Los Angeles Times

Longtime friend says Durst taped himself practicing his testimony in Texas murder case

LOS ANGELES - In his third day of testimony, one of Robert Durst's longtime friends revealed Thursday that he'd previously destroyed tapes of the idiosyncratic New York real estate scion practicing what he planned to say during his 2003 murder trial in Texas.

Stewart Altman said that while Durst was behind bars accused of the 2001 killing of his neighbor in Galveston, he'd recorded himself and then given the tapes to Altman.

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times3 min readCrime & Violence
Carvalho Faults Alleged Actions Of School Safety Worker Who Failed To Stop Fatal Fight
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles school district has removed a campus-safety contractor from Washington Preparatory High School after an adult — who apparently worked for the contractor — refused to intervene before a fight that ended with the death of
Los Angeles Times8 min read
Beyond Erewhon: Inside The LA Grocery Store Where All The Cool Vegans Are Flocking
LOS ANGELES -- On a rainy Saturday afternoon in late March, a block of East Hollywood is unusually quiet but for the corner of Fountain Avenue and North Edgemont Street. There, a line snakes halfway around the perimeter of a little vegan grocery stor
Los Angeles Times3 min read
Commentary: USC’s ‘Security Risk’ Rationale To Thwart Peaceful Protest Is Not Justified
During Vietnam War protests, the Nixon administration called them “outside agitators.” Now my university’s provost prefers “participants — many of whom do not appear to be affiliated with USC.” Beyond Andrew Guzman’s misdemeanor of wordiness, the pla

Related Books & Audiobooks