At the trial, he denied killing both women. And claimed he found Berman on her bedroom floor with a gunshot in her head. He also said his wife simply ran away. Kathi’s body was never found.
It took decades to convict Durst of murder. After the sentencing, in Susan Berman’s murder, Deputy District Attorney John Lewin said Durst was a “narcissistic psychopath” who “killed his wife and … had to keep killing to cover it up.”
