Kathie.
Durst maintained his innocence for each crimes.
It’s believed that Berman could have helped Durst cowl up his spouse’s disappearance as she may have pretended to be Kathie throughout a cellphone name together with her medical faculty to say she was sick the morning she was final seen alive.
Durst shot and killed Berman over twenty years in the past when she was making ready to inform authorities about her involvement in Kathie’s loss of life.
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Durst died on January 10 after affected by cardiac arrest whereas serving his life sentence.
His lawyer, Chip Lewis, confirmed his loss of life to the New York Instances on Monday.
Lewis mentioned the 78-year-old went to San Joaquin Common Hospital for testing and went into cardiac arrest.
The convicted assassin was additionally battling Covid whereas in jail - his lawyer revealed to the Los Angeles Instances.
On the time of his Covid prognosis, Durst’s legal professional Dick DeGuerin mentioned his shopper was briefly placed on a ventilator and had problem talking and respiration.
Durst was the son of New York actual property mogul Seymour Durst and the brother of business developer Douglas Durst. He was price an estimated $65million.
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