a note written by robert durst, scion of one of new york's largest real estate empires, may hold the key to the murder of his neighbor durst, a billionaire, was questioned but not charged in the mysterious death of his first wife kathleen mccormack in 1982 the 71 year old was then questioned in 2000 after the death of his longtime friend and elderly neighbor susan berman, shortly before she was to be questioned if she knew about kathleen's disappearance scroll down for video  a note written by robert durst, scion of one of new york's largest real estate empires, may hold the key to the murder of his neighbor (pictured in august) police have long suspected that durst was the author of an anonymous note sent to the beverly hills police department alerting them to a body at susan berman's home, reports aol the note read 'beverley hills police   1527 benedict canyon cadaver'   it has distinctive block capital lettering and the word beverly hills is misspelled now a documentary producer has been shown a letter durst wrote in 1999 to berman the handwriting appears to be similar to the note sent to police and again beverly hills is misspelled on both notes the new evidence was shown publicly for the first time sunday night in the six part hbo documentary, 'the jinx: the life and deaths of robert durst' durst's father, seymour, was a new york real estate mogul who amassed billions  of dollars worth of commercial property in manhattan police have long suspected that durst was the author of an anonymous note (pictured) sent to the beverly hills police department alerting them to a body at susan berman's home   it has distinctive block capital lettering and the word beverly hills is misspelled  now susan berman's stepson showed a documentary producer a 1999 letter (pictured) from durst to berman that he said he just discovered the handwriting appears to be similar to the note sent to police and again beverly hills is misspelled on both notes  robert, a  well connected socialite, worked for his father's durst  organization for years as a developer but he was estranged from his  family around 1994 after being passed over as heir to the company  leadership in favour of his brother douglas the  houston chronicle reported that in 2006 he finally won a $65 million  court settlement from his family, restoring a piece of his family  fortune ten years earlier, durst had gained infamy in new yorkdue to the mysterious disappearance of his wife, kathie, and many believed the real estate scion had something to do with it durst, whose sometimes bizarre life inspired the hollywood movie all good things, was questioned in her murder   and in the murder of her friend when the case was re opened in 2000   but was never charged he has now re married, ktrk reported, but the identity of his new wife was not released then in september 2001, remnants of the body of morris  black, durst's next door neighbor in the boarding house where he was  living, were found floating in the galveston bay in  galveston, texas a trail of blood led police back to an apartment being rented by a mute woman,  dorothy ciner   who was actually durst in a dress the 71 year old was then questioned in 2000 after the death of his longtime friend and elderly neighbor susan berman, (pictured) shortly before she was to be questioned about what, if anything, she knew about kathy's disappearance  questions: durst, with his wife kathleen durst, was suspected to be responsible for her 1982 disappearance  it emerged that durst had gone into hiding for years, partially to escape the increasing inquiries about the death of his wife after  spending a month on the run, durst tried to steal a chicken  salad sandwich and a single a band aid from a supermarket in  philadelphia while wearing a blond mustache and was arrested durst  admitted to shooting black and dismembering him before dumping the body parts in the bay but he insisted that he had acted in self defense as they struggled over a handgun and he was acquitted but he was found guilty for tampering with evidence over the disposal of the body and was sentenced to five years in prison, but served just one despite his run ins with the law, he still has access to his $43 million trust fund, which he has used to buy and develop real estate in new york in december durst pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief for exposing himself and urinating on candy at a houston drug store durst is pictured left in a police booking photo in 2001 after he was arrested for the murder of neighbor morris black, right at the time of the killing, he had been crossdressing to conceal his real identity  his lawyer, chip lewis, blamed a 'medical mishap' for the incident in 2013 at the store near durst's residence lewis, in a statement handed to reporters, said durst 'expressed his apologies' and has compensated the cvs drug store for damage he was also ordered to pay a $500 fine in the same month he was found not guilty  of trespassing on property in midtown manhattan owned by his estranged family durst,  was accused of violating orders of protection obtained by some of his relatives, including his brother douglas 'i'm not spending my time running around 43rd street wanting to shoot my brother,' he told media outside the courtroom after the verdict in his two day trial douglas durst is chairman of the durst organization, the family company prosecutors failed to prove to the judge hearing the case in manhattan that durst knowingly trespassed on residential properties owned by the company despite a video showing him walking up the exterior stairs of one of them in the latest proceeding, manhattan criminal court judge ann scherzer vacated the 13 restraining orders keeping durst away from family members the durst organization oversees the lease and maintenance of one world trade center, the western hemisphere's tallest skyscraper, built on the site of the twin towers destroyed in an attack by hijacked airliners on sept 11, 2001
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robert durst, 72, a billionaire,  was questioned but not charged in the mysterious death of his first wife kathleen mccormack in 1982 . the 71 year old was then questioned in 2000 after the death of his longtime friend and elderly neighbor susan berman . police  suspect durst was author of anonymous note sent  alerting them to a susan berman's body . now susan berman's stepson showed a documentary producer a 1999 letter from durst to berman that he said he just discovered . the handwriting appears to be similar to the note sent to police and again beverly hills is misspelled on both notes 